Camping at Barrett Lake and Exploring History

[@realmortician]

I'm really surprised the XJ community hasn't blown up your page. This is top tier content and amazing footage. Trust me when I say, I will be promoting this page to no end with Cherokee folks. Keep up the great content, and I'm here for it.

[@bobtucker8875]

Very interesting 🤔 content. Thanks 👍 for sharing an may them boys be blessed ❤😊.

[@Amit-Chauhan.]

Nice bro Love from Shimla india ❤

[@markpospichal1309]

Sad, but peaceful. The history is cool to see though. Thanks for taking us along on another interesting adventure. Also, I watch closely how you guys pick your lines through the rough stuff so I can hopefully learn to get good at technical driving; thanks for videoing in a way that showcases that.

[@4WDAdventureCrew]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Higanti]

Pretty cool man but that lake looked sketched to swim in…

[@briancazier78]

I really need to lift my Bronco

[@Higanti]

I really wana win a lottery 🤭🤭

[@freeridin12345]

love the jeep are those 35s and what offset you have

[@4WDAdventureCrew]

which jeep are you talking about? White one is on 37's 18x8 +40 Black one is on 37's 17x8 +44 Green one is on 35's 15x8 -19mm

[@freeridin12345]

was talkin bout white one love the set up was tryin to figure out what offset needed minimum to clear with out goin to crazy with tires stickin out thanks

[@4WDAdventureCrew]

@@freeridin12345 white one is on Gladiator Axles and 37' with offset to tuck in the wheels as much as possible

[@stewpedaso78]

could be wrong, but pretty sure it was a b-17c not what you showed

[@stewpedaso78]

On October 31st, 1941, a B-17C, Tail No. 40-2047, also know as the "Flying Fortress," started a routine flight for a change of their No. 3 engine from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Sacramento, CA. After a two day stopover in Reno due to bad weather to the west, they departed late on the morning of November 2, 1941 (based on the weather observations of a United Airlines pilot flying in the area) on an instrument flight to their destination. ​ There was no Command Set (Click here to learn what is a "Command Set"") installed on this aircraft during this flight, so the flight crew relied on their Compass Set radio to navigate to the airfield in Sacramento. After passing Lake Tahoe, the plane entered into the overcast sky. Then, after several minutes, the radio begun to static, and communications were down to the point where they were unable to check it at Donner Summit. Attributing the loss of radio functions to a temporary static condition, the pilot, 1st Lieutenant Leo M. H. Walker, continued on the Sacramento via a more southerly route (based on the weather report of the United pilot). Then, at that moment, the No.1 supercharger began to have problems maintaining pressure. With the vehicle in a climb towards 14,000 feet, the co-pilot, 2nd Lieutenant John R. Mode, attempted to manipulate the supercharger controls to add additional pressure to it. Being partially successfully (the pressure continued to change, but not be lost entirely), the flight continued onward. Then, after 45 minutes of flight, the flight indicators all ceased working. With the vacuum pumps having problems (but still working), and the pitot tube heat being turned on, no clear cause could be determined for this difficulty. So the pilot and co-pilot decided to head back to Reno. Throttling up the engine RPM to climb to 18,000 feet, the aircraft pulled to right. The flight crew, trying to hold the B-17 in a straight line of flight, cut the engine power to try again. After a more successfully attempt, the pilot and co-pilot realized they were having serious troubles controlling the airplane the pilot ordered the crew to don parachutes as a precaution, and be ready to bail out of the ailing aircraft. With their bank-and-turn instrument being the only functioning guide, the aircraft seemed to be handling fine. Then, the nose rose slightly, the pilot compensated by pushed the controls downward. Lt. Walker, attempting to level off the aircraft's descent, realized that flight controls had been lost. He attempted to pull the controls back to regain attitude, but the aircraft then rolled over onto its back, righted itself for a brief moment, and then plummeted into a spin. Knowing now that abandoning the aircraft was necessary, the flight crew starting bailing out the airplane. One crewman, Corporal Sterling Isom, with thrown through the glass of a gunner's turret into the air. Another crewman, Private Alden H. Stookey, was ripped out through a big hole in the fuselage. Several other crewmen managed to escape when the tail section of the plane was sheared off by the excessive stresses of the spin. When the flight crew opened their hatch to escape, the flight engineer, Staff Sergeant Eugene M Clemens, was also thrown from the plane and had his jacket blown off of him. Lt. Mode escaped the disaster, and and as he drifted downward witnessed debris from the aircraft falling around him for several minutes. Of the nine-person crew, eight survived. Only the plane's pilot failed to escape. His ordering the crew to wear their parachutes saved their lives. However, his parachute was found draped on a fence post near the crash site.

[@4WDAdventureCrew]

Grumman S-2 Crash 38 miles from Georgetown. 12 moderate miles round trip. MAP The story goes that a lonely love struck pilot went temporarily AWOL with his crew and flew from Ft. Ord up to Lake Tahoe to visit his girlfriend. We don’t know why but for whatever reason he didn’t quite clear the mountains of the High Sierra and crashed near Red Peak. This happened during the Viet Nam war where these sturdy planes were used by the navy for operations along the Viet Nam coast. No one survived the crash and the wreckage is scattered around. Directions: From the Van Vleck wilderness parking lot, 6 miles in on Cheese Camp Road from Ice House Road, you hike out on the main road east towards Shadow lake for 1 mile to the Red Peak trail. It’s well marked by a big post. Hike about 5 miles out past the junction trail to Lake No. 3 (great swimming there) and stay right towards the Barrett Lake area. Just as the trail begins to go downhill watch for a faint trail going R that’s marked with a pile of rocks. Less than a mile down the trail you find a landing gear in a small creek and most of the wreckage can be found beyond there. The trail is fairly easy but uphill along the Bassi Creek.

[@stewpedaso78]

@@4WDAdventureCrew tried posting a link but it wont let me. search on el dorado county's website "b-17c crash site at tells peak. it even shows a pic of a laminated forest service note saying that it is a protected b-17 crash site.

[@WolfDog8458]

Those cars are not made to crawl borders.

[@Mike-sr6gd]

Apparently they got there my guy

[@rusegemkarataev6104]