WHEN YOU ARE IN A HOLE, STOP
DIGGING
One of the first rules you learn about driving in sand is that
when you are in a hole, stop digging.
When I started driving in dunes, I frequently got stuck in patches
of soft sand. As a novice, when I bogged down, I spun my
tires which made me sink progressively deeper until the chassis rested solidly on the
ground. Only then did
my Defender stop sinking.
Eventually I discovered that if you don't spin your wheels when
you first get stuck, you don't sink down nearly as far. It's
much easier to recover a bogged vehicle when
it's not buried all the way up to the chassis.
We developed a damage control rule for everyone who drove with us
in the sand. When the forward motion of the vehicle
ceases, you immediately stop spinning your tires so that vehicle recovery
will be easier. When we did it that way, we could
usually go in reverse and back out of the sand trap if a couple of
people got out and gave the vehicle a push with their hands.
Only occasionally was it necessary to use sand ladders, winches,
or snatch straps.
This rule is applicable to life in general. When you find
your self stuck, when forward motion ceases, it's time to stop
digging. If you continue to spin your mental wheels, you
will only sink deeper into the muck and mire. Whatever
it was that you were doing before you got into trouble, you
must immediately cease and desist. If you don't stop, you will only sink
deeper making it more difficult to get your life back on track.
You might want to write that rule on paper and look at it several
times a day when you are having problems. If you stop
digging and start doing something constructive, it won't be long
before you are back to living your dreams.
I really got stuck this time.
I drove about fifty feet into soft sand, and the easiest way to
recover my vehicle was to hook up a winch. We could have
used sand ladders to extract our bogged Defender, but it would
have taken a long time and a lot of effort. We were about
300 kilometers off-road, and we had places to go and things to do,
so we took the quick and easy way out.
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