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Y'all see the Jeep take a tumble off Black Bear Pass?
Wow for sure no one would have survived that too bad for the person injured prior to the fall but luckily she wasn't still in it.
That had to be pretty astonishing for the driver who had the Jeep go in front of him like that, I guess once you are on that downhill their is no turning around or chickening out no choice but to continue down!
Why don't we go to school and work on the weekends and take the week off!
Black Bear Pass runs from Red Mountain to Telluride...the trip is about 17-18 miles of white knuckle driving!!! The pass kills quite often...(about an hour from where we live)...
Not just no, nope and oh heck no. Bad enough taking my truck and camper out of Yellowstone through the Lamar Valley on 212. Was just under the length limit. I swear at one point I rounded a curve and could see the tail end of my camper to my left. Thank goodness for grade braking built into my truck.
ETA screenshot for those who haven't been. This stretch was the hairiest part of it. Stopped along the way for kids to have a snowball fight in mid-June.
Colorado CAN and DOES show that Darwin was an optimist. We used to lose a few tourists a year that would decide "Oh what a lovely valley. I shall go hike thataway..." No map, no compass, no water- and THATAWAY will cross another road in 65 miles. Open 7 months of the year. In about 3 years an elk hunter may find what the critters left. Mother Nature has no pity.
Note on Black Bear Pass the 1st section is 2 way. The last section is one way down. At 4:08 of the above video (1 way down traffic), that section has had numerous vehicle flop on their tops. It's an off camber section. Go too high to the right side of the hill / mountain, and you'll roll the vehicle. Slam on the brakes in the off camber section - vehicle may roll.
A 4Runner, FJ Cruiser, and Wrangler all flopped there and were caught on video. Luckily they didn't roll far.
Some will die in hot pursuit
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
I've hauled logs off some roads not a whole lot better than that. Albeit not an 18 mile stretch, but 3-4 miles at a crack. Enough that you better be on your game. That FJ crusier pic drobs posted.....what the hell was the matter with that guy? That is a super highway where he wrecked. People ought to slow down once in a while.
I have spent much more time in helicopters and fixed-wing airplanes (than rock-crawlers) where weight & balance is a required calculation every time you fire the engine.
4WD vehicles pass me on the road every day with huge tires, jacked way up, stuff hanging all over them, and I wonder how they handle on the trails.
Just like flying, off-roading requires special experience techniques and training that not everyone is privy to.
4WD vehicles pass me on the road every day with huge tires, jacked way up, stuff hanging all over them, and I wonder how they handle on the trails.
There's the thing I don't understand. Take a nice narrow, short 4WD and mount massive wide wheels sticking out past the bodywork, with even bigger fatter tires, so you have to screw on plastic lips on the wheel openings? Then stick jacks and ARBs on the front and back with gas can carriers, and you've turned your quasi-capable offroader into a grocery getter.
People do a lot of death defying stunts that have me scratching my head all the time. Maybe because I was brought up thinking I wanted to die in a bed at a ripe old age just like my grandpa did!
But for those adventurous folks wanting to climb Mount Everest or K2 to prove some inner dream or fantasy, I say good luck and I hope your landings are soft ones!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2R5cLghSWGQ
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I've owned a jeep wrangler and only a jeep can motor nonchalantly right past stuck vehicles then get you into all kinds of remote trouble.
Glad no one was in it.
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Not just no, nope and oh heck no. Bad enough taking my truck and camper out of Yellowstone through the Lamar Valley on 212. Was just under the length limit. I swear at one point I rounded a curve and could see the tail end of my camper to my left. Thank goodness for grade braking built into my truck.
ETA screenshot for those who haven't been. This stretch was the hairiest part of it. Stopped along the way for kids to have a snowball fight in mid-June.
No worries! They were protected by Car Shield!
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain
But for those adventurous folks wanting to climb Mount Everest or K2 to prove some inner dream or fantasy, I say good luck and I hope your landings are soft ones!