Had to take the boy to his driving school appointment yesterday, in Grand Junction, Colorado. Didn’t make it to Moab, got distracted by 21 Road, a hard core Jeep trail nearby.
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Don’t we all wish driving school could be so fun?
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Dream on kids — here is the reality.
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After Louie’s driving school session we ended up wheeling 21 Road, an excellent trail near Grand Junction that takes a boulder filled creek bed up into a backcountry area that’s incredibly beautiful. The trail has some tough obstacles that require quite a bit of thought and care if you don’t have a monster rig you can “point and shoot.” We got wedged in one spot and had to winch out. Managed to clean some other tough lines though. Good stuff.
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| Carnage can make me smile — at least when it only costs a can of spray paint or a roll of tape to fix! |
WildSnow.com publisher emeritus and founder Lou (Louis Dawson) has a 50+ years career in climbing, backcountry skiing and ski mountaineering. He was the first person in history to ski down all 54 Colorado 14,000-foot peaks, has authored numerous books about about backcountry skiing, and has skied from the summit of Denali in Alaska, North America’s highest mountain.
