Shortly after this picture was taken the clouds let loose with heavy rain, forcing our group to don raingear. The rain eventually made obstacles so slippery that forward progress was almost impossible. Anders Farr traveled from Wisconsin to put his '95 Wrangler to the test at the Dakota challenge. John Toumbs two-wheels it on a section of the Hal Johns trail. Tight spots like this one that John Toumbs found himself in are common on trails like Hal Johns.
Good spotters can help the drivers avoid body damage though.
He never munched the body. The one constant at the Dakota Challenge is the fact that you and your vehicle are going to be tested to the max. As a matter of fact, the folks who devise this insanity, the Black Hills 4-Wheelers, go out of their way to make sure that at least one new trail is on the lineup each year just to keep things interesting. They don't really have to do this, because the Challenge can claim some of the most technical, carnage-causing, famous trails in the nation, including such legendary gnarliness as Hal Johns, Kong, Twisted, The Buzzworms, and Iceman. But they do it because their love of a challenge drives them to constantly better their event.