VIDEO: Who Needs a Ski Lift When You’ve got an F1 Car Cool video from the Red Bull F1 Team. Pretty neat way to get up the mountain, although I thought it’d be faster going downhill! I’d race it on skis downhill any day… Steven Agar | February 16, 2018 0 Comments
Friday Fun: Man Drives Car Onto Tuolumne Meadows, CA I drove up through Yosemite National Park’s Tioga Pass highway this past Friday. When I reached 8,600-foot high Tuolumne Meadows, one of our greatest national treasures, I found a car parked right in the middle of the meadows. Its owner had his family in the car and was leaning on the trunk. His car was stuck and his idea of joyriding the meadows had backfired blindingly. I don’t think the meadows were hurt too bad […] Miles Clark | May 15, 2014 4 Comments
How To: NOT Get Your Car Broken Into A surfer/writer from Surfer Magazine recently caught a thief breaking into his car. He told the guy: “I’m not going to call the police. But I do want to know how you’re doing what you’re doing. I don’t want to know why. I want to know how.” And that started our conversation. For the next half-hour, he stood there and gave […] SnowBrains | November 26, 2013 3 Comments
Friday Fun: HUGE Boulder Nearly Crushes Car in Taiwan Landslide On August 31st, 2013 a rock and mud slide crashed down onto this road in Taiwan. The boulder that comes down with the slide is enormous and nearly rolls onto a white sedan before teetering back harmlessly. It’s a incredible thing to watch. It looks like a cartoon. The boulder gets within 1 foot of the car… This happened in […] SnowBrains | September 6, 2013 2 Comments
Racing Over the Sierras by Car After the Record Winter of 1911 Our friends at the Sierra Sun has just published a terrific two part article entitled: Conquering Donner Pass by Car. The article highlights a “race” over Donner Summit, CA in 1911 during extremely high snow depths. In the early 1900s, automobiles were new and taking them to the limit was all the rage. A cross-country car race craze had […] Featured Article SnowBrains | May 9, 2013 4 Comments
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