(engines revving)
(funky banjo country music)
- We're at about 8,300 feet,
and then those mountains just off to our 11 there,
those look to be
13, 14,000 feet.
So in Commie metric numbers
probably 35, 3,600 meters, something like that.
And we're not going to be going quite over them,
but this shortcut is supposedly
going to take us around them.
- Yeah, we're doomed.
Completely and utterly doomed.
- So you're saying you're not getting a massage right now?
- I am getting a massage, but not from a massage seat,
but just because the chassis wobbles around so much.
(Jonny laughs) But hey, equally pleasant.
- Okay, good, because I've gone from a activating massage
to a classic massage,
and if the temperature drops,
I'll get a hot Swedish massage
(Jethro laughs) or a hot stone massage,
whatever it is.
(electric guitar country music)
- I'm liking the shortcut so far.
It's good.
- But we're going to walk into 20 feet of snow,
get stuck (Jethro laughs),
lose a toe to hypothermia,
and then have to turn around
and extend our day by several hours.
(easy guitar only country music)
- Starting to hate this snow.
I think the trail that they want to take is down here.
- This is where we're supposed to go?
- Tin Cup
Pass.
Quite serious.
Road closed (laughs).
Okay.
We might struggle with this one.
- Pretty treacherous. You better at least be
in four wheel drive.
- Yeah, what do you want to do?
Should I just go straight here into full mode,
diff locks and do it?
- No, you go until you can't go forward anymore,
then you start using your toys.
But if bet if you're just four high,
snow doesn't get any deeper, you should be okay.
(engine revving)
(Jethro laughs)
(acoustic guitar and harmonica country music)
- Boy, this shortcut looks like
it can take seven years to get across.
(Jethro laughs)
- [Jethro] Got a bag of half-eaten grapes in the back
so we should be all right for at least ten minutes.
(engine revving high)
How's your cruiser doing, Jonny?
How's your Beverly Hills cruiser doing? (laughs)
- Pretty bad. I got stuck in your ruts.
(Jethro laughs)
- Yeah, we haven't got a hope in hell, have we?
- This is not good.
Oh, boy.
Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- I love that the G-wagon's stuck (laughs).
He's totally doomed.
- It's just dug in.
One thing I probably should have told Dethro
before we started,
I have a pretty lousy track record
when it comes to G-wagons and snow.
Hey man, I'm from Los Anga-lese.
And we're going to have to pull this thing forward a little bit
to get out of here, because it's pretty stuck.
Try to avoid your own ruts, because it's deep.
So this snow, it's just melted.
- Whoooooooa,
that's deep.
- It was like, the second I was like,
"Oh man, he's making ruts",
tried to get out and just (makes mouth raspberry).
Worse case scenario, maybe the jeep could get around it
and pull it backwards. - Pull it backwards.
Let's try it.
Let's try uphill, see what it does.
I'll lock my diffs,
or maybe I'll put it in four wheel drive now.
- Shut up.
(Jethro laughs)
- Okay, so right now we're just going to get tension, okay?
- Safety first, guys.
And then I'm just going to get a bit...
- Keep going, keep going, keep going.
Stop.
- Okay, I'm going to go nice and slow.
Here we go.
Oh my God.
Jeep to the rescue.
Hang on, hang on.
I don't want to bury myself up to the axles.
Hold on.
- Well, hang on. Let me see if I can reverse right now.
- Yeah, okay (laughs).
Look how deep it is.
(Jason revs engine high)
- (laughs) It literally, it literally doesn't move.
Oh, mate it's so deep.
Look it, look. It's got to go up an ice wall, basically.
No, you are well wedged, mate. Jesus.
- You have a shovel?
- Does anyone know if - Anybody with a camera
- [Jethro] we have a shovel? - know if we have a shovel?
- We have no shovel.
But if you did have to stay in it overnight,
it's got massage seats.
- It's really comfy, yeah.
- You'll have a lovely, - Yeah, yeah, yeah,
- [Jethro] lovely... - yeah, yeah.
(Old West country music)