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WUD WHEELERS
Divide Ridge Run
August 12th-13th, 2006
We left Flippy's XJ on the side of Darland Mountain until Friday after noon. Here are some pictures of day 3 WUD run recovery.
Waycrazy towed his CJ5 up the Mid Fork until about the 3 mile marker.
We drove on up to the trail head near Darland Mountain. Flippy parked his pickup on the road and we took Waycrazy's CJ down the trail to above Flippy's XJ. We tied the CJ to a tree and walked the winch cable down the hill.
We have it hooked up.
Here we start winching the XJ up the hill. I had a refreshing drink to wash down the dust.
Flippy's XJ started climbing on it's own.
We brought in the cable and unhooked the CJ from the tree.
Backing up the hill was a pain.
Here we go! Will she make it?
She was going great until the tires started spinning in the rocks.
Roll Over moved a few rocks and here we go again.
The XJ made it the rest of the way up the hill on it's own power.
The trail is to the left in front of the XJ.
This is looking down the first part from the Mid Fork Ahtanum Road.
Over all this is a good trail. I will run this trail again after I make sure I have a bunch of rigs with winches to go with. My rig had no big problem until I blew the spiders. This could happen to any rig so think about that when running any trail.