11/26/02  Jail Canyon.

A fun day was had by everyone (except the guy in the black truck). The trail up was nice and easy. There are a couple of washes to cross but the big truck straddled most obstacles and picked its way through the tight spots.

Dropping into the wash crossing, click on image for a larger view.

In the wash crossing, click on image for a larger view.

On the way down, a thumping was heard (Just by the huge boulder). It turns out that the sway  bar arm has come of it's bushing. I assume it's the nut that's come off and head back up the trail on foot to find it. Nope! wrong. After returning to the truck and pulling the sway bar arm completely off, I see that the nut is still attached and the arm has just pulled completely off the bushing. Below are the Topo and 3D relief maps with the GPS track imposed on them. 'BUST' is where the sway bar came off.

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 I pushed the sway bar link out of harms way and we head back down the trail and fix things back at Panamint Springs.

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