December 2005 Rubicon Trail
Photographs here were taken during a five day rockcrawling trip on the famous Rubicon Trail in the Sierra Nevada. Our mid-December (15-19th) trip was only possible because very little snow had fallen in the Sierra this fall. Icey and cold conditions were expected but the forecast was good so we headed for the mountains...
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The search and rescue team was composed of two Toyota Landcruisers and one Jeep Wrangler. During the next few hours we came to the conclusion, as did the crew chief, that the driver of the second Landcruiser was a liability to the mission. I will not go into the details, but an inadequate knowledge of his truck, tools, and tool usage nearly ended in catastrophe. The crew chief and I were able to help the ill-equipped search and rescue team member (this should be an oxy moron) get off the trail safely.
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