Damon Haas > 1994 Ford Bronco > open folder Fordyce 07/04

airing down and gearing up
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The first part of the trail is nothing. this is the first fun obstacle called Driveline hill. Not ...
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If you take the line I chose, this step can be the challenge. It doesnt make for a real good bite.
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The line I chose
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Bill making his way up on a different line
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He's much further over than i was, and walked right up it.
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here is steve taking the 3rd optional line up it.
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This line would be real hard for fullsizes, I think.
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Steve getting it done
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Between driveline hill and the first water crossing, there really isnt anything difficult, just a li...
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this is the hill dwon to the first water crossing. Its not hard, just a long downhill rockgarden
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There was a jeep broken down at the bottom, right at the last turn. im sure steve had no problem ge...
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This is the first water crossing
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Flows were 120 cfs. I can see why any higher flows would make this DEEP for the under 40 inch club.
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we worked our way on a bit, trying to decipher a hand written map, looking for the right place to ca...
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Somehow Steve managed to seperate his front shaft. He must have unloaded the full front going over ...
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Some people called this winch hill1, but I dont think it was. It was a fun little spot though, but ...
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little video of Steve lifting a tire and then Bill jerking him off, sorta
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Here is Bill coming down it
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I took a different line, and had an easy ride through it.
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this was the view of the creek at the campsite
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more view. Had lots of fish rising, so we took sime time and I taught Bill how to do a little Fly F...
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bills first fish on a Fly rod.
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Heading out Sunday, we stopped to let steve flex out the new suspension alittle bit
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working pretty good for the first real trip out on it.
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This was all our first time. we kept hearing about the winch hills, and came across some hills that...
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a couple view shots
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somewhere along the trail
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poser shot along the way
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This was definately a winch hill, I think the real first one. This was tough but doable, and bill w...
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this is a series of Bill tackling Winch Hill 1?
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there were two naysayers at winch hill, and these types of people piss Bill off. He was doing reall...
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He also seperated the coil from the bucket, and it rested happily stuck between the C and the knuckl...
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With the help of 6 hands, a ratchet strap, hilift, BFH and a little creativity, we got the spring ba...
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With Bills ram dead, we decided it would be best if Steve and I took the "bypass" around winch hill,...
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This got a little uncomfortable. I didnt have the wheelbase or axle width to level the rig out, as ...
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After we got through that, we stopped for lunch
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We had written directions to look for two trees to go through at the last water crossing. Looking d...
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I went first, and Bill kept an eye on me so I didnt drop a tire into one of the larger holes
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nosing it in slow because we didnt know how deep it got.
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pretty deep, even with 40's
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Bill (in the tank top) is 6'2", so this gives an idea of how big the first drop really is
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A toy that was running parts back to another broken down jeep was familiar with the trail, and showe...
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so we sent steve thru that way
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Gets a little deep, even on 36" IROKs
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Captain Tank Top leading the way
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These are the two trees.
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After a fun litle climb out of the canyon, we came out to Fordyce Lake. i love the Sierras
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From here it was about an 8 mile dirt/rocky road out to the freeway, where we aired up and looked at...
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