RE: ....and there she sits.
Photo documentation of SAR Attempt #3
1: the "tree snake"....pretty handy actually
2: the muddy aftermath of my near-death experience...mere inches separated SAR Team One from the sharp drop-off out of shot to the left in the foreground. Only his expert driving skills (honed through years of "borrowing" Dad's car as a teenager to go on "turfing" expeditions) saved the day.
3: VEV bears the temporary evidence of its muddy excursion
4: the battle-scarred, wet, and dirty SAR Team One