December 2001 - Predator
Trail Rating - 4.5+
Trip Leader: Chris Villarreal
Photos submitted by Chris Villarreal
A couple of us planned a final four wheeling blow out for the 31st of December, the final runs of 2001. Erik hadn't seen any of the Table Mesa trails so that was our destination. The skies were overcast on the way out to the meeting place and it started raining while we waited for everyone to arrive. I loaned Brian a poncho that can double as a Zuk car cover so he could keep his seats dry (not top or doors) Don't know if it was a sign or not but the area were heading to had clear skies over it. We waited till 9:30 for Dave Wagar, then left a note on my windshield for him and took off for Lower Terminator. We must have missed Dave by 30 seconds, he said the note was just getting wet when he got there.
When we got to the entrance to Lower Terminator we noticed it hadn't rained over here. So we switched back to plan "A" which was to run some harder trails if it was dry. We headed over to Predator with the intention of running that and then continuing up Annihilator if the weather held (don't want to be climbing waterfalls in the rain without a winch).
I hadn't done this squeeze since I had stock axles. Now that I am wider it is a lot harder. As you can see in one of the pictures my doors had to come off.
Brian still fits (barely)
Erik got pretty tippy, at one point we made a human chain, I grabbed his roll bar and someone held me so we could pull his body away from the rock face. Like I said, the wider you are the more fun you have at this spot.