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Desert Assassins 2011"Hell Ride" reportWell, I've been back for a few days and still trying to reconcile it all in my head. What a trip! I have to thank Cameron Steele (PAB) & Jeff Laubsher (Lobster)and the rest of the Desert Assassin’s crew for selecting and allowing an unknown out of Mesa, AZ to be a part of such an epic ride. I am proud to say I’ve ripped with some amazing riders and people over the 5 days I was in Baja. For those scared or unwilling to go to Mexico, I believe they are really missing out on such a beautiful place. Not at any point in time did I feel sketched out or worried about my safety. The DA log tens of thousands of miles a year adventuring the peninsula and I had complete faith that they would lead me to safety at any situation. The captains, chase crew, equipment and the logistics behind such a trip are second to none. Safety is #1 and that is kept in the back of everyone’s mind. Day 1:Ken Neal owner of Bulletproof Diesel here in Mesa, AZ is a integral part of the #16 DA trophy truck pit crew and it worked out that I would ride with him down through the border to meet up with the rest of the riders since he signed on this adventure as part of the chase crew. We loaded up Tuesday night at his shop and hit the road 5 am Wednesday morning and headed for breakfast before the border. After breakfast we headed across the border into Mexicali and headed straight to Borrego to start the first day of the Hell Ride. Being a complete fresh fish I was a bit nervous to meet everyone and to see if my riding was solid enough to adventure the 5 days through Baja. Everyone geared up, had a short riders meeting to go over detail, said a prayer and hit the dirt. First section was probably the gnarliest, Mini-Summit. This is about a 1 mile descent down nasty bowling ba