You know what’s bad, John also won a “ride of the month” on a Kayak forum the same month, with the same blame photo.
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What is the worst trail carnage you have ever seen?
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You know what’s bad, John also won a “ride of the month” on a Kayak forum the same month, with the same blame photo.
Did they bake the cake in the 4 runner?
no thank goodness. Sad part I didn’t mention was we were done for the day and it happened almost back to camp. Almost made it back without having the biggest birthday candle ever
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Yep and I'm still paying for it too!!
There was several bad accidents over the years, but the worst carnage was when our club was exploring the Anza Borrego Desert.
One of the Jeeps parked too close to the edge of a crusted fin overlooking a canyon (dried river bed) that was approximately 100' down.
The Jeep owners left their Jeeps to stretch their legs exploring some of the mud caves.
When one Jeep owner returned to his Jeep; he did not notice that the fin had cracks in the surface that were not there when he drove up to it.
Upon climbing in and closing the door; the Jeep started to move sideways to the passenger side.
The Jeep owner started the Jeep, but was already in a downward slide when the Jeep rolled down the inside edge of the broken fin and continued downward toward the canyon floor.
The Jeep landed nose first upside down on the roof.
A bunch of us found our way down to the canyon floor to check on the Jeep owner.
Upon arriving we could see that he had quite a few cuts and bruises, but didn't appear to have any broken bones.
We patched him up and brought him back to camp while the others righted the Jeep and towed it back to camp.
Upon reaching camp it was decided to take him into town and have him checked out.
The Urgent Care in town asked what happened and examined him; he was patched up and allowed to leave after several hours of observation.
The Jeep on the other hand had a crushed roof, bent fenders and bent radiator mount, blown out windshield with liquids leaking out of several locations.
One of the Jeeps parked too close to the edge of a crusted fin overlooking a canyon (dried river bed) that was approximately 100' down.
The Jeep owners left their Jeeps to stretch their legs exploring some of the mud caves.
When one Jeep owner returned to his Jeep; he did not notice that the fin had cracks in the surface that were not there when he drove up to it.
Upon climbing in and closing the door; the Jeep started to move sideways to the passenger side.
The Jeep owner started the Jeep, but was already in a downward slide when the Jeep rolled down the inside edge of the broken fin and continued downward toward the canyon floor.
The Jeep landed nose first upside down on the roof.
A bunch of us found our way down to the canyon floor to check on the Jeep owner.
Upon arriving we could see that he had quite a few cuts and bruises, but didn't appear to have any broken bones.
We patched him up and brought him back to camp while the others righted the Jeep and towed it back to camp.
Upon reaching camp it was decided to take him into town and have him checked out.
The Urgent Care in town asked what happened and examined him; he was patched up and allowed to leave after several hours of observation.
The Jeep on the other hand had a crushed roof, bent fenders and bent radiator mount, blown out windshield with liquids leaking out of several locations.
Oh man. How steep was the 100' down to the river bed? Multiple rolls?
I thought that story was going to end much worse than it did.
You are correct... the ending could have been much worse.
Not sure how the Jeep owner managed it, but he had his seat belt on when he landed at bottom.
Once the fin broke loose; the drop was almost straight down until the last 20'.
I have seen my fair share of carange over the years the dumbest was at my expense. I was backing up in a wash to help my buddy behind me and ended up smacking a large rock and broke the axle at the flange 7 miles from the highway. Left the jeep in the desert overnight came back in the morning after rigging up a skid to limp it back to the highway.
Funniest one was we were on a Adopt a Trail run. An older lady in the group had knocked her aftermaket plastic fender loose and was worried and carrying on about how would she get back home with a loose fender. My buddy walks over rips the rest of the fender off her jeep and hands it to her and says problem solved.
Another one we were out in JV for Victor Valleys Fun in the desert event. On the way to meeting spot we pass a couple of guys thrashing on a Scout. We get to the lineup and the leader says were waiting for someone. I tell my buddy hope it's not the Scout. Sure enough Scout guy. We make it about halfway thru the trail and the Scout breakes a hub and the engine starts running like shit. Ended up dragging him thru the rest of the trail. Scout owners are a different breed and it always seems there vehicles have issues
Worst one was in Moab friend of some friends. My Buddy and I knew within 20 minutes of meeting this guy something would happen.To our suprise he made it thru the trifecta the first day. The second day we run Hells Revenge and he gets off the line going down Dragons tail. Rolls a bunch of times girlfriend gets ejected ends up being lifeflighted to Grand Junction. Truck is obliterated bed mounted fuel tanks breaks off. Engine and trans mounts broke off and just about everthing in and on his truck are yard sailed on the hill.
Certainly ruined the rest of our time in moab
Funniest one was we were on a Adopt a Trail run. An older lady in the group had knocked her aftermaket plastic fender loose and was worried and carrying on about how would she get back home with a loose fender. My buddy walks over rips the rest of the fender off her jeep and hands it to her and says problem solved.
Another one we were out in JV for Victor Valleys Fun in the desert event. On the way to meeting spot we pass a couple of guys thrashing on a Scout. We get to the lineup and the leader says were waiting for someone. I tell my buddy hope it's not the Scout. Sure enough Scout guy. We make it about halfway thru the trail and the Scout breakes a hub and the engine starts running like shit. Ended up dragging him thru the rest of the trail. Scout owners are a different breed and it always seems there vehicles have issues
Worst one was in Moab friend of some friends. My Buddy and I knew within 20 minutes of meeting this guy something would happen.To our suprise he made it thru the trifecta the first day. The second day we run Hells Revenge and he gets off the line going down Dragons tail. Rolls a bunch of times girlfriend gets ejected ends up being lifeflighted to Grand Junction. Truck is obliterated bed mounted fuel tanks breaks off. Engine and trans mounts broke off and just about everthing in and on his truck are yard sailed on the hill.
Certainly ruined the rest of our time in moab
on one of our first wheeling trips to hidden falls, we saw a guy in a new to him YJ try to follow his buddies newer and much more built jeeps (would have been JKs at the time, on 35-37' tires. The YJ had a new set of 31" mud terrains and it looked like not much else. They turn down the trail (royal gorge if you're familiar with HF) which is a creek with boulders submerged, so you need to pick your way through the boulders to avoid getting hung up. Guy ends up getting turtled on the tcase skid/rear axle/gas tank. His buddies say "no problem, we'll just hook a strap on and get you loose."
So they start dragging him and as the rear comes off the rock it leaves behind the entire gas tank and skid, the engine dies and the tank starts leaking its contents into the creek. Last we saw they were towing it back to the staging area to put it back on the trailer it came in on.
So they start dragging him and as the rear comes off the rock it leaves behind the entire gas tank and skid, the engine dies and the tank starts leaking its contents into the creek. Last we saw they were towing it back to the staging area to put it back on the trailer it came in on.
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