Wow, what a interesting but good weekend. JP preformed awesomely! Going pretty much anywhere I pointed her. In fact maybe a little to well.
RJ tried going up a double ledge in his yota, and after not successfully making it, the others said "show it how it's done Stic". So with wife and two toddlers strapped in the back seat I did just that
After getting to the top, I realized, there was no way back down.
With the ledge only a bit wider then the truck turning around was not a option. Going forward meant certain doom, by falling into a huge whole the would cause me to roll to the driver side, and backing back down meant backing down the double ledge while doing a 45* turn, which also presented a very high possibility of rolling. We pulled the kids and wife from the car a debated the best coarse action for quite some time.
At this point I pretty much accepted the fact that I was testing the cage today. Pretty much everyone had accepted it at this point. The pictures do no justice what so ever to the situation. So after coming to the conclusion that backing back down was the best option, and anyone helping to add ballast or using another truck to hold it from tipping would only drag the other truck into the mess should it tip, I went for it. I kinda felt like the captain going down with the sinking ship.
With a lot of luck, and patience, I was able to back it, back down safely. It was pretty amazing.
The rest of the weekend was great. went on another run after lunch, where we climbed the waterfalls, and later after a very filling potluck, a great nite run.
Great to see everyone and I thank everyone who made it.
John would have been proud.
I'm going to put the shirt in the camper so that it WILL be with us on the next run!!
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