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We used to 4WD not to far from there, more than once my wife suggested we 'retreat'; I had to explain it is not that easy. We had an Isuzu Trooper, not a 30 foot box truck.
1 posted on 10/19/2020 5:49:11 PM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
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2 posted on 10/19/2020 5:51:17 PM PDT by blam
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I have driven over Engineer Pass. I don’t see how a 30 ft box truck could get far.


3 posted on 10/19/2020 5:51:33 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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Same thing here in my area of the High Sierra of California a number of years ago. No GPS back then, just bad map reading.


4 posted on 10/19/2020 5:51:41 PM PDT by Inyo-Mono
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“Recalculating....Recalculating....”


8 posted on 10/19/2020 5:55:29 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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He’ll just have to back it out


9 posted on 10/19/2020 6:00:30 PM PDT by vigilante2 (Make liberals cry again)
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Here’s an interesting too narrow winding road:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZrfFg2cSFo&feature=emb_logo


10 posted on 10/19/2020 6:03:06 PM PDT by rey
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What a story! Doesn’t anyone read maps and use road atlases any more???


11 posted on 10/19/2020 6:03:55 PM PDT by BradyLS (DO NOT FEED THE BEARS!)
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Amateurs!

https://youtu.be/eQ7S7oACyio


13 posted on 10/19/2020 6:05:23 PM PDT by 1FreeAmerican
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One thing I’ve learned about using GPS based navigation systems is that you also need a map, as those critters will make mistakes. Prior to a trip you must have some idea what towns you will pass through and what major routes you will be on as well as direction. It’s common sense.


24 posted on 10/19/2020 6:19:14 PM PDT by redfreedom
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I have cousins who have had experiences like that. As a teen, one was on a sailboat with other teens and they crashed it onto the rocks at night on the far southern end of the Baja penninsula. They all survived and had to hitch hike north to the border . . . where their mothers were called by the Border Patrol to bring papers and collect them.


28 posted on 10/19/2020 6:24:46 PM PDT by Rockingham
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Best to push it forward and pickup the pieces 10,000 ft below. Tell the insurance company you swerved to avoid a mountain goat.


30 posted on 10/19/2020 6:34:13 PM PDT by McGruff (Polls are for dancing)
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Get a movie crew up there and then roll it over the side, use the footage in the next Mission Impossible movie...


34 posted on 10/19/2020 6:41:06 PM PDT by OKC Patriot ("Never Forget"!)
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Indeed. Our Wilys handled it just fine. But a box truck??? 😂😂😂😂 Lack of situational awareness
44 posted on 10/19/2020 7:47:56 PM PDT by Nifster (I see puppy dogs in the clouds)
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Did they get all the Mexicans outta the back?


47 posted on 10/19/2020 8:16:48 PM PDT by moovova
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A couple years back my wife and did a jeep tour over Black Bear Pass into Telluride. That was definitely a cool thing to do although my wife will say different.


50 posted on 10/20/2020 9:39:59 AM PDT by TBall
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