dougspcs
04-16-2013, 07:28 AM
So a bit of back story to this video to explain..
It was shot last year on our spring ATV rally my brother and I attend..we are the only 3 wheelers out of a pack of about 400 riders. It's a great thing to show them what a couple of 40something guys on 25 year old machines can do!!
Anyway, this section of the trail is intended for advance riders only..it's a mud pit about 100 yards long and you basically drive in as far as you can til you get stuck. Then fight with your machine to get it unstuck and ride another 10 yards until you get stuck again and repeat..keep at it and have any energy at all there is a hill to be climbed that rivals Everest..(we're told..we never saw it)
We attempted it, got 20 yards in and turned around..this section is about 4 hours into our days ride and we simply didn't have the reserve energy to fight with our machines. No shame in bailing and after all we are 40something as I mentioned.!!
After fighting to get out trikes out of the pit we were resting and watching other riders stage to enter..
This guy, we'll call him Jack, was with a group and decided to take a different angle..ride up and over the rock that was funnelling everyone into the pit. If he made it over he may have been able to cut around the pit thru the bush..but I'll put it this way, he was the only one attempting it for a reason!
http://youtu.be/WXHz0Zabdjo
Thankfully Jack wasn't seriously hurt, the small tree deflected his quad and force it to roll instead of landing directly on top of him or this might have been a video not worthy of publishing!! Also Darcy, with his triage accident training was the man!! Knew exactly how to handle the guy..
Jack got up and after a bit of recovery time managed to finish the ride..
Moral to the story..when you are deep in the bush, with no chance of rescue in case of accident. Don't be a Jack!!
It was shot last year on our spring ATV rally my brother and I attend..we are the only 3 wheelers out of a pack of about 400 riders. It's a great thing to show them what a couple of 40something guys on 25 year old machines can do!!
Anyway, this section of the trail is intended for advance riders only..it's a mud pit about 100 yards long and you basically drive in as far as you can til you get stuck. Then fight with your machine to get it unstuck and ride another 10 yards until you get stuck again and repeat..keep at it and have any energy at all there is a hill to be climbed that rivals Everest..(we're told..we never saw it)
We attempted it, got 20 yards in and turned around..this section is about 4 hours into our days ride and we simply didn't have the reserve energy to fight with our machines. No shame in bailing and after all we are 40something as I mentioned.!!
After fighting to get out trikes out of the pit we were resting and watching other riders stage to enter..
This guy, we'll call him Jack, was with a group and decided to take a different angle..ride up and over the rock that was funnelling everyone into the pit. If he made it over he may have been able to cut around the pit thru the bush..but I'll put it this way, he was the only one attempting it for a reason!
http://youtu.be/WXHz0Zabdjo
Thankfully Jack wasn't seriously hurt, the small tree deflected his quad and force it to roll instead of landing directly on top of him or this might have been a video not worthy of publishing!! Also Darcy, with his triage accident training was the man!! Knew exactly how to handle the guy..
Jack got up and after a bit of recovery time managed to finish the ride..
Moral to the story..when you are deep in the bush, with no chance of rescue in case of accident. Don't be a Jack!!