February 1999 - ulands #1

Brett, Jonah, and I went out to our usual wheeling spot. We checked out "the pit" which was frozen over and still had a good 5" layer of ice on it. Brett managed to crack the ice and the driver's side rear of his truck went into the water. Everything was iced over, so it made pulling and traction very difficult. I took a dozen or so attempts at snatch-pulling to finally free Brett. We also found another small hill later that night and climbed over it. Jonah doesn't have the clearance to do it just yet, but Brett and I were able to get over it. I got high centered a few times, but finally climbed my way over. Brett came down on his transfer case, but did not damage...only took him one attempt, too -- ground clearance was definitely the key to getting over this hill.