Wheeling on Mt. Etna (again and again)

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     This time up on Mt. Etna I had my friend Josh with me.  He and I were out to climb a trail that we have never reached the top of.   We quickly got into deep snow and aired down.  On the flat parts of the trail I was able to stay on top of the snow but with the increase of the hill the tires started to spin more and more.  Time for the winch!  We winched through the hard parts and kept going.  At one point we were winching around a corner and pulled the left front tire off the rim.  We left the winch cable hooked up and jacked up the truck then turned on the on board air.  After reseating the tire we were off.  Once we made it to the top we were cruising along as the sun we setting and stopped for a photo.  A perfect end to a perfect day.

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