For those interested…
We started Friday at noon. First stop was the impossible t15 where Tom flipped at the top . After getting him situated, we headed to rattle rock. 8 of us on rattle rock took a little while but we got through without any major issues. Logan took out a brake line and we needed to top off for gas. He fixed his brake line, we got gas, and headed toward atomic. Paul met us for atomic and we got to the bottom ledge about 45 minutes before dark. Each of us winched up the bottom section. Tom tried to rock bounce the far right side and ended up ripping a link mount off his portal axle which ended his night. Me and Paul were the only ones to climb the middle section without winching, and dad and Paul were the only ones to get across the top ledge without winching. We dropped off the backside around midnight. We got Logan pointed in the right direction to meet up with his dad so they could head back to camp. Me, dad, Clark, Gio, and Marty then headed deep into the north side of the park to an undisclosed location, couple of gravel roads later, we came down t90, g50, g52, t52, t53, and made our way up the devils butthole. Clark took the hero line up the elbow, epic. Another undisclosed location later and we ended up on t54 headed to the flats. At the flats we saw some of those East TN moose cows bedding down, dropped down 71a, 71, then up 71b back to the flats for some cold windy snacks at the big overlook. We were beginning to push our luck on gas so we dropped down t62 into Rocky Top for gas and breakfast. 6:30 am and we are waiting on Cracker Barrel to open its doors. After a big breakfast, we hit the trail system and raced across t72 to g52. The rain was getting close so we rushed across g50 to g1 and across the backside of the mountain to the top of windrock then dropped back down to the main parking lot just after 10 am. 22 hours later, just shy of the 24 hour mark, we was back. Epic trip, epic buggies, good friends, and memories that will last forever. Ready to do it again next year or maybe even sooner. 24 hours of terribleness never disappoints. We straight abused these buggies and they kept wanting more. Thanks to you guys who participated and was happy to be part of my ignorant ideas. 75 miles total. I’m too lazy to load a bunch of pictures but I’ll give y’all this one to make you drool with peanut butter and jealousy…
