Any 4X4ers out there?

[adpialumcsuc]

This past weekend my husband and I volunteered to do a trail clean-up on one of the areas highly used trails. A large group had adopted the trail and does this yearly. We thought it was very important to participate because if clean-ups don't get done the forest service will eventually shut the trails down...Like the have already. Well, after a long morning of of making detours and cleaning up trash everyone decided to go play. Our group of 4 rigs was asked to join this other group of 7 rigs to cross this really hard area that usually requires the use of winch to get you out. We did. It took 3 hours to get their 7 rigs through, with 4 of them breaking along the way. The guys from our 4 were stacking rocks, tugging, pulling and helping out where ever they were needed to help these 7 guys through. As soon as their last rig crested the top they all took off leaving the 4 of us behind. I though at first they were just getting out of the way but they never came back.

I started to become bothered that these guys would just ditch us there. I mentioned something to the others in case I missed some conversation and they were all a little blown away also. By this time it was dark and we were on a trail that none of us knew very well and we hard about 3 hours left before we were on stable solid ground. When we finally reach the base camp at about 9:00pm, the 7 others realized that they had made a huge mistake and were back pedaling and making up excuses for why they left 4 groups out the middle of no where.

Once everything settled I started talking to a couple of the guys from the toher group and found out that not only did they leave the 4 of us but they also left 3 of their 7 broken down on the trail. Thankfully we were all safe and no one was injured. When we made it back and their other 3 hadn't they sent out a rescue team to try and locate them. No one was prepared to be out there after dark and in the freezing cold.

I am not mad about it anymore but I am still absolutely shocked that they would not only leave us but their own behind....
Thanks for letting me vent.......

[FHwku]

That's ri-goddang-diculous; I would've been livid. It's nice that yall are adopting. Most people here just take everything with them as they go, except for a stray can here and there. Did anyone have a 2-way radio?

[adpialumcsuc]

Everyone had a CB and we were all on the same channel and had been checking in all day. We were at the end of the pack and they guy in the front kept checking to make sure everyone was mobile when we started to spread out.