Oh SHIT! Failure provides an opportunity to learn, and we have had our fair share of lessons. With a combined 60+ years of off-road experience, we have seen the spectrum from camping in campgrounds, off paved roads, to sleeping in a Cascadia Vehicle Tents roof top tent on the Rubicon Trail. Oh shit! moments can happen anywhere!
from the sidewall. We made quick work changing out to his spare tire but it goes to show you can’t even let your guard down on the drive home.
Another example comes from a trip we did exploring the mining country of central Nevada. The route took us to well-preserved mining structures and across desolate stretches of dusty desert. None of the trails were hard by any stretch of the imagination. One One such moment occurred section of trail was faintly visible and following a night run on Fins & Things eroded heavily; it clearly hadn’t been in Moab, Utah. As is customary at the traveled in a long time. A momentary goneMOABevent,anunofficialnight lapse of focus led to the Toyota FJ run happens the night before the event Cruiser in our group sliding into one with those helping out with the event. such washout. The ditch swallowed LED lights blazed the trail ahead while his 35-inch tires and all the travel from rock lights aided in tire placement. his Total Chaos long travel kit. His FJ Hours of fun passed by as we navigated landed on the frame like a beached the slick rock obstacles, and all was whale. Working together we used Bubba good. Then on the dirt road drive back Rope Gator Jaw synthetic shackles and to pavement, a voice came over the Warn winches to free the FJ. radio “I need to pull over…. I have a flat.”Thefrontpassengersidetireof Learn from our experience! Issues the Nissan Frontier in our group blew can come up on the easiest of trails. out completely, separating the tread Calm minds and teamwork come in
handy even when the easiest of trails presentan“OhShit”moment. We’ll see you on the trail!
Writer/Photos by Nick Savatgy RogueOverland RogueOverland UCRLj811op0U08fbnJWCZIOQ www.rogueoverland.com
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