A couple weeks ago
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and I made plans to run Holy Cross on a Saturday, me in the 4Runner and him in his Polaris RZR. It was the peak of the leaves changing and the weather was supposed to be nice. Aaron was going to make a weekend out of it, so he camped Thursday night and was going to run Red Cone on Friday. I had to work so we planned on meeting the following morning over at Holy Cross.
Aaron called me early Friday afternoon and informed me he had broken down, a lower ball joint. It took him a while to get it off the side of the trail and walk down to cell service. He was able to get a ride back to his truck and trailer then call around for parts. He located a ball joint in Denver, so he rushed down to get it before closing time and I packed up my tools and 4Runner to help him out the following day.
Here is one of the several pictures he sent me
Due to how busy all the roads and passes were going to be I decided to park the Tundra and trailer in Keystone, and take Webster Pass over to meet Aaron on the other side of of the mountain range. The trails were busier than normal making it pretty much a wash time wise, but if I have a choice I will always choose dirt over asphalt! I found his campsite and we drove up to where the machine was broken down. The repair went fairly smooth and we were up and running.
Anyone that has broken down on the trail can tell this is the quick, happy version from my perspective. In reality Aaron had a rough 24 hours, but hey we were back on the trail and it was a beautiful day right!…
Wrong!!! I shit you not, less than half a mile later this happened!!
Yes, the other side broke and before anyone asks he was going slow and taking it very easy, both days. The dealership only had one ball joint the day before, so here we are with no parts yet again. I winched it off the side of the trail and we loaded up his stuff. It was right around 3:00pm on a Saturday, so we had to get back to cell service and see if his dad could get the parts where he lives, and bring them up Sunday morning.
After getting him back to camp it was time to turn around and head back to the Red Cone trailhead, and get back to the truck and trailer. Luckily I’ve run Red Cone in the dark before, so I set on my way.