As members of the 80th, it is our duty to familiarize ourselves with terrain above 20k. What better way to do that then in a jeep? Bugs in your teeth and the wind in your hair.
Mensa, Soulyss and I set out in strict formation as we begin our trek.
The Jeep's ability to scale steep grades is amazing. After only a matter of minutes, we are enjoying the view of our distant VBase.
We soon pass the last sign of man; a rough road just below our goal.
With the lack of oxygen, flips and tumbles are a common occurrence.
Soulyss is the first to be consumed by the mountain. This is the last we saw of him.
Mensa and I continue to push through several cloud layers.
Mensa and I share a romantic view of the valley below at over 17k.
The romance is short lived, however, for this crack would be the end of us. I fell to the right and sunk into the mountain. Mensa fell left but managed to recover. He only postponed the inevitable, as he too was consumed minutes later. 18.1K was as far as we would go.
