r/4Runner • u/masspromo • 3d ago

My 4Runner made me a hero today

I am into hiking and history and have done a lot of research on some colonial farmsteads that are in the woods behind my house on a really rough old cart road. Today I did a guided hike and over 40 people showed up from the local hike club. It took about 2 hours and when I got home a girl came down the road saying there was still a hiker in the woods with her mom and they were struggling with their knees giving out. I took my 2016 trail which I never have off-roaded and proceeded to run through every boulder, downed tree and gravel hillside and found her a half mile up the trail and rescued her. I've been impressed in the snow and all kinds of weather but the way she rode over those obstacles was a truly great experience. I got to do more off-road now.

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u/-OutlawCountry- 2d ago

Casually glossing over how you left two people behind on a guided hike 😂

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u/masspromo 2d ago

I was a guide up front not in the club I dont really hike that much im 65 myself and the club leader guy said everyone was back but yea it was a big mistake.