Ultimate Adventure 2001

The crowd stared in hushed reverence as Editorial Director Cole Quinnell emerged from his bulletproof Popemobile to give the first drivers' meeting.

Lonnie McCurry of Skyjacker tested just how far sideways the company's TJ could get without flopping on its door. Aside from a little bumper rash, the Jeep made it out unscathed.

Julio Monroy guided Randy Stockberger through Soup Can Rock. It's situations like these that make it worthwhile to be nice to your spotter.

What it lacks in speed it more than makes up for in beauty. Tim Hardy's Suzuki nearly required mouth-to-mouth to get over some of the higher mountain passes, but he always made it to camp each night.

Despite narrowing his Bronco substantially, Tom "Foolery" Boyd mangled a fiberglass panel and took a chunk out of a Beard racing seat rather than back up on Little Sluice. Tom prefers to drive by Braille.

Kelly Davis is the VP of Tuff Country Suspension, our Official Suspension sponsor, and knows the boys at Les Schwab pretty well. Kelly helped arrange for some help at this store in Madras, Oregon. These guys were fantastic, loaning our guys vehicles and clearing lifts to work on our junk. We were more than grateful for their help. We lined up our rigs and the Les Schwab team for a great big thank-you photo for all their assistance.