140 | Four-Wheeling in Holy Cross City, CO

Three weeks ago, I got my first taste of redneck life and went four-wheeling near Holy Cross City, CO (a ghost town) with my buddy Eric. Going into the trip, we knew that this trail would be difficult, but it sure was pretty overwhelming and took some time before the nerves calmed. Within the first few hundred yards, Eric made it his sole profession in life to bring my face within inches from the ground. Delighted of course, he phoned in to Ben on the CB, "Had to show Tom some rock."

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Here's Eric getting things started:




After an hour or so, we found ourselves at the infamous French Creek which is one of the more difficult obstacles on this trail (along with Cleveland Rock which we didn't attempt). Here's Ben trying and failing:




Fifteen minutes later, he finally scaled the challenge with the help of winching. Next was Eric who scaled the creek in under two minutes. To give perspective, there were 30+ rigs out that day and no one else (outside of one professionally-assembled jeep) came without five minutes.




Later on, we reached Holy Cross City and I somehow convinced my partner to climb up this mound:




Not exactly the brightest move:




Luckily, the truck didn't roll over and we're soon on our way to the ghost town:








A proud man and his truck:




Having never been wheeling and never driven a manual, I jumped into the driver's seat and got a good taste of redneck fun:






Gotta start 'em young!




On the way down, it was a total shitshow at French Creek. There were just too many vehicles out with far too little drivers knowing exactly what to do or how to handle their rigs. I present exhibits A through C:








Thankfully, this guy knew what he was doing, although he was sporting professional grade tires that are not available to the public (BFG Red Label Krawlers for those keeping score at home):









Until next time ...