Just got back from a wicked weekend. I got to recover my first vehicle from a mud pit......
BUT...that was saturday. Sunday, I got myself SO STUCK that it took TWO Jeeps, with TWO winches, at the same time, to pull me out.
I had gone thru the mud/clay/water pit twice and thought, "oh, what the hell, I go back thru it the way I came". Well, I forgot the part where BOTH times rolling thru it the one way, I went in, and at one point dropped down an underwater ledge of clay/mud and had to roostertail out of it. So, naturally, what I came down off of, was something I had to bump up over if I were to go thru backwards (yeah, backwards, not in reverse, though that'll be my next stunt)
The pictures do not do it justice, but I never did quite bump up the ledge and as my tires spun on it, it turned my X 90 degrees and tilted me sideways. I had some mud inside, but just a smidge...but the water level live was high...the doors are sealed greatly on this thing!!!
Pulling me from the front was one Jeep and winch (my friend Jeremiah waded knee deep and up to his elbows to hook me up) and then everyone knew if they pulled me where they needed to, Pete was going to roll slowly onto its side. So the other Jeep with the second winch hooked up to the side of me at the rack to pull me straight as they pulled me forward.
At the point that they first used only the front winch and I started rolling sideways, I wigged alittle and they had me climb out and Chris climbed up into my seat and took over. I was fine until I saw where the water was and where it was heading. I knew I needed a clear head to finish and my head was far from clear....fear of rolling over finally set in!!!
Here's a couple pics that barely show how crazy it was....but we'll have video soon. IT WAS FUN! But I think next time, I'll definitely rethink the "back from where I came" scenario!!!
While the suck factor of the Pines is lack of rocks to crawl on...this is a wicked run. We were led by guys who run thru there all the time...they did a great job!!! We can't WAIT to go back!
I have video, but for some reason, it's not loading here. I'll work on it.