Very, v-e-r-y slow trip down Plaskett on 4/21/2022

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• Wow!

• Well this makes me homesick.

• OMG, I feel for the driver whose heart must have been pounding loudly!! Otherwise it was a great rain, almost 2" in the mountains.

• Please don't do this again. But always with a winch kit or its functional equivalent.

• I have had to descend such a muddy, slippery road before. Never fun. And in my case, a 4WD low range, mud/terrain tire equipped pickup did not matter....when you lose steering, and braking, all bets are off. The winch I have might have helped the recovery....maybe.

• Price to pay when this is public land.No clue how to drive in these conditions. Wrong vehicle? No clue. At least there should be a pass for the locals to drive up there and enjoy the land.

• Mud is almost impossible to predict. Better to stay off of it, especially in the conditions pictured. I suppose one could hook up a snatch block to give it a try with a winch, to scope it out further, but only when it's a matter of life or death. A little mud on a hard base is perhaps the worst. But any crossfall at all can send one over the side lickety-split (ending up on the upside is no fun either, but usually not fatal. Avoid hooking to trees close to cut or fill slopes. I don't even trust the level, or any incline or decline. I've driven 4x4 Army mutts, 68 Ford Bronco's, F-250's, F-150's including USFS vehicles with cork-impregnated snow tires, with and without chains (which I don't trust in the aforementioned conditions either). My present rig is a (10K# Mitsubishi FG 4X4 dual with a custom body). For serious bad-roaders, I just found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p36lgh073OQ