Some of my favorite shots:
Marshall in search of the perfect view!
Our new friend Harold. He's even sporting an Explorer4x4 sticker on his Jeep! Harold strapped all of us up Widow Maker. I didn't even try to do it unassisted. I tried a similar unamed obstacle earlier on the trail and buried my spare tire and gas tank carrier. When they hit they unloaded the rear tires preventing them from climbing. Widow Maker is misnamed. The "real" Widow Maker is the APPROACH. One wrong move and
Mike Boyle stuck with the big dawgs in his nearly stock Explorer. He only needed a strap a few times on Golden Spike and Metal Masher
Joey cresting the "Launch Pad". He did a great job on those tube doors. I really like the latch they designed
Not a favorite shot, but a noteworthy one
Tom needed to go straight up the ledge like I did. Trouble is I had to make a hard left at the top and the angle of the pull would not allow Tom to climb straight on.
This is the unnamed obstacle I got stuck on. The buggy... he walked up it like it was NOTHING!!
We met the owner of the yellow Blazer on the last obstacle of Gold Bar Rim. He had to drive up it in REVERSE since he lost all forward gears in his tranny
Harold on Widow Maker. The strap was just to keep the front end down. All of the trucks that went up Widow Maker just needed the strap to put a bit of weight on the front tires for the first few feet after that the strap went slack as the Explorers climbed on their own.
Diffwhackdaddy on his way up in his reincarnated Explorer.