Grayhound
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Yesterday I went out to a local off road park. It was a wet and slippery day.
I set up to climb a steep hill i have done many times when dry. Well wet is a whole different beast.
I stayed in the shallow ruts as I made my way up. The crest of the hill gets above 30 degree pitch.
As I started to gain momentum to crest I lost traction.
Sliding backwards is not fun, but in my lack of control I was heading into ruts way deeper than my Jeep can handle.
It took a lot of calming down and trying to figure out what to try next.
I was surprised to realize I forgot I had lockers. So after utilizing all the tools I had on board I was still really struggling against gravity.
I got out and scoped out my situation, and I felt like I was in trouble.
With it being a rainy day not many people at the park, and the hill was all shrubs. I had no anchor to winch from.
That in mind I got in and tried to climb over to the smaller ruts in hope that if I could get there I might be able to back down.
No luck, but i did find myself moving forward with decent momentum. So I aimed for the crest kept it in 3rd gear 4lo and got myself bellied out on the line I was on.
From there a bit of backing off slightly and giving it the beans a few more times and I was free.
I set up to climb a steep hill i have done many times when dry. Well wet is a whole different beast.
I stayed in the shallow ruts as I made my way up. The crest of the hill gets above 30 degree pitch.
As I started to gain momentum to crest I lost traction.
Sliding backwards is not fun, but in my lack of control I was heading into ruts way deeper than my Jeep can handle.
It took a lot of calming down and trying to figure out what to try next.
I was surprised to realize I forgot I had lockers. So after utilizing all the tools I had on board I was still really struggling against gravity.
I got out and scoped out my situation, and I felt like I was in trouble.
With it being a rainy day not many people at the park, and the hill was all shrubs. I had no anchor to winch from.
That in mind I got in and tried to climb over to the smaller ruts in hope that if I could get there I might be able to back down.
No luck, but i did find myself moving forward with decent momentum. So I aimed for the crest kept it in 3rd gear 4lo and got myself bellied out on the line I was on.
From there a bit of backing off slightly and giving it the beans a few more times and I was free.
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