Boys and their Toys

A quiet Sunday in Miri, grey skies and some rain around. We were feeling a little flat after the gilrs left last night so Yvons suggestion of a little bit of off road with the jeeps sounded like a very nice distraction. We drove south along the coast road but turned inland to the back of Lambir Hills onto some old logging roads. We bounced along nicely with a couple of stops to guide each other over some washed out sections of road.






However Yvon was heading for one particular spot where he had been thwarted previously by a washed out bridge and an impassable section of river. He was sure that if he went to the right of the bridge there was a part he could cross with the jeep. He'd walked it the previous week and it looked ok. He started up the engine and set off slowly through the thick undergrowth until he came to the rivers edge....and found a bigger drop than he had anticipated!


He was completely stuck and we thought we might be leaving a car behind today. We tried towing him out, but with the engine weight holding the truck downwards it was impossible. What to do?

Well Yvon has an amazing winch on the front of the jeep, which has a very long wire. With the help of 3 tow ropes joined together, the winch wire and Kevin up amongst the undergrowth attaching it all to a sturdy tree it was possible for Yvon to winch the jeep up, across and out of the deep ditch he had drivien into.

So now he was out of the river/ditch - but on the wrong side! In order to get back home he had to cross back over to our side of the divide. After much consideration it was decided that the only place he could get back over was the very section we had rejected at the beginning! First he had to get into position.....


...then the winch pulled him out.