Well made video but way way too much mudding/water crossing for my taste. Too me that is not "treading lightly" but to each his own. Not that I never get into mud or cross streams but I try to avoid if at all possible.Hi everyone. Here is the third part of a video I made of my defender. Hope you like it and if you do, please one like on youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUezu7d4-C8
I avoid "it" because it tears up trails and waterways badly. Anybody just out looking to go mudding or roaring through streams at high speeds is not valuing/reverencing/respecting the land/trails very much IMO. Tread Lightly and Leave no Trace help ensure that 4x4 trails and land access remain open at least here in The States. Perhaps when you get a little or maybe a lot older you will come to appreciate the great responsibilities we all have when out wheeling and exploring the backcountry in the modern world of constant land closures. Have a nice day.
NO, EMPHATICALLY NO!!!: THAT "WE ALL SHOULD REALLY STICK TO ASPHALT AND CONCRETE" BUT YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO ADHERE TO THAT NON-ADVENTURESOME NON-EXPLORATIVE RADICAL PHILOSOPHY. I WILL BE EXPLORING THE BACKCOUNTRY OFFROAD ROUTES!!! USAGE OF EXISTING 4X4/BACKCOUNTRY TRAILS ARE IN NO WAY DAMAGING ANY NEW FRAGILE TOPSOIL AS LONG AS ONE DOES ADHERE TO "TREAD LIGHTLY".
Any trail set up in high rocky based areas such as the two you mentioned and not in lowland deep mud/silt/topsoil areas is fine by me but we should not actively seek out mud and mudbased stream beds in "treading lightly" just as we should NOT be out in wet spring conditions in the deserts. Winter wheeling of snowbound and frozen 4x4 trails is fine and I do it often.
