If you zoom in and look close you can see the Jeep WAY down there. And I wasn’t at the top of the mesa when I took the pic.
This is like one of those stairways you read about that are the only way to get to some half-mythical lamasery where you will find true enlightenment but first you must prove yourself by making it to the top. All I found were two dogs and a cat. The dogs wanted to be fed, the cat wanted me to evaporate. Also somebody took a dump in the courtyard.
Getting back down with one leg and a blown-out back was even more fun. I have officially had my excitement for the day. Beer me now, and I swear if one single untoward thing happens for the rest of this calendar day I’m responding with gunfire.
so you had a Jeep, why not drive up?
And how did the TENS???
Steve Diaz — Because this: http://joelsgulch.com/aaaand-i-broke-the-jeep/
I’m surprised Joel went even that far with the Jeep in its present condition. I’ve been on that route and know that a large part of the terrain he already drove through is more boulders than road.
Broken strut? Failure to start again when it gets warm? No way would I have even thought about taking that vehicle in that condition that far from home into that perilous terrain.
That “Old Yeller” has survived this long is a true testament to its “Jeepyness”.
Invest some time into obtaining a walking stick. One more point of contact with terra firma can’t hurt if you’re are regulatory doing stuff like this.
Anxiously awaiting a new post to indicate that Joel got back down in one piece. Oh my nerves.