2008 Easter Jeep Safari
2008 EASTER JEEP SAFARI
Dan Dohrn from Ohio - Submitted on 03.17.08
Last May, during my annual trip to Moab, Utah, I was last in line in a group of 5 Jeeps heading up the Hell's Gate obstacle on the Hell's Revenge trail. I was about half way up the gate when my rear tire slipped off the wall and sent my front end shooting almost straight up. I immediately backed off the throttle to keep from going over backwards and rolling to the bottom. When the Jeep settled into place, I found my self at a very awkward angle and wedged into the rock wall. There was no way to drive out of the situation without sending the front end back up into the air with the danger of going over backwards. We first tried man power and snatch straps, but quickly realized that was not going to do the trick. My trusty Warn winch came to the rescue. We attached the winch cable to another Jeep at the top of the gate and were able to pull my Jeep off the rock wall far enough so I could drive the rest of the way up the gate. My Jeep suffered a little rock rash, but if it wasn't for my Warn winch, it may have rolled down Hell's Gate and been a total loss.