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David K
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Photo from Nomad 'AguaDulce'... and comments:
Been across salt flats many times but I was to relaxed and all of a sudden I hit a "lake"and I could not steer the vehicle and it sucked me in. I told
my friend I would be back the next morning with help. I actually kind of liked walking for a few hours for some help and planned on sleeping in the
desert when a car came across me and gave me a lift. The locals from La Laguna were laughing when they saw it. They explained that they were laughing
at themselves because it happens to them more than you would think! Now I have put in front and rear lockers and most importantly- PAY ATTENTION.!
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Skipjack Joe
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You're not a bona fide Baja explorer until you've been stuck in the mud.
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elgatoloco
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I have been stuck a time or three just not in the mud, yet. 
MAGA
Making Attorneys Get Attorneys
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David K
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Mud is the worst... sand is not a problem at all, because it is dry and clean to brush off, if you need to dig out a little... really just letting
more air out of the tires for sand is all you need... unless you get mad and gun it (spin the tires)!
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Ateo
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Quote: Originally posted by Mexitron  | | We were surfing at San Jacinto years ago and a guy showed up frantically waving for us to come in and help him. He'd tried to drive across the salt
flat north of the point and was stuck in way over the axle. |
I've been stuck there! Only place I can ever remember actually getting stuck. I had the worst hangover of my life.
Glad everyone enjoyed the video, even though it only showed the last 30 seconds of the full 1.5 minute fun.
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Tomas Tierra
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Thanks for posting that up Ateo..... The deep breathing at the end of the video says it all!! Been there, never had it come over the bow though!!
Whoa
I'm with Woody..... Go trade that thing in
TT
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Ateo
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That's not what I want to hear TT!!! Yeah, I was quiet the whole time, until we made it out and I finally took a breath. =)
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Tomas Tierra
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I'm Sure you took appropriate measures. Muchos quarters at the power wash. It will still run forever! Gear vid!!!
TT
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basautter
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Thanks for sharing. Been there, done that. If you are in a position where you have to cross, I have found that you are best off staying on the path
made by past vehicles. I have got stuck myself, and rescued a few others that went off the two track, and sunk like a brick. 
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basautter
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At the San Ignacio lagoon, and the oyster estuaries near Rocky Point (probably other places), locals dump clam/oyster/scallop shells on the roads
through the salt flats to make a road bed. Sometime it does not look like the best path, but trust me, it is....the mud can be like
pudding....ugh...
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