Last Chance Canyon

[Terrymo]

I bet the Raptor guy was stressed. By the looks of the pictures, it does not loot raptor friendly. A good spotter is worth their weight in gold. A poor spotter can get your rig damaged to or the people in the rig injured or worse. A good spotter keeps you safe and damage free. they will also warn you like hey you can make it, but expect yada yada yada. So that you can make informed decisions and proper risk assessments.

I have done a lot of spotting. When I am spotting someone over difficult obstacles, I will talk with them first and tell and show them what each hand sign means. If they are not following instructions, I will stop them and tell them the problem. If they continue to not listen, I will re explaine the danger of their actions and tell them, if they will not listen, they will need a different spotter. I have had to yell at people and tell them, to stop or they're going to flip their Jeep over because they are not following instructions. So far, I am batting 100% for no damage to a vehicle I am spotting and nobody hurt.

He had a very experienced and patient spotter that was a friend of his, and 4 rock stackers at a time all the way through. He was given positive reinforcement the entire time for every few inches he made it through an “obstacle” but at some point you could see he completely checked out mentally. The only damage was minor scraping of his front control arms and side steps. The sound of every small scrape made him less and less willing to move forward. This is not a hard trail but the Raptor is too wide and too low with a long wheel base. The front Jeeps could drive through each section slowly, then coaxing and rock stacking for 10 minutes for the Raptor, then the Jeeps behind him would drive through. Like I said, he was a cool dude, but neither he nor the Raptor belonged on that trail on that day.

Sponsored

 

[siggy]

For the mall crawlers on this forum and I consider myself one, off-road pictures are great to see and will help motivate me to try more difficult trails, so thanks for posting

I avoid the trails like the malls. None of the pics serve as motivation for me. Going 0.005mph makes me want to take a nap.

However, they’re fun to look at and appears to be a good time for those into that sorta thing! The v pic is wild!

 

[Aonarch]

Wow Raptor owner has balls, or zero mechanical sympathy. Maybe both?

 

[Terrymo]

Wow Raptor owner has balls, or zero mechanical sympathy. Maybe both?

I can speculate. One of the people I Jeep with knows this guy. They’re drinking somewhere the night before and the conversation ends with, “Bro, it would be epic if I brought the Raptor…you think I’d make it?” “Yeah Bro…you would totally make it!” And the rest, as they say, is history.

 

[stretch-bsn]

Looks like an awesome day! Thanks for the pics!

Soooo how did the raptors steps hold up? They look like the go rhinos and I have a buddy with a bronco and was very surprised at the abuse I’ve seen them take and keep kicking.

 

[roaniecowpony]

For the mall crawlers on this forum and I consider myself one, off-road pictures are great to see and will help motivate me to try more difficult trails, so thanks for posting

Last Chance is a good on to get started on with a group. You can run it with almost any 4wd and bypass things like the V slot and just watch others before you venture into deeper waters.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I can speculate. One of the people I Jeep with knows this guy. They’re drinking somewhere the night before and the conversation ends with, “Bro, it would be epic if I brought the Raptor…you think I’d make it?” “Yeah Bro…you would totally make it!” And the rest, as they say, is history.

I have a foggy memory of skydiving (35 times) from my younger days. The first step always began the night before.

 

[Terrymo]

Looks like an awesome day! Thanks for the pics!

Soooo how did the raptors steps hold up? They look like the go rhinos and I have a buddy with a bronco and was very surprised at the abuse I’ve seen them take and keep kicking.

Hard to say, as soon as there was any contact, he stopped, and the rock stacking began.

 

[kah.mun.rah]

Nice!! I still haven't dared put my JL in the V-notch. Good job!
Recognize this part of the trail? Hopefully the Raptor did better than this Hummer.
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ou-do-to-your-jeep-jl-today.3033/post-1958404

 

[stretch-bsn]

Hard to say, as soon as there was any contact, he stopped, and the rock stacking began.

That does sound like a loooong day lol

 

[Terrymo]

Nice!! I still haven't dared put my JL in the V-notch. Good job!
Recognize this part of the trail? Hopefully the Raptor did better than this Hummer.
https://www.jlwranglerforums.com/fo...ou-do-to-your-jeep-jl-today.3033/post-1958404

I can’t tell, so much dirt was washed away recently. Is that closer to the beginning like the first ledge you come to? The Raptor took every bypass possible which makes sense as expensive and nice as this truck was. I felt bad for the guy…afterwards. He kept apologizing and thanking everyone. He said he has a CJ that he needs to get running. Like I said he was pretty cool he just had no idea what he was in for and he was a good sport about it.

I only did the v-notch because I had a choice of two experienced spotters who I trusted that are very calm. It certainly wasn’t because I’m experienced or confident.

 

[kah.mun.rah]

I can’t tell, so much dirt was washed away recently. Is that closer to the beginning like the first ledge you come to? The Raptor took every bypass possible which makes sense as expensive and nice as this truck was. I felt bad for the guy…afterwards. He kept apologizing and thanking everyone. He said he has a CJ that he needs to get running. Like I said he was pretty cool he just had no idea what he was in for and he was a good sport about it.

I only did the v-notch because I had a choice of two experienced spotters who I trusted that are very calm. It certainly wasn’t because I’m experienced or confident.

It's on the left after the v-notch.

 

[roaniecowpony]

I can’t tell, so much dirt was washed away recently. Is that closer to the beginning like the first ledge you come to? The Raptor took every bypass possible which makes sense as expensive and nice as this truck was. I felt bad for the guy…afterwards. He kept apologizing and thanking everyone. He said he has a CJ that he needs to get running. Like I said he was pretty cool he just had no idea what he was in for and he was a good sport about it.

I only did the v-notch because I had a choice of two experienced spotters who I trusted that are very calm. It certainly wasn’t because I’m experienced or confident.

A good spotter is essentially remote controlling the crawl.

 

[Terrymo]

It's on the left after the v-notch.

I’m not sure that was only my second time there. This was close to the v-notch I think?

 

[Terrymo]

A good spotter is essentially remote controlling the crawl.

I hear this guy is one of the best spotters

Sponsored