Well guys what a adventure of a night. Some may recall a post last night about friends in trouble in Toolangi
state forest .
Well after 20 odd call , the guilt got the better of me . i was sent a sms from another friend who was willing to go out to find them , but didnt know the area.
Well l got in the car at 9 pm with the thought of , there got no food , no water, cant light a fire . At least I can get some food to them and water / blankets ect.
After some shocking dirrections ( they had no clue were they were ) I finaly started tracking them through radio signal strength. Finaly when I got them up to good numbers ( 9+ ) We started shinning a spot light up the trees were they finaly spoted the light. After a few min of changing possitions on the light to get a better fix on there are , we find the track that they are on .
One of the cars that came along ( hilux ifs ) has a brain wave thinking he can get to him , I winch him out twice and asked him to give up . I desided to walk the track and messure the depth of the bog hole , ( some were a meter + ) , I deside that the cruiser can make it .
Well the cruiser clomed it like nothing ( much to the discust of the hilux owner lol .
We reach the guys to find , one landcruiser on its side , one Pajero Bogged behind him with a flat battery , One hilux with a seased engine and last but not least a feroza waiting in line . Once we got the cruiser back up , we had to winch it through a bog hole that took it to the windscreen .
Well i wont
bore you with the fina details , but we finished around 6 am . In the process , i snapped a CV in the cruiser ( the boys have offered to pay for ) , The bogged cruiser lost flairs side steps and got swamped ,
well the hilux got swamped and lost a engine , the pajero got swamped and hidrolic the engine .
This just goes to show what can heppen when you get cowboys, inexperience and high tostestorone levels . Luckily there problems can be solved with money , sometimes you dont get that option