R&G|MAGAZINE EDITION #8 - MARCH 2015 | Page 64

So I drove up to the first obstacle, stopped to put the car in the appropriate drive configuration and started the ascent up this smashing mound of dirt. Not an ounce of inability was shown by the Trailblazer. What followed was a rather easy ascent and decent into the pool of wrath. I could feel that I had just driven into a rather hectic situation, but the car had other ideas. It powered through the mixture of mud, grass and water and emerged from the fray looking rather valiant. First obstacle cleared. 64