I woke up in the morning pretty early with intentions of getting ready for the day of 4 wheeling that was planned. I was supposed to meet Cory about 9:45 or so and then head out toward Keno to find some trails. Well, I got a call at about 7:45 from Doug. He told me a lengthy story about his adventure the night before. He had run out of gas on the top of (yeah I said the top) or Sheepy Peak. It's in California and at an elevation of about 5200 ft. To get to the top, you have to drive about a 3 mile trail along High Rim. It is a fun little trail and Doug had decided to go up there alone just before dark even though his gas light had come on as he started the trail. Oh yeah, his Rubicon has approx. 200 miles on it total. Probably 60 of those miles have been with me driving to and on a couple trails in the area. He is really getting into the offroad sport to say the least.
Here we are at the top of the peak after filling his jeep with about 7 gallons of fuel (1/4 tank) which was enough to get it started on the off camber area he had run out at. It is an awesome view from up there. Just to the right of Dougs jeep you can see the start of the High Rim in the distance. Very good trail to take a beginner on as it is easy, but still has a few challenges.
So.... we got back to town around 9:40 or so, just in time to call Cory and tell him I would be a little late. Doug still wanted some more trail action so he decided to tag along on our tip to Keno. I went to meet Cory and fuel up again. I think we made it out of town and on our way around 10:30 by the time we met back up with Doug.
I was leading the group once we left the pavement and I was constantly having to remind myself that I had a brand new vehicle following me that didn't exactly want to pick up brand new scratches. Luckily he had taken the doors and top off so there wasn't a whole lot to scratch other than some plastic fenders.
We didn't find much for trails really, but there was this nice little rock pile about 10 feet up a hill on the side of a trail. Of course pictures never do anything justice, but if sure felt steep. This is the spot we ended up going up after about a 1/2 hour of attempting different lines.
First line with no success. You can't see it, but there is a rock that the driver side rear tire has to climb while the front is climbing the one you can see in front of the jeep. At the same time the passenger rear has to come up the rock that the front tire is already on in this picture.
Here we are hanging out on the line that finally worked although Cory did place a rock in just the right spot to help out. I really could use a front locker.
Once my driver rear tire made it onto the rock just to the left of it here, we went up it.
A little more checking and a little rear diff hang up.
The next two photos show our success.
We had a good time. Travis (my passenger) had never been before and I think he got more than he was expecting. The only carnage of the trip was a ripped front flare and some new dents in the nerd bars.
Here we are at the top of the peak after filling his jeep with about 7 gallons of fuel (1/4 tank) which was enough to get it started on the off camber area he had run out at. It is an awesome view from up there. Just to the right of Dougs jeep you can see the start of the High Rim in the distance. Very good trail to take a beginner on as it is easy, but still has a few challenges.
So.... we got back to town around 9:40 or so, just in time to call Cory and tell him I would be a little late. Doug still wanted some more trail action so he decided to tag along on our tip to Keno. I went to meet Cory and fuel up again. I think we made it out of town and on our way around 10:30 by the time we met back up with Doug. 
I was leading the group once we left the pavement and I was constantly having to remind myself that I had a brand new vehicle following me that didn't exactly want to pick up brand new scratches. Luckily he had taken the doors and top off so there wasn't a whole lot to scratch other than some plastic fenders.
We didn't find much for trails really, but there was this nice little rock pile about 10 feet up a hill on the side of a trail. Of course pictures never do anything justice, but if sure felt steep. This is the spot we ended up going up after about a 1/2 hour of attempting different lines.
First line with no success. You can't see it, but there is a rock that the driver side rear tire has to climb while the front is climbing the one you can see in front of the jeep. At the same time the passenger rear has to come up the rock that the front tire is already on in this picture.
Here we are hanging out on the line that finally worked although Cory did place a rock in just the right spot to help out. I really could use a front locker.
Once my driver rear tire made it onto the rock just to the left of it here, we went up it.
A little more checking and a little rear diff hang up.
The next two photos show our success.
We had a good time. Travis (my passenger) had never been before and I think he got more than he was expecting. The only carnage of the trip was a ripped front flare and some new dents in the nerd bars.
