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              Turkey Boogie 2005

Who: Any jumper who has at least 50 BASE jumps and wants to jump a bunch of new areas in Moab.
What: Guided approaches to many new sites and revisiting many old favorites. Turkey dinner at the Apex shop on Thursday evening.
Where: Moab, Utah. If you arrive early, call the Apex Moab shop upon your arrival in Moab and we will let you know what’s happening at that moment. (435.259.1085)
When: From Thursday, November 24th through Saturday, November 26th. Many jumpers are arriving early. If you are arriving early, we will help you hook up with other jumpers at that time. We will start guiding on Thursday morning. Meet at the McDonald’s parking lot at 7:30 a.m.(McDonald’s is closed on Thanksgiving so don’t plan on breakfast there!)
Why: Because most people don’t have the time to find new exit points when they come here on vacation. We currently have about 120 exit points and about 1,108 to go. Last year the weather was just about perfect all day for the entire event, this is typically the best time of the year to jump, however 4 years ago we got shut down pretty hard by the winds. It is usually calm all day and the temperature is perfect (in the 60’s). It’s not a bad idea to come prepared with a Winter jacket and a rain jacket as well.
How much? This year we are again charging a $25 boogie fee. We are giving $5 from each participant to the BLM again this year to thank them for allowing us to jump as permitted by the Constitution of the United States of America. Your money will get you all the free guiding you can handle, transportation by Coyote Shuttle on Friday for Mineral Bottom, a T-shirt, lunch at Mineral bottom on Friday and a Turkey dinner on Thursday night (everyone brings a side dish).

Tentative schedule of events:

Thursday November 24th:
Meet at McDonald’s at 7:30a.m. to split up into smaller groups. You can choose to revisit a site you’ve already been to or choose a new location.
Dinner will start at 6pm at the Apex Moab shop.

Friday November 25th:
We will spend the day out at Mineral Bottom, two Unimogs(military transports) will again be shuttling jumpers up from the bottom all day. We request than a minimum number of cars go out to Mineral to minimize impact on the area. Jumpers will want to bring whatever you need for the day as it is a 30 minute drive back to the last gas station once you are there. Apex will be setting up the grill and serving burgers and hot dogs again.
Saturday November 26th:
All participants will meet your group leader wherever and whenever they told you to the night before. Some destinations include Echo Canyon, Moonflower Canyon, Potash Road, Mill Creek, Fisher towers, the Rim wall, etc… Each guide will be moving on to additional locations throughout the day.
Our own Hank Caylor, climbing legend and some say ex-porn star, will be setting up in Day Canyon with his fluffer, Jimmy P, to get people up a couple of fixed ropes to jump one of the jewels in the crown, “Jug or not”. There are also fine jumps in this canyon which do not require ascending a fixed line.
Additional information:
There are many hotels in Moab. This is the off season and many are offering rooms at around $30-$40 a night. A hostel-which includes the Watermelon and Grandmother’s house (435) 259-6057, as well as spaces within some of those rental houses will be available. Camping is always an option here, but be prepared for some very cold nights. We will have fixed ropes set up at some of the more technical sites. For these, you will want jumars, slings and a harness(and everything else you need to jug) to access these sites. Some are only twenty foot sections that can be toproped(harness only) but one is a 100 foot vertical wall which requires a knowledge of ascent with jumars. We do not have any tower climbs/jumps planned at this time, but if anyone is interested in this type of specialty jump, please contact us prior to the boogie so that we can arrange climbing partners. We have some new sites and some great new adventures planned.
Thank you and we look forward to another great event.
Jimmy and Marta

Apex BASE
2710 So. Hwy. 191
Moab, Ut. 84532
moabATapexbase.com
where AT=@
(435) 259-1085

Can someone post some info about where to stay and where to fly into? I’m going this year but have never even been anywhere near there before so I know nothing of the area. Do most people stay in Moab or just outside of the city or what?

Most people stay in Moab. You can camp just outside town (one of the campgrounds is owned by a jumper, and gives jumper discounts, as I recall). It's low season for tourists there, so most of the hotels are pretty reasonable.

Closest place to fly into is Grand Junction, Colorado (still an hour and a bit of a drive away), unless you are flying a private plane, in which case there's an airport in town.

I'll leave it to someone more local to post better details.

Hmmmm...
I wonder if that house from that suv commercial they shot there is available for rent...

hey colin, you me russel abbie and paul should pile into a rental van and drive out. fa shizzy.

Slickrock campground is owned by Matt and Jamie. The telephone number is 435.259.7660
www.slickrockcampground.com
They are offering 30% off on cabins to jumpers and 40% off on tent/RV sites
If you are looking for a hotel, you can drive around town when you arrive and look for the best deal-like I said, it's the off season and this town is all hotels and restaurants- you WILL get a room at a great rate. If you would rather confirm a reservation, go to www.discovermoab.com/hotels.htm
Thanks!
Jimmy

Any ideas for bigger airports farther (or is it further...crap) away than Grand Junction. Would flying into something bigger be cheaper or is Grand Junction pretty big. For a ticket from LA to GJT they want ~$450. Maybe because it's Thanksgiving weekend. OUCH!!

Edit to add: I looked it up. I was right the first time, it's farther.

SLC maybe?

You're starting to look at some serious driving time, though. Maybe packing into that van ain't such a bad option.

Grr...I would pile into the van but they're going for the whole week. I can't take that much time off work. Hell I can't take ANY time off work. GJT it is I guess.

Hey, what hotel is closest to the Moab Brewery? Just in case of bad weather.

Hey now, you be quite! I don't want anyone jinxin' it!!!

"Motel 6" in Moab was $28/night last year. LOTS of BASE jumpres stayed there then.

So that's how it is .

hey man. sorry about that.

how about this for a revision.


hey, why dont we all just get a van to the boogie? colin, russel, abbie, eric, eric, paul. cheap on gas that way ya ?
thats my idea.

fa shizzy.

The Az crew will be there.

Moab Valley Inn Is the closest hotel to the Moab Brewery.

Flying into SLC is the easiest. 4hr drive to Moab.

Or you can fly SalmonAIr.com from SLC to Moab airport for $200 round trip. Only 35lbs of luggage. If over 35lbs $1 extra per pound. Slow season so they may let you slide.

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Thanks Clint,
I'll buy the first round.