On to Carb. , Scott was the first to try it . It was slime covered and slick , He tried the left and almost slid off the face of the mountain
we ended up pulling cable just for safety. back down to the bottom he went. Next he tried the straight up the middle .... denied again ( this is where Jon and I tried Friday ) he made to the same spot ! Back to the bottom again. I walked up and it appeared the right side was going to be the sweet spot and it was , Scott walked right up .
Now it was my turn , as I approached my cable in my posi lock pulled out and I lost 4x4 , so I backed down, fixed it and then tried again, this time on the right , I went right up.
George wasn't going to try it due to having some break issues ( as in No Brakes ) but after some ribbing from Scott and I he made an attempt. As he made it to the first big ledge his rear end made some very bad bangs and he was having trouble bumping it up the ledge so he gave up.
Scott and I
slid back down the hill and we then
slid down Rattle Snake. We ended up back on the main trail and decided to head for camp for lunch and fuel .
We loaded up and headed back out but George wasn't behind us
, we backed up and found him at the creek in camp. Back to the trailer! He ended up breaking the king pin ........ finishing his week-end of wheeling .
And then there were two !
Scott and I headed back out and decided to go up towards Stump cave area and see what we could get our selves into and on the way ran in to Casey in his Ranger and another CJ on tons ( sorry guys I'm bad with names)
we decided to hit Devils Brew and then Stump Cave.
And now there are four !
We arrive at Devils Brew !! WOW it was very exciting watching two rigs on 39.5's and then one on 42's flog their way to the top, knowing that I'm on 36's and gotta go forward ! The little YJ walked it ! Now I'm not trying to blow my own horn here, but it really did walk right up both sections on the first time , knees shaking and all.
We lost the CJ , they had to get home .
Back down to three !
We then headed for Stump Cave and then to Townsend Cave via some less traveled trails ( thanks again Casey ) . Scott wanted a piece of Widow maker so we headed there , only to find a traffic jam !! So we hit little Widow maker again and then headed back over to Last chance. Casey hit it but was also denied, I think is was even worse then the night before . We ended up back at camp at about dinner time . Chili and grilled cheese was fixed in my corner and George made some Sausages on the grill ( after his afternoon nap ! ) in his corner .... all were full !
I got a few phone calls, after dinner, from friends warning me of a pending severe thunder storm with tornados just west of Lexington heading our way, so way decided it might be smart to just roll out and call it a week end. I did not feel like repeating 2004 !
We made it home about mid-night with no problems, was a great trip and I wish a few more had shown up.
Sorry for the long post's but I will not be at the meeting again next month ....but i only have four more weeks of seconds
Sarge