garrettG
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This happened a few months ago**
So it was a great november evening with a few friends and our subarus... we meet at a dennys at about 9pm and were gonna go for a fun little drive out to Blue Jay Camp ground off of Ortega highway. My friends have a 07 wrx, 05 fxt, 02 wrx, 09 wrx... needless to say I hopped in one of their cars for the drive
The way out there was great! The road is almost like a paved single track with some fun turns and not another car or house in sight.
We hung out right by the camp ground at the top of the mountain for about an hour and a half. It was a full moon so the sky looked rad and we were all just hanging out talking. (there was no i repeat NO alcohol or drugs involved. 2 of them are sober)
(11:30pm) For the way back we decided to take the "back way" which none of us had ever taken. I hopped in the 02 WRX and off down the road we went. Coming down the narrow service road (along the side of the mountain) we came to the first major turn and thats where the pavement ended... going maybe 20mph my friend tried to make the turn but we started to loose control and began sliding sideways, right off the side of the road.
Right as we went off I knew we were in for a dangerous ride. We rolled about 4-7 (estimate from the tower) times off the side of the road before coming to a stop roughly 120+ft from the road. While rolling my friend (the driver) asked me 3 times if I was still okay! I was just silent and doing my best to stay low in my seat. Glass and dirt was flying everywhere as we were rolling.
We came to a stop on my side of the car. With the car still running, he shut it off imediatly and we both gathered ourselves and climbed out of the driver side window. We got to the ground and checked eachother usiny me cell phone light for any injuries... to both of our surprise we were completely uninjured! so we grabbed a couple of things and began hiking back up the very steep hill, there were points where we had to use our hands to climb it.
Only small glass cuts on our hands and... along my waist from it getting caught in my pants.
Our friends who were following behind us in there cars and didn't see us go off the edge, so they kept driving down the mountain until they got to the bottom and realized that we were missing. As they raced back up the hill I got ahold of one of them and let him know what happened and that we were okay. Naturally he was freaking out and wanted to call an ambulance, but i talked him out of it because ambulances are expensive as he** and we were not injured.
The airbags never deployed, and probably to our advantage. They would have caused the only injuries.
We are very lucky to be alive and unscathed. I thank God for keeping us safe. And the extremely well built subaru!
well here is what you are all waiting for! some pictures...
the road is up behind the tree at the top right of this picture.
this is at the yard it was towed to the next day. It looks pretty good for rolling 4-7 times.
the only glass intact is the back doors... im not sure how it didnt shatter out like the rest of them.
...for giggles.
So it was a great november evening with a few friends and our subarus... we meet at a dennys at about 9pm and were gonna go for a fun little drive out to Blue Jay Camp ground off of Ortega highway. My friends have a 07 wrx, 05 fxt, 02 wrx, 09 wrx... needless to say I hopped in one of their cars for the drive
The way out there was great! The road is almost like a paved single track with some fun turns and not another car or house in sight.
We hung out right by the camp ground at the top of the mountain for about an hour and a half. It was a full moon so the sky looked rad and we were all just hanging out talking. (there was no i repeat NO alcohol or drugs involved. 2 of them are sober)
(11:30pm) For the way back we decided to take the "back way" which none of us had ever taken. I hopped in the 02 WRX and off down the road we went. Coming down the narrow service road (along the side of the mountain) we came to the first major turn and thats where the pavement ended... going maybe 20mph my friend tried to make the turn but we started to loose control and began sliding sideways, right off the side of the road.
Right as we went off I knew we were in for a dangerous ride. We rolled about 4-7 (estimate from the tower) times off the side of the road before coming to a stop roughly 120+ft from the road. While rolling my friend (the driver) asked me 3 times if I was still okay! I was just silent and doing my best to stay low in my seat. Glass and dirt was flying everywhere as we were rolling.
We came to a stop on my side of the car. With the car still running, he shut it off imediatly and we both gathered ourselves and climbed out of the driver side window. We got to the ground and checked eachother usiny me cell phone light for any injuries... to both of our surprise we were completely uninjured! so we grabbed a couple of things and began hiking back up the very steep hill, there were points where we had to use our hands to climb it.
Only small glass cuts on our hands and... along my waist from it getting caught in my pants.
Our friends who were following behind us in there cars and didn't see us go off the edge, so they kept driving down the mountain until they got to the bottom and realized that we were missing. As they raced back up the hill I got ahold of one of them and let him know what happened and that we were okay. Naturally he was freaking out and wanted to call an ambulance, but i talked him out of it because ambulances are expensive as he** and we were not injured.
The airbags never deployed, and probably to our advantage. They would have caused the only injuries.
We are very lucky to be alive and unscathed. I thank God for keeping us safe. And the extremely well built subaru!
well here is what you are all waiting for! some pictures...
the road is up behind the tree at the top right of this picture.
this is at the yard it was towed to the next day. It looks pretty good for rolling 4-7 times.
the only glass intact is the back doors... im not sure how it didnt shatter out like the rest of them.
...for giggles.
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garrettG. That really is a wreck 
