As Karl began the recap...As happened last year, in the end a few die-hards decided to continue exploring jeep trails/4wd roads for something a little more entertaining than dusty gravel roads. Karl participated in one failed attempt (road dead ended, and we decided to not dig the chain saw out to try an open up some of the other roads leading down...) And then we were down to only 4. So, we travel yet more dusty roads along the top of a ridge until we got to the "official" Off-Highway-Vehicle (OHV) trails, which also are for ATVs. There are two of these. Second Mountain Trail, I had explored (and had intended for us to go up...except that the gate was closed on the lower end.) The Dictum Ridge Trail is the other. Brady headed off down that trail, and I, Steve, and Derek followed. No mud pits (top of the ridges dry very fast). But lots of very rocky roads. Then it went down hill. In all the meanings of that. I wanted (almost insisted on turning around). However, since I was in front of 2 other vans it never happened. Derek (trail-god), insisted we could move enough rock to get down! Yah, I'm leaving a few details out. 5 hours (or was it 6?) later the last of us made it down some incredibly nasty rock ledges. About 45 feet travel distance horizontally. Maybe 20 feet vertically. Derek (at the end) admitted that this was probably the most difficult technical thing he had ever done. My muscles are still sore from hauling rock (and I didn't carry nearly as much as Brady or Derek. |
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