No, there was no intention to go over to the side.
I was the first one to see it, but did not see it happen. He was in front of me, but I was a little behind trying to stay out of dust and just saw him where he ended up.
Getting out of my rig and walking up to him was a bit frightening. I didn't know what I was gonna find, since he hadn't said anything on the CB when I told the others to come back. He ended up being pretty calm, but concerned. When he could not open the door, it was getting worse.
While it is a tease, everyone survived, and all the vehicles drove home.
Location: Heber Valley, Utah....or fishing on a local stream or river.
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Re: Rescue Teaser
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Fjamming previously said:
Story to come-tomorrow. Need to work on a "clean" version of the story.
Just throw those shorts away!!!.....too late to clean them now!
...on a serious note...I'm glad the title of the thread was "Rescue" teaser and not "Recovery" teaser...and before seeing how things worked out..good job to those that helped with the rescue!!
Wow! I know whos rig that is. Dam I hope his wife wasn't in the passenger side. That looked like it sucked really bad.
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We were crawling through some medium sized rocks for most of this trail (not a big fan of rock crawling) so couldn't wait for a stretch of clear trail. Once I got thru the rocky section I noticed GTKrockett and FJamming speeding up thru the smooth part of the trail. Feeling compelled to keep up, took off at a speed not quite ideal for a downhill stretch, sand-like dirt and off a turn.
Saw a decent size rock on my left side, figured I can move over a little bit to the right to avoid it, but the trail was too narrow my front tire fell off the curve and couldn't get it back due to the speed, vehicle momentum and dirt.
When I finally stopped, my foot stayed on my brake for a good 2 minutes. Not really sure what was going to happen yet. I hear the CB chatter but couldn't respond since it flew to the other side of the rig. Tried to open the door but woudn't open somehow. Dave came up to check on my condition, told him I gotta get out of here. Rolled down the window and climbed out. Dave was getting ready to pull me out in case it rolled during my escape.
The rescue planning was superb and everyone involved I owe a great deal of gratitude. We all had some ice cream after compliments of GTKrockett. Surprisingly the rig drove off as if nothing happened but I was apprehensive the rest of the way.
Moral of the Story:
Speed on downhill slope with loose surface is hazardous to your health.
You couldn't find a better group of offroaders than FJamming, CADavebert and GTKrockett that day. Gotta love this forum!
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