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Story by Matt Martin & Aaron Williams / Photos by Matt Martin

[Matt Martin, Rovers North’s Marketing Director, selected himself again to attend the Solihull Society’s National Rally. No, we’re not jealous! –ed]

Welcome to Leadville, Colorado. 10,430 breath-taking feet above sea level. 310 days of sunshine every year. It is America’s highest incorporated city, and host of the 2009 Land Rover National Rally.

Since it began in 1989, the event has navigated some of the most thrilling terrain in Utah and Colorado. Now in its 20thyear, the event continues to promote and encourage responsible off-roading while attracting an ever-expanding variety of participants. In Leadville this year, the array of Land Rovers that lined up each morning to traverse the trails reflected the diversity of the marque: old Series, new Range Rovers and LR3’s traveling together, learning from one another and lending a hand when necessary. (…)

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Live from Leadville, Colorado! Rovers North is LIVE at the 2009 Solihull Society Land Rover National Rally this year and we’ve been busy with some fresh photos!

Right out of the Nikon and up to the server, from our very own photographer Matt Martin, we’ve got a few quick pics from yesterday’s off-roading high up in Leadville, CO at the 2009 Solihull Society Land Rover National Rally. I can hear the chipmunks, smell the pine trees and feel the thin air - these photos rock!

Looks like excellent weather and awesome Land Rovers. The awards banquet is today and I’m sure there will be many more photos to come - stay tuned…

Are you hungry for photos? Photo gallery >> STARVING !!!

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Story & Photos by Jeremy Bergeron
[Jeremy Bergeron, Colorado Springs, CO grew up in Texas. He’s an architect with The Larson Group in Colorado Springs. While he loves his wife, Jenny, and his two children Ethan and Ashley, missing from his life was a Series Land Rover. Here’s his story as to how he found one –ed]
Our friends thought I must have made a partner in the firm when we drove up in our new Land Rover (pronounced with a snobbish English accent). A year earlier, Jenny and I had just moved to Denver, Colorado as newlyweds from Austin, Texas. Every chance we had, we explored the Colorado landscape. We soon realized that our adventuresome life was hampered by the lack of ground clearance and front wheel drive on our Volkswagen. Shamelessly, I sensed an excuse for an SUV.
We looked at a ton of SUV’s. I was bored by most, moved by none. That is, until I test drove a Land Rover Discovery. (…)

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