Did that puddle look do-able or something? Did another 2wd make it before you? That looks pretty deep and difficult even with 4wd!

 

Its hard to see in the picture but there is acctually a path around the puddle but the path is on an incline, so when I tried to go up my rear end spun and slid right in.

As for why I was trying to go around it, I was trying to get to another stuck vehicle to pull him out.

 

It looks like your door seal is under water. Did you take on water?

 

The only place where water got in was in the trunk, but it was a small amount. Smelled for a couple of weeks untill i cut out the padding under the carpet to get rid of the mildew.

 

Not quite stuck yet. I did manage to clear a path through the mud by chewing it up with my mud tires. It was not bottomless but very, very gooey.




This guy hydro-locked his motor real good going too fast in the water.



Mike.

 

The guy on the hood is saying "ahoy mateys I see land" and the two on the bed are looking down at the hole in his boat. God im wierd! Blue

 

Nice visual

 

And he seems to be peeing from his foot.


btw... I guess he doesn't subscribe to the "No alcohol on the trail!" concept. I figure that didn't cause any error in judgement about getting through that water.

 

You know what, there was another brief moment of horror during my "stuck"- When I first got out(passenger side) after feeling the backend drop out from under me I ran around back and saw the back tire hanging in the breeze and a lot of clear liquid pouring out from under the bumper! At first it looked like I had high centered on the gas tank and by all the liquid pouring out I assumed I pierced it. I instantly dropped and grabbed a handful of it and smelled it-no smell!??!
A gallon bottle of water had fallen over and was pouring out of the rear hatch seal, if you can call it a seal. I was a little relieved, at least I wasn't totally dead in the water. That might have been a little too much to handle.

 

That would have made me blow a blood vessel in my head if I first saw my rig hanging onto the edge of a cliff then see what looked like fuel pouring out. Either im going to lose my rig to the dive over the edge or its going to blow up then take the dive. DAYUMMMMMMMM, what a day that had to be. Great pics of the moment though. Glad you both made it out with only a case of wet pants and carpet. Blue

 

If you look you can see that the trail drops into that pond from a horizontal angle from his position. It looks as if he drove in then thought he was going to just drive around in the pond. The cappy of that love boat was lost in that pond of a sea I think. Blue

 

Ya, sorry about the "booze" shot. But the guy drinking the beer was drinking it after he sunk his truck. I'm no supporter of drinking and wheeling at all.


Mike.

 

I am! Gotta have my Gatorade Fierce Berry or Grape. Beer is only good when your shooting pool and looking for that competitive edge.

Blue

 

This was my first real trail and the reason I got hooked on off roading. The truck is completely stock, including the running boards and bald 31" michelin LTXs. Slickrock is the name of the trail and this is the final and toughest obstacle called the stairsteps. Here, I'm high centered on the stupid gas tank and my front pass tire is about a foot in the air. As usual, pictures don't do it justice.


Yeah this didn't work.

 

 

Ive heard of horse power but people power? Why couldnt you back down onto the trail and take a different line? Blue

 

That was the easiest line. Plus, this was the first real off road trip for all of us so we didn't know any better (well, actually me and the guy in the red shirt knew it wouldn't work). Sometimes people power does work though, if you just need a little bit more ummph.

 

Last Saturday.
Dana and I were in the Inyo Mountains, East of Independence, CA. and just South of the Ancient Bristlecone Pine forrest. We had gone almost 20 miles up this canyon to be stopped near Badger Flats. This was the steepest part of the trail and alt above 9k feet. I had dug some of the snow, but the combo of my stock tires, 6-12" of snow and a pretty nice off camber to the passenger side added up to having to turn around. I was not really stuck, just unable to make the 100 or so feet to the top of the pass, then down the other side to hwy 168.

 

Wow! ya gotta invite me next time! I'm dyin to go out and play!!!

 

and here i was just thinking that was a joking/poser shot