Samurai tops Jeep
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mountainpete
Spamicus Eliminatus
Very cool!
The Jeep had a naturally aspirated engine which still makes it really special in my books.
The Jeep had a naturally aspirated engine which still makes it really special in my books.
impressive achievement
Which achievement impresses you more:
1. A German team of 19 with multiple support vehicles and a budget that approached 500,000 Euro managed to drive a slightly modified Jeep to almost 21,000 feet.
or
2. Two Chileans, without support from anyone else, drove their own personal, highly modified trail truck to a slightly higher elevation than the Germans did.
Chip Haven
Which achievement impresses you more:
1. A German team of 19 with multiple support vehicles and a budget that approached 500,000 Euro managed to drive a slightly modified Jeep to almost 21,000 feet.
or
2. Two Chileans, without support from anyone else, drove their own personal, highly modified trail truck to a slightly higher elevation than the Germans did.
Chip Haven
The impressive factor comes from the fact that the Jeep was factory stock, so what if there were 200 support people, they were supporting a stock truck. Where as the other truck was all modified out. I'm sure 9/10 of all the rock crawling buggies out there would blow the record as it sits now set by those two. "That's how I see it anyway"
Martinjmpr
Wiffleball Batter
I saw the photos and the article - I'm still a little confused about what was so ground breaking. If you look at the photos that area doesn't appear much more rough than just about any 4 or 5 rated trail in the US. So is there something special about the altitude issue? Do the engines have to be retuned to run in such rarefied air? Aside from carrying oxygen bottles for the crew, what mods need to be made to equip a vehicle to drive at over 20,000' elevation?
It seems to me that the problem with traveling at over 20,000' is that there are very few roads or trails that are accessible at that altitude. But where there are, why wouldn't a vehicle be able to drive there?
It seems to me that the problem with traveling at over 20,000' is that there are very few roads or trails that are accessible at that altitude. But where there are, why wouldn't a vehicle be able to drive there?