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Originally posted by xterrabull
That crossing looks kinda gutsy though I can imagine first coming up to it & not thinking there was much to it.
Anyone sustain any rocker panel damage???
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No, but close. You can see the ice coming up to my rockerpanel there. It was tough for a lot of reasons. Going straight across there wasn't enough room to drop down, so you nosed right into a ice shelf on the other side.
There was a tree on the back right, so we had to watch out for it (a few rubbings but nothing bad). I got out my shovel and chipped down the far side ice. We also found a fallen branch and put it in the stream next to the ice. Then we were able to get the nose across.
Once on the other side there were huge trenches in the snow (now ice), and a muddy hill beyond that.
I went first and had to winch up and out. FlyingS came second with his ARB/winch. Then we had to hook two 30ft tow ropes together with a d-ring, attach those to FlyingS and ATH. FlyingS stayed winched to the tree and pulled both of them up the hill with the winch and tire assist.
Then we ran out of trees and winch line, so FlyingS had to tug ATH up the final part.
It was a chore, but the winches performed wonderfully.