From Bad to Worse

Everyone who’s ever been off-road knows the feeling — that sinking moment when the tires spin uselessly and the ground swallows you whole. The classic bushcraft fix is to slide a few sturdy tree trunks under the driven wheels, using them as makeshift tracks to claw your way out. It’s crude but effective — in theory.

In this case, however, the laws of physics had other ideas. The logs flex, the mud deepens, and what begins as a clever escape plan soon turns into a slapstick lesson in momentum and misplaced confidence. Sometimes the more you struggle, the deeper you go — and sometimes the only thing left to do is laugh, hose everything down, and swear never to try that again.