We again woke to beautiful sky’s with temperatures in the mid 20s. Bundled up we had a breakfast of HOT tea and oatmeal. The sunrise was as spectacular as any I have seen in Utah with colors from deep reds to bright pinks. We had no morning fire so we would not have to deal…
Trip Reports
Thankginving in the Swell – Day 2
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Holed up in our warm sleeping bags it was hard to get started on our second day in the swell. We had set camp so we would get the early sun which help warm the tent and roust us from our cozy nest. With LJ getting a small morning fire started I fried up the…
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Snowy Christmas Tree Cutting
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Thanks to mother nature we had a snowy trip to get our Christmas tree this year. We have made cutting our Christmas tree in Pike National Forest and annual event. Our Toyota FJ Cruiser has just made this more fun. With the FJ chained up with Rud Grip 4×4 chains we were able to head…
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Thanksgiving in the Swell – Our first Day
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After switching, this fall, from a small private school to a larger public school for 9th grade my daughter stated that she needed some time in Utah to commune with nature. To fill this need we planned a short trip over Thanksgiving break to the San Rafael Swell. The plan was to drive to the…
Recovery
Recovery Techniques – Joining Straps
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There are a number of things that you are not supposed to do when using a winch and one of them is use recovery straps as winch extensions. The reason for this is that recovery straps stretch and store kinetic energy and if the line were to break this energy would be released at once.…