back it up! it s the best thing in the world. heidi rides along but hops out to join the watching crowd when they reach the trail s tougher challenges. my husband does all of the driving, and i m more of the spectator, navigator type person. right over the top. you re down. this time, in addition to being a spectator/navigator, heidi is also the family photographer. this is the first time that we re going to videotape, so wey want everybody in the vehicle and mom will videotape it, and it will be a great thing to show. straight down. as heidi tapes, mike drives the jeep and the kids up and down a ragged cliff known as tilt-a-wheel. hold on! when we started the run, i just expected it would be a quick two-minute run and we d be at the bottom watching the next person go through. but only seconds later, heidi senses something is wrong.
little brother, we bumped heads or something. and on the side of my head, it just hurt like really bad. mike s father who d been in the car in front of them, is first one there. he came running up and pulled the passenger door on the back up and that s when you could hear my youngest screaming, grandpa, get me out, grandpa, get me out. oh, my god! my heart stopped, and then i hear my oldest one going i cannot get out. and i don t hear anything from mike. inside the vehicle 12-year-old garen sees his rescuer appear. i finally heard the door
there s this awful creaking sound, and i thought, okay, that s not normal, and then the vehicle just started rolling. jesus! to mike s horror, he completely loses control. once the right front tire dropped down off that ledge, it was gone. there was no saving it. oh, my god. oh my god. i basically tried to run up to the jeep to almost to like stop it. there was a part that s going through your head that s going this is not happening. even though you ve just watched it play out in front of you. jesus! when it hit the bottom, it just made this huge thunk, and then there was nothing. when we landed, me and my
creek open and my brother getting out and my grandpa putting his hand on my shoulder going, garen, are you okay, and i go, yes, i m okay, and that s when i unbuckled my seat belt and get out. finally mike emerges and heidi realizes her family is still intact. at last heidi can let go of her own anxiety. right down from where they turned the jeep back over, i walked down to the base of that and just threw up. my nerves were shot. but they re not done yet. they re in the middle of the desert with miles left to go. and mike is still up for adventure. there s actually a more difficult obstacle after this one that really required some precision driving. it was freaky. considering what they ve just experienced, the kids in the jeep are amazingly relaxed. the youngest one, we got him strapped in and he went to sleep, and the oldest one said
but only seconds later, heidi senses something is wrong. there s this awful creaking sound, and i thought, okay, that s not normal, and then the vehicle just started rolling. jesus! to mike s horror, he completely loses control. once the right front tire dropped down off that ledge, it was gone. there was no saving it. oh, my god. oh my god. i basically tried to run up to the jeep to almost to like stop it. there was a part that s going through your head that s going this is not happening. even though you ve just watched it play out in front of you. jesus!