OK Imma call this one wheeling. Weather forecast was good and I wanted to see how far I could make it up the mountain today.
Started by test fitting my (early) birthday present: chains!
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No sign of snow at the house, but just a few miles away was another world:
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I was impressed and appalled to find this guy had driven his chevy malibu this far. Got stuck and couldn't put his cables on, so I have him a tug and sent him back down the mountain.
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Few more miles and we were past any fresh ruts to follow and we had real trouble making forward progress. So we stopped to put on the chains.
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What a difference! Was able to walk right through stuff instead of repeatedly reversing and ramming to get the next few car lengths. Took a little video:
But a couple more miles and it got even tougher. Here's where we called it quits and turned around. Amazing what Just 9 miles and 2000 feet of elevation will do!
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