CHAIN GANG #1: Zig Zag, Sunday 25th Feb 2018, Grade B

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EDIT: Dru's Spanish Steps ascent incoming shortly.

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Fabulous work by Brad on the video. Awesome work by the Chain Gang crew. Hope my belaboured discussion helped - sometimes I need to learn to be more succinct.
Also loving the work by Armand on the (internal) SJC facebook site. AND must say thanks to my beloved, water allergic kitten that she is, continuing to spot through the downfall. Awesome job, honey.

Think I need to explain myself to the world as to why we continued in these conditions, lol. OK Spanish Steps is true rock crawling. Rain does not increase or decrease risk of damage to the trails. We would not have continued for instance in the dirt base of the wombat holes in those conditions. Not because of risk of damage to the jeeps, but risk of damage to the trails. Yes, that IS something that is important to SJC.

Spanish Steps though, recently, at the end of drought, has been at it's slipperiest. Dust settled on the rocks and removed traction. The rain simply took away that slipperiness. And then replaced it with water. Of course, I suspect it's a first for needing to check our fording depth before climbing the steps. Spanish Steps? No! Spanish waterfall!

We were, however not likely to damage the trails in these conditions.

Another note for those watching what happens with the Chain Gang. The Spanish steps were a car park. 4WD parked up in place and littered with broken trucks. Great to see Ben out there in his WH and that he didn't struggle on the steps. But honest, we had to weave around busted trucks. Have to give a big shout out to Ben's group though. Sincere courtesy on the trail and waiting back for the interrupting SJC group to go through. Fabulous courtesy and something we should all respect out on the trails.

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