Keep that jack close

Rusted

Let's Ride!
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Location
Sandy
Anyone Know this guy?

http://deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,515037626,00.html

An 18-year-old former wrestler whose leg became pinned under his overturned Jeep managed to reach a car jack, ratchet up the vehicle and free himself. As college freshman Clancy Wright lay trapped last week, he said he tought of the climber whose arm had been pinned by a boulder last spring. "I didn't want to cut my leg off like the guy who cut off his arm," Wright said. Wright was driving alone Oct. 2 at a popular off-road area near Minersville, about 200 miles south of Salt Lake City, when his Jeep rolled, pinning his left leg under a corner of the windshield and part of a roll bar. He was able to reach a jack in the vehicle. He said he tried three times to find the right placement for it under the roll bar. Wright, who wrestled as a heavyweight last year in high school and took fifth place in his division, eventually was able to lift the Jeep. "As the pressure released, I could feel the blood rush out of the leg," he told The Salt Lake Tribune in Thursday's editions. The skin, muscle and tissue in his left calf, from the knee to the ankle, was torn from his leg bones, which were completely exposed but not broken, he said. Wright said he wrapped the leg with his T-shirt, and a passing rider found him shortly afterward and summoned an ambulance. He underwent surgery and was sent home the next day. "They told me to go home, lay on the couch, put your foot up and pray," Wright said. Wright said he has feeling in his leg and can wiggle his toes. "Maybe this will slow him down a little," his father, Chris Wright, said. Climber Aron Ralston of Aspen, Colo., was hiking alone in southeastern Utah on April 26 when his right arm became pinned beneath an 800-pound boulder. He freed himself on the fifth day by snapping his bones and using a knife to cut through his arm.
 

Nixter

on the road again...
Location
Lake Town
I'm thinking he used a high lift, and if that's the case how'd get that? Mine is bolted down in the back. Another lucky dude that's for sure.
 

bobdog

4x4 Addict!
Location
Sandy
Tribune story said he was wearing a lap only belt. Best part was where they described all the flesh ripped off exposing both lower leg bones and the feeling of massive blood loss as the jeep lifted off of him. He must have stuck his leg out trying to stop the roll. Pretty big boy but I guess not big enough (kind of reminds me of that pic spencerai posted of himself in moab last year with the leg out)
 
Location
Orem, UT
Ya He was Trying To Go Up A Big Gravel Hill In Two Wheel Drive When He Almost Got To The Top He Started To Spin His Tires And Started To Roll Back The Front End Was Trying To Pass The Back End And The Jeep Went Side Ways And Rolled The jack Was On the Top Of His Roll Cage Above The Driver And Passenger Sets So He Was Able To Get To It.
I Think He Isn't That Brit Because You Dont Wheel Alone And Second You Dont Go Up A Gravel Hill In Two Wheel Drive :ugh:
 

britney

Queen of Chit!!
Location
Chit-Chat, Duh!!
The Fifth-Wheel said:
Yea, he was trying to go up a big gravel hill in two wheel drive. When he almost got to the top, he started to spin his tires, and started to roll back. The front end was trying to pass the back end so the jeep went sideways and rolled. The jack was on the top of his roll cage above the driver and passenger seats, so he was able to get to it.
I think he isn't that bright, because you dont wheel alone, and you don't go up a gravel hill in two wheel drive. :ugh:
Sorry, had to fix some of it for ya. Hope you don't mind. :D
 

bobdog

4x4 Addict!
Location
Sandy
rusted said:
Anyone Know this guy?

Climber Aron Ralston of Aspen, Colo., was hiking alone in southeastern Utah on April 26 when his right arm became pinned beneath an 800-pound boulder. He freed himself on the fifth day by snapping his bones and using a knife to cut through his arm.

I still think that Ralston guy got drunk and woke up the next morning next to the provervial coyote ugly woman, chewed his arm off and made up the whole hiking thing so his girlfriend would not find out.
 

I Lean

Mbryson's hairdresser
Vendor
Location
Utah
bobdog said:
I still think that Ralston guy got drunk and woke up the next morning next to the provervial coyote ugly woman, chewed his arm off and made up the whole hiking thing so his girlfriend would not find out.

Oh, now that's just wrong, and rude, and.......

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:
 

EZRhino

KalishnaKitty
Location
Sandy, UT
Wheeling rule #1: Don't go alone. (BTDT, learned my lesson).
Wheeling rule #2: Don't put anything in a wheeling vehicle that weighs more than 1 pound that isn't strapped down. I cringe every time I see someone's high lift thrown in the back seat. An "MX" Maglight could put your lights out in a rollover. Or a birfield, ask Shawn.
Wheeling rule #3: Never ever put any bodily appendage outside the invisible doorway of a vehicle if you intend to keep said appendage.
Wheeling rule #4: Always let someone know where you are going, who you are going with, when you are supposed to be back, and contact numbers of your buddies who can organize a search party for you if you don't return home.
Wheeling rule #5: Don;t be afraid to know when to call it quits. No one is holding a gun to your head and forcing you to try that impossible and dangerous climb.
Wheeling rule #6: Scout Motto: Be Prepared! First aid, cell phone, map/GPS, good friends, extra food, gas, parts, ammunition!

EZ
 

tweakeyjeep

Soccer Mom
Location
Sandy
87jeep said:
i wana know were his jack was at. mine is under my passenger front seat


Yeah no kidding, My stock one won't reach the axles so I threw it away, and the Hi-Lift is bolted to my Tire Carrier.... Lucky Kid.

Heavyweight class is anyone over 200 pounds... So he is a big kid.
 

xjc

I give up :(
Location
Ogden Utah
:ugh: another poster boy for what not to do when wheelin, at least he had a hi-lift but he realy probably shouldn't have been able to reach it if it was properly stored.

Spence did the same thing, sticking his leg out to steady himself but he's an expert and is trained in how to properly do such things :p
 
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