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Date:   Sun, 25 May 1997 18:53:17 GMT
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From:   bhkraft@gj.net (Brian Kraft)
Subject:   Re: Syncro - a love story

part of what Jay Fitzgerald (jayfitz@micron.net) wrote on Sat, 24 May 1997 17:48:57 -0500:

>I bolted through a snow-melt swollen stream 2.5+ ft. deep (I waded it >twice and de-rocked my line) to find a Ford F-250 around the bend >stalled due to water in his motor. I asked the young bucks, cause I'm >37 now, if they needed any help but they just tried to look bored and >said "Naw".

>Now I want a portable winch and air compressor to see how deep I can >REALLY go!

For the curious, here's a d-camera photo taken at that crossing Tuesday morning (the Westy in the photo is mine, not Jay's):

http://www.gj.net/~bhkraft/made-it!.jpg (74k)

Jay and I don't know each other, it's just a coincidence that we were both there on different days. For me, it was a close one, as the alternator light came on for a few seconds after charging through with the tailpipe submerged. Good thing that a local rancher warned me about a deep hole on the upstream side of the crossing. A decision not to try to get across there would mean a 50+ mile detour around the Manti-LaSal Mountains. -- Brian Kraft <bhkraft@gj.net> Grand Junction, Colorado


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