Headed out with Nick (derchie), Jake and Max yesterday to Toolangi.
Def an awesome day, great bunch of guys to go wheeling with.
I was a little nervous i'd hold them up a lot of the day on ATz, and no winch or lockers, but managed to get up everything.
First few tracks were pretty gnarly, Max got up the hardest route with ease, I on the otherhand took the easy option which still had me stuck at one slipper point. But with the help of Nick, he spotted me and got me up and out pretty easily.
Action shot of me leading into the sticky situation
We hit some awesome tracks, some completely overgrown and felt like we were driving through a car wash, some pretty scary and had me going through jocks pretty quickly.
One part Nick was leading, we were climbing up a steep clay hill which got very slippery very quick. Nick was yelling out on the radio for us to not continue up.. as he tried keeping his vehicle from sliding into a massive rut.
Max and Jake crawled through it with their lockers, and were trying to come up with a plan for me to get through up. My options were either try reverse back down (and possibly slide straight into a tree), or give it the berries and go for it from my run up. They were contemplating setting up all the winches and getting a rig ready too.
Of coarse, I went for it... floored it all the way up, hoping not to slide off into the rut, and made it up perfectly! Was stoked, but my butt cheeks were a little tense after it...
It's also safe to say, my side steps don't like being straight, apparently.
Tight little squeeze we had to get through.. looks a lot bigger in the photos.
Nick getting a bit of hang time
Jakes sticky situation... had was forced to detour a track half way down due to a bunch of trees fallen, getting him back on track was a little difficult. Had 3 of us on the side adding some extra weight to keep it from rolling and built up a step section for him to drive up on
The view from the powerline tracks