part of what Jay Fitzgerald (jayfitz@micron.net)
wrote on Sat, 24 May 1997 17:48:57 -0500: 

>I bolted through a snow-melt swollen stream 2.5+ ft. deep (I waded it
>twice and de-rocked my line) to find a Ford F-250 around the bend
>stalled due to water in his motor. I asked the young bucks, cause I'm
>37 now, if they needed any help but they just tried to look bored and
>said "Naw". 

>Now I want a portable winch and air compressor to see how deep I can
>REALLY go! 

For the curious, here's a d-camera photo taken at that crossing
Tuesday morning (the Westy in the photo is mine, not Jay's):

http://www.gj.net/~bhkraft/made-it!.jpg (74k)

Jay and I don't know each other, it's just a coincidence that we were
both there on different days.  For me, it was a close one, as the
alternator light came on for a few seconds after charging through with
the tailpipe submerged.  Good thing that a local rancher warned me
about a deep hole on the upstream side of the crossing.  A decision
not to try to get across there would mean a 50+ mile detour around the
Manti-LaSal Mountains.
-- 
Brian Kraft  <bhkraft@gj.net>  Grand Junction, Colorado