{"id":9165,"date":"2012-12-07T14:02:23","date_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:02:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/07\/jeep-wrangler-trailhead-access-in-style\/"},"modified":"2012-12-07T14:02:23","modified_gmt":"2012-12-07T14:02:23","slug":"jeep-wrangler-trailhead-access-in-style","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/2012\/12\/07\/jeep-wrangler-trailhead-access-in-style\/","title":{"rendered":"Jeep Wrangler: Trailhead Access in Style"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was going to be either a Harley-Davidson or a Jeep Wrangler.  I took the three-day motorcycle course, passed it, and got my license.  But then good sense kicked in and I sprang for a 2013 Wrangler Unlimited Sport S.  I'm a hiker, not a biker. And I value my long-term physical integrity.   'Unlimited' translates to 'four door.'  The longer wheel base makes for a comfortable freeway ride.  The removable hard top adds to security and means a quiet ride.  The new with 2012 Pentastar 3.6 liter V6 24 valve engine delivers plenty of power through either a 6-speed manual or a 5-speed automatic tranny.  But it is still a lean, mean, trail machine that will get me easily into, and more importantly, out of<\/em> the gnarlier trailheads. <\/span><\/p>\n

I bought it the day after Thanksgiving and I've had it off road twice.  Drove it up to Roger's Trough Trailhead<\/a> in the Eastern Superstitions on Sunday where James L. and I trashed ourselves good on a seven hour hike to and from the Cliff Dwellings.  Don't try to access this trailhead without a high clearance 4WD vehicle.  There was one steep switchback that definitely got my attention and left me white-knuckled.  And then on Wednesday, a serious off-roader showed me some Jeep trails northwest of Superior, AZ.  Using walkie-talkies, he gave me a little tutorial on how to negotiate narrow, rocky trails without getting hung up or rolling over.  It comes standard with a roll-bar, though.  I hope not to make use of it.  And I don't reckon I will be putting the front windshield down, either.  Might come in handy, though, for shooting in the direction of travel . . . .<\/span><\/p>\n

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It was going to be either a Harley-Davidson or a Jeep Wrangler.  I took the three-day motorcycle course, passed it, and got my license.  But then good sense kicked in and I sprang for a 2013 Wrangler Unlimited Sport S.  I'm a hiker, not a biker. And I value my long-term physical integrity.   'Unlimited' translates to … Continue reading “Jeep Wrangler: Trailhead Access in Style”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[131,92,132,133],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9165","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arizona","category-autobiographical","category-hiking-and-backpacking","category-photographs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9165","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9165"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9165\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9165"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9165"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/maverickphilosopher.blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9165"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}