Wander the West: Memorial Weekend Mudfest - Wander the West

Lighthawk, on 30 May 2012 - 11:34 AM, said:

I am impressed. Thank you for caring.

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Overland kayaking, now that sounds like it needs a thread of its own.

I stand corrected again - the Phoenix did rise from the mud on its own power. Well done.

Ted, on 31 May 2012 - 12:54 PM, said:

Ya know, I never really had a nickname for my truck, but since the bird theme keeps recycling (mostly due to my photos), maybe I'll just start calling the Tundra/Hawk combo, my Phoenix. Just so long as AZ politics stay out of it!

I've been thinking about adding a set of max trax http://www.maxtrax.com.au/
to my rig. Easier than building a road.

More great "unstuck" stories-hey, you use what ya got and your brain, that's what counts and if you don't get out, that's a story too! ------and one more experience to add to the list and will you leave home with out the proper "unstuck" tools-probably not, until====until you just make that walk over to the next hill to see what's there and you stay with that snake bite foot or broken leg. I'm the one who needs another truck to carry all my gear-been "unstuck" to many times in my life-keep trying to cut back on my "unstuck" gear-but old habits are hard to break; anyway, you guys have more adventures to tell about around the campfire at night. Maybe we aught to start a new "unstuck" worst thing that happened to me thread sometime-describe all the worst adventures we ever had and how and why we weren't kilt? Glad you guys amde it.

Smoke

craig333, on 31 May 2012 - 04:39 PM, said:

Very cool photo gallery. A set of those would have been the perfect thing to climb out of the mud.

Nice recovery story, nice attitude. Yeah, cold works for mud or snow, the colder the better. I have used the nights freeze to get out early the next morning. I had a pretty good two day recovery affair last month in Death Valley. If you go off the grid, there will be times you get stuck. Smiling about it helps, my partner is like yours. I always carry two shovels, that way you can make sure that those standing around drinking beer can't laugh while you dig. If you have a high-lift jack, make sure you carry a piece of thick plywood to put under it or you will drive the jack into the ground.