u/fitchmt

Completed 3/4 of the GT with El Diente - Wilson. Overall, the traverse was straightforward and nothing too crazy, but the North Buttress on El Diente was the spiciest part of the day. There is some scary rockfall risk in the boulders with massive stuff you wouldn't expect to move. We took the line to the climber's right on the final pitch and it was steeeep with some good exposure. The traverse pretty mild until the final ridge obstacles, which were quite fun. The descent via North Slopes is tedious and loose, but if you look for cairns, you should be alright. Also, the view of El Diente from the Woods Lake approach is top tier.

Woods Lake -> Navajo Basin -> North Buttress -> Traverse -> North Slopes

Purchased these from Unique Style Racing. Swapped to frosted clear taillights, '99 facelift style headlights along with clear corners and turn signals.

This was an absolutely insane route but so sick. Drove to 10,200, camped at Lake Como and completed the traverse 7/3. Couldn't have asked for better weather. My first of the Great 4

I've driven this since college, but never had enough time or money to invest in getting it back into shape. I never was able to do any preventative maintenance and basically had to take it to the shop as certain things would fail. Swipe to the end for a before photo.

Bilstein 5100 shocks & struts at 2.5-3" from SRQ

JBA upper control arms and upper ball joints

OEM lower ball joint

Overland Custom Designs sway bar end links (still gotta install)

Running board delete

Also had to replace the radiator and power steering rack at the shop a few months ago and that was good motivation to get my shit together.