Since Marcin "came out of the closet" about his truck, here it is:
The trip:
the morning started off well with most of the people rolling in around 9am to the Starbucks for a fix of coffee and getting to know some new faces. I'm horrible with names and was too lazy/not awake to actually write everything down. Truck wise we had a great turn out with 2 40s, 2 60s, 2 80s, a 70, a nice Hilux, a 4Runner (used to belong to the owner of NSOR), a sammy and a Bronco, 12 trucks in all. We headed out at 9:30 and hit the trail where we aired down while trying not to freeze our fingers off. With everyone ready and trying not to get frost bite we hit the now frozen muddy area in full force....for about 50'. The Bronco spun a tire on a small obstacle and was not only out of commission but blocking everything. Luckily it was repairable and we jacked the truck up using a Jack-all and a log and managed to get the tire back on the rim, putting in back on the truck was much harder as we could get the truck safely higher due to it's position, at least using a Jack all. Marcin came to the rescue with his way too cool exhaust jack (which all the guys want for Christmas now, along with ether). Back on the road and through the trees with no other mishaps, once we got to the other side of the gate and hit pavement we found a couple more trucks that were going no further due to the uphill ice rink in front of them. After some attempts, half the guys (including me) sliding on their asses down hill (there is video) we managed to get up there. Back on the trail and mostly doing good, for 12 trucks in different conditions we were moving not bad, my friends Jad and Chris in the open diff 4Runner had some issues and the winch got used before the truck went over the cliff. During this we all learnt the true use of "the Club", a stubborn starter repair tool. We took the hight trail at what shall now and forever be known as Marcin's turn (story a bit further down), the snow and ice making the trail more interesting then usual combined with a couple fallen trees and my chainsaw made it last a bit longer then normal. We got to the rock section before the clearing and other then Steve's 60 nobody went higher, Garry (Squamish) tried but it wasn't worth it. So we decided to find neat ways of turning around and slowly head back. At this time I was now at the back of the pack & I hear that Marcin had a horrible accident and the truck is on it's side, luckily Marcin and Ania are physically good. Down the hill we go to see how we can help, the situation looked bad at first. Marcin's 80 was laying on it's right side with some oil already pouring out onto the ground. Since I missed the action I'll let other's tell the story of what happened there. Most important was that Marcin and Ania were ok other then being a bit shaken up. Now the rescue operation starts, Jason was in front and got the winch ready, snatch block, tree saver and we were hooked onto the newly installed sliders on the 80. Steve's 40 and Martin's 40 behind were both strapped to the back of the 80 so once it's upright it doesn't roll. The pain with this situation was that the truck was down hill, once righted on it's wheels it was against a rocky hill so it would instantly tip again. The original idea was to get rubber on the ground and pull back but that failed. So we hooked up Martin's winch, snatch block and got rid of Jason's and tried going forward. I got inside the truck to steer while Marcin, Garry and Steve used a jack-all to lift a corner so I could turn the wheels, then we got Jason on the winch again to help persuade the front to shift off the rock face. Step by little step we finally got it and managed to, for the first time in this situation, get gravity to work for us. At last the truck was on solid ground and safe. After an oil clean up and top off she started beautifully and we managed to get going again. In total it took about 2 stress filled hours to get everything done. Everyone did an awesome job of turning a very bad situation into something that worked out fairly smoothly. The rest of the way down was easy but everyone's nerves were wound tight so we took it easy. Most headed home some of us went to the Spike for a well deserved hot meal and beers.
Even though we were on a short, very local trip things went wrong. Many days we match machine and man against nature, this time nature won, but we all got home with no injuries, other then bruised egos. The 80's damage is mostly cosmetic and should be easy(ish) to fix.
and Matt falling down sober 
. Now where are the rest of the pics for us web wheelers? 
THx Phil. Martin/Marcin, Mat/Matt, Rob/Rob/Rob/Rod: life's so 
ing.
