The Whipsaw Trail Experience. Off-Road Adventures
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- Опубликовано: 25 авг 2013
- A weekend at Whipsaw Trail where things don't go quite as planned...
On August 10th and 11th 7 guys; Alexander (Pathfinder), and Rainer Bohl (Landcruiser) along with Jake , Lenny , Oliver and Winston Bohl went on a trip to the WhipSaw trail (outside Princeton B.C.). The plan was to make it to Wells Lake before dark, 38 Miles into the trail. it was all smooth sailing until Alex thought it would be a good idea to cruise through a large mud hole ;) about half of the way to the lake. As water was pouring in the Pathfinder, Winston Bohl (cameraman) was scrambling to bail as much out as he could trying to keep the level below the newly installed speakers. Meanwhile, Alex was attaching a tow rope to the Cruiser in hopes to quickly get pulled out to safety but the first rope snapped! After attaching a second much stronger rope to the cruiser, we tried again to pull the Pathfinder out of the water, but the traction was not enough. After attaching another strap to truck, we finally managed to pull the vehicle to safety! But it wouldn't start:(
After pulling the ECU (engine control unit) out and washing the mud out, the Pathfinder still would not turn over. we thought the starter motor might be plugged up with mud but after examining that, it was not. Then we opened the air intake box up only to discover water in it leading to the engine. Remembering what TopGear did with the Hilux and talking to some ATVers, we realized that the engine and cylinders were filled with water! Then the night fell and the day became to an end, camping where we broke down still 15 miles from Wells Lake. After moving our tents to safety in fear of a coming lightning storm we spent the night there. The next sunny morning we continued work on the pathfinder. Removing the oil plug as well draining as much water as we could (along with a bit of oil). We remover the spark plugs and turned the engine over to push all the water we could out. Bigger that we all expected, a mixture of water and gas shot about 15 high out of the engine bay! The mixture blew over the the nearby campfire where it ignited (off-camera). After putting the plugs back in and hooking up jumper cables to the Cruiser we started the Pathfinder!!! Setting us back 24hrs.
Because of a low oil level in the truck, Alex drove back in the Pick-Up to Princeton to fetch some oil. Meanwhile, everyone else continued to go to Wells Lake in the Land Cruiser, intending to meet Alex there. But fearing that a rain and hail storm would delay them coming to the lake (because of wet and slippery terrain), the boys on the Cruiser decided that we would quickly finish the end of the trail and start at the beginning again in hope to find Alex. We had no cell phone reception and our radios were dead so we had no idea where each other were. About 10 miles past the lake, the land cruiser got stuck in a mud filled part of the trail. We spent two hours digging it out and winching it out with our cables. Finally when we were free, we cut open a new part of the trail avoiding the steep muddy slope. As we were about to continue to the end of the trail, we saw that Alex had caught up to us! Then as a pack again, we finished the trail and on the way stopped at LodeStone mountain lookout! Just catching the sunset!
Camera, Canon T2i / 24-105 f/4 l IS USM, 18-55 IS with wide attachment. GoPro Hero 2s.
Final Cut Pro X.
Photoshop, Adobe Bridge (timelapses)
Filmed by winston Bohl
Photo by Jake Stubbs 
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BEST VIDEO IVE SEEN IN A WHILE...THE CAMERA ANGLES WERE GORGEOUS
Great video. impressive field ingenuity to get that suv running again. 👏👏👏
this looks fucking fun! i cant wait for a trip down there this august!
really cool video
number 1 rule always check the water before crossing it
Great vid man... and the pic at 7:50 is just too awesome.
Good video but (1 you shouldn't be driving through the mud pits on the whipsaw. 2) stay off the meadow grasses. Two critical and well known rules of that trail if it is to remain open.
lol, you should install a bilge pump :)
Tell the guy in the land cruiser to actually try and pull you next time. A 6000+ lb land cruiser should be able to pull a stock little hardbody out of pretty much anything.
Cant believe they wasted a perfectly fine sierra mist.
+Wheeling Wheels Films I know right? A little bit of water isn't going to hurt the speakers. Not having that 2 liter of sierra mist though could be the difference between life and death in a survival situation though lol.
Good video but (1 you shouldn't be driving through the mud pits on the whipsaw. 2) stay off the meadow grasses. Two critical and well known rules of that trail if it is to remain open.
Seriously?? the mud was the actual road and they stopped at a meadow to camp
as an advocate for responsible offroading and member of the 4wdabc this was a well done video
Have you ever been on the whipsaw i see a lot of creek driving and trail damage in your personal videos
brogreg not true. Our trails are on private land which we have permission to wheel as we please. And yes I have done the whipsaw over a dozen times so I am well versed on the trail thank you very much.
i suppose the water on the private land doesn't run into public land
+Knuckle Buster where is the choose trail
+Knuckle Buster where is the whip saw trail