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Chiojdu Offroad Fun

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , on 17 January 2011 by Watcher Romano

Saturday January 15th was this year’s first offroad trip for us, which is 9 days earlier start than last year. This year the weather was not so good for photos, but more appropriate for a day of hard work in the field:

Mind you, the small gap where it looks like we are winching on straight road, was continued with a 100 meters very steep fall…

I also made two movies during the day:

A bit of ballet:

and one showing the actual weather conditions (as well as the power of front and rear lockers):

Also, our good friend Razvanutza has some very nice videos from this trip. I’ll only show two of them, starring us, and leave you watch the others on his channel:

Unfortunately, the weather was bad enough and the day was short enough that we had to abandon the set course and had to return. Others have completed the whole track in november. We started in the opposite direction from them, but were only able to go this far.

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Impotmoliada Videos

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , on 14 December 2010 by Watcher Romano

I already told you about this year’s last offroad event yesterday, so today I’ll only post two more videos, containing me evolving on the Open Track:

I start at 07:53 in this one:

, original link here (posted by Flash)

And these are the excruciating 7 minutes spent in the mud hole. Please note all the friendly and encouraging comments on the side :D

, original link here.

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Impotmoliada 2010

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , on 12 December 2010 by Watcher Romano

Sunday, December 12th, we participated in the second edition of “Impotmoliada”, organized near Bucharest by the ACS 4x4Bucuresti Club, self-proclaimed  ”The Rags” :)

The only thing to add about the event, besides what the pictures convey, is the relaxed friendly and fun atmosphere. Here are my pictures from the event:

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Offroad with X3M Ramnicu Valcea

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , on 10 October 2010 by Watcher Romano

I just got back from an offroad day with the special guys from X3M Offroad. We had a very nice day, with great a track: difficult, technical, but not dangerous: the worst you could do was break something, but nothing serious.

This is the official thread of the trip, and I took the liberty to show these pictures / photos of me in action:

Watcher, mud, X3M Valcea

Watcher, mud, X3M Valcea

How i got there:

And a very tricky lateral incline (see the Jimny) :

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Targu Mures stage – movies

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , on 17 June 2010 by Watcher Romano

As you probably already know, I did participate in the second stage of the National Offroad Championship, held near Targu Mures, in Campu Cetatii. Unfortunately the car broke down again, this time more costly. I was very happy I was not the pilot :-D

Here are some movies I was able to shoot, especially during the Special Stages and the Trial:

How to do a special stage with no servo and a BIG car:


Sorin Parvulescu in the Extreme Special Stage:


Andrei Oprea climbs a tree  :-)

elegantly courses through a ditch:

and finally kills it:

Stefan Grigorescu:

Open Special Stage:

Fiko / Miko, trial, mechanical winch

Craiu, same ascent:

Parvulescu in the Trial


Catalin Olaru with the one and only Semaca:

Copacinschi fights the mud
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Luana…mon amour – printemps 2010

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , on 18 April 2010 by Watcher Romano

The infamous doctor Semaca has once again been so magnanimous as to invite me at Luana Offroad Fest, Spring Edition, 2010. This is a small insight into what happened there in the weekend of April 16th to 18th:

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PS: here are last years’ Luana photos.

11 April, soft offroad around Bucharest

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , on 12 April 2010 by Watcher Romano

This Sunday I went on an expedition around Bucharest, lead by the infamous GPScu. There were some other 40 crazy guys just like me. We wandered around in the forest, bushes, fields, etc, managed to get a few nice shots, and then had a barbecue.  Here are a few photos and movies from this trip:

Brasov Offroad day with Flow

Posted in LifeStyle with tags , , , , , , , , , , on 30 March 2010 by Watcher Romano

Last weekend I was in the Brasov area. I did phone several offroaders from Brasov but they decided they had better things to do on Saturday. The only person who graciously accepted my invitation was the infamous FLOW :-) . He was kind enough to revamp his entire schedule (he was attending a drifting show at the mall !) and lead us on a very interesting and challenging offroad track. I’ll let the pictures speak for themselves:

Stay tuned (RSS or email) for some HD videos and an amazing wallpaper with Flow’s city car :-)

Leaota once again, more extreme this time

Posted in Travel with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 8 September 2009 by Watcher Romano

We found another way up to Leaota. This one took us up to a deserted sheepfold  near the top of Leaota 1 (that’s how the shepherds described it). It was raining heavily, and and the ascent was quite difficult: rocks, tree roots, mud, tight spots between trees, the works. 1 kilometer ascent in 2 hours. Nice track, huh?

Buzau – Izvoranu Offroad

Posted in LifeStyle, Non Travel-Related Photography with tags , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , on 27 June 2009 by Watcher Romano

Saturday June 28th I took a trip together with 3 other Patrol drivers to Buzau, to watch the trial of the Buzau Extreme Adventure Cup. Since the trial was scheduled to start at 15:00 we decided to go for some offroad of our own :-)

Here’s a movie that does not accurately depict how bad the portion was: laterla incline, mud, steep, narrow. Had we not had wheel spacers and negative ET wheels, we could never have made it…

Be sure to check the other videos from the same guy too!

Unfortunately my camera has benn dropped into a ditch of water and mud, so no more pictures from new events for some time now :-(

Luckily, I still have tons of photos taken in previous trips that  I still need to publish :-)

PS: I got some more videos (PLEASE! watch WITHOUT sound!)

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