SHHH – IT'S A SECRET!

Arizona Undertakers Marathon

- Big Rich Klein

You know those secret hardcore wheeling clubs? Well, we infiltrated one for the good of the magazine. The Arizona Undertakers Club was formed in 1998, it’s not a club for everyone. In 2002, they began a Marathon event. It is held each fall and includes two days of extreme trails. All trails are legal, but they’re tough. Washes and sections of washes that include truck-size to house-size boulders, steep, sometimes vertical waterfalls and lots of tight channels and crevices.

These trail ninjas are forced to prove their mettle to the club. Club members can invite noobs to join, to see if someone is a good fit for the club. Standards such as the ability to repair your own rig, plays well with others, not a complainer, are imposed on prospects. But the real purpose of the Marathon is to get together with your friends at the start of the Arizona wheeling season.