The Ultimate Adventure Cronies

The Off-road Enthusiasts at the Core of UA

- By Verne Simons. Photos by Rachel Speir, Josh Walker, Four Wheelers staff

If you've seen our coverage of Ultimate Adventures (UA) past, you'll probably remember our many references to the Ultimate Adventure Cronies: Keith Bailey, Tom Boyd, Dave Chappelle, Chris Durham, Sam Gillis, Trent McGee, Clifton Slay, and Ken Smith. These guys are the best, and they're at least half the reason we here at the magazine pour our hearts into this event. Without UA we might not be able to convince all these guys—a group made up of some of our best friends—to skip work, shut down the shop, take vacation, ditch their loving families and friends, and go four-wheeling with us ... basically wherever we want to go.

The UA Cronies are tireless off-roaders and true lifelong enthusiasts who live it every day, and that makes them the best group of folks to get stuck with, break down near, or roll over ahead of. They have seen it all, and they know how to recover broken or rolled vehicles better than any group of eight people on earth, a judgement we can make based on years of experience working on 4x4s, driving 4x4s all over the place, fixing 4x4s that are broken (sometimes very badly), and living life on the trail. These guys can fix darn near anything on a 4x4 or any other rig.

KEITH AND JOSH IN THE BAILEY BEIGE