Originally posted by David K
Well, a Tacoma is a world safer than a Jeep Wrangler... Not as nimble, but being longer wheel based... far more stable. Too many unexperienced city
folks buy a Jeep and then think it will go anywhere... But ignore that driving skill off road plays a BIG HAND.
Have you seen the rolling Jeep on Heart Attack Hill?
Originally posted by David K
Well, a Tacoma is a world safer than a Jeep Wrangler... Not as nimble, but being longer wheel based... far more stable. Too many unexperienced city
folks buy a Jeep and then think it will go anywhere... But ignore that driving skill off road plays a BIG HAND.
Have you seen the rolling Jeep on Heart Attack Hill?
Just watched that video-----sick!!!!
The ultra slow motion with screems are pretty intense... this video has both and is followed by the helicopter rescue (this is the same model Jeep
Rubicon that Ken has, silver, too):
The husband in the last direction given is pointing to her to turn right, and he isn't even looking at what is happening.
Originally posted by David K
Well, a Tacoma is a world safer than a Jeep Wrangler... Not as nimble, but being longer wheel based... far more stable. Too many unexperienced city
folks buy a Jeep and then think it will go anywhere... But ignore that driving skill off road plays a BIG HAND.
Have you seen the rolling Jeep on Heart Attack Hill?
Just watched that video-----sick!!!!
The ultra slow motion with screems are pretty intense... this video has both and is followed by the helicopter rescue (this is the same model Jeep
Rubicon that Ken has, silver, too):
The husband in the last direction given is pointing to her to turn right, and he isn't even looking at what is happening.
I'm thinking that guy's gonna be in the doghouse for quite a while with those directions...
Jonathan Smith, aka the "Colonel", who was along with us on the Pole Line adventure, did a really nice job of spotting for us---he stopped me just
before I was about to can opener my fender at the bottom of Basketball Hill (my longbed wheelbase made that one extra special)
Speaking of which---where did the name Basketball Hill come from? From all the BB-sized boulders that roll backwards under your truck during the
climb?
The best spotter I ever met is HB Murphy, from Tacoma World who joined us in 2010 going to Mision Santa Maria... There was a ton of spotting that
trip, and no roll-overs (but no Jeeps either)!
mexitron- oh that ledge! what that pic does not show is the length and steepness of that little climb, nor the problematic part-the 2 foot or so
verticle ledge at the very top. just when we though we had it made that "wall" presented itself at the most inopportune time.
the ledge i was thinking about was the stretch of narrow, slick rock that was sloped toward the canyon below, with sheer cliff going up on the other
side. not a lot of wiggle room. i think there was some h2o seepage on part of it as well making it that much more fun(or intense on the pucker factor
depending how one looks at it).
how did this become a mine is better than yours thread anyway??
Originally posted by pappy
mexitron- oh that ledge! what that pic does not show is the length and steepness of that little climb, nor the problematic part-the 2 foot or so
verticle ledge at the very top. just when we though we had it made that "wall" presented itself at the most inopportune time.
the ledge i was thinking about was the stretch of narrow, slick rock that was sloped toward the canyon below, with sheer cliff going up on the other
side. not a lot of wiggle room. i think there was some h2o seepage on part of it as well making it that much more fun(or intense on the pucker factor
depending how one looks at it).
how did this become a mine is better than yours thread anyway??
I wonder if that road is even still there---a good rainstorm would have washed it out. I want to go back to the area and explore some more!
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