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THE ACCESSORY DREAM GUIDE
Sunrise Lake: West Harrison,
Forest Service Road
V-Rock: West Harrison, BC
Sylvester: Mission, BC
Hale Creek: West Harrison
Forest Service Road
Vedder Mountain: Chilliwack, BC
Catermole: Chilliwack, BC
As an outdoor adventurer, Torry
Longlitz can use the province of
beautiful British Columbia as his
off-road playground. B.C. is famous
for its beautiful coastline vistas,
spectacular mountain peaks and
even the desert sands and sage-
brush of the interior. With his Jeep,
Torry can go wherever he likes, no
roads required.
When Torry and his buddies go off-
road - they really go OFF-ROAD!
The photos and locations tell the
tale. Torry calls his Sahara Unlimited
Rock Lobster, after a feel-good
song from the early 80s by The B-52s.
When it came time to buy his own
vehicle, a Jeep was the natural
choice. In answer to our question:
“Were you always a born Jeeple?”
he replied: “Jeeps have been in my
family since I can remember. My
dad had an old CJ that got me into
wheeling.” so, Torry explained: “I
bought my jeep stock and the first
mod I did was new tires.”
Torry’s group (AWTORO) means
business when they begin to plan
a trip. They use their Facebook
Page to post the minimum tire
size/height requirements for each
adventure as well as the difficulty
rating for the trail. The photos on
his Instagram Page are filled with
gorgeous scenery and wilderness
images. He also has some good
advice for new off-roaders: “be
prepared for every situation. Pack
proper tools and sustenance be-
fore venturing into the unknown.”
For Torry and his off-road group,
it is this “unknown” which makes
what they do so very appealing.
They like to go far into the wilder-
ness and just drive to see what
they can find. His favourite part
of the adventure is the scenery
of British Columbia: “it is breath-
taking in so many different ways.”
Right now, his favourite area is West
Harrison because it has “endless
trails following the glacier-fed lake.”
Torry often shares these off-road
adventures with his copilot, Ali, who
is also his girlfriend. She is actually
the only person whom Torry allows to
drive his Jeep off-road. She “hopes
to get her own Jeep one day.”
So far, his group has mostly wheeled
on the west coast and in the Fras-
er Valley of Beautiful BC. However,
they are always looking for new
areas to explore. They are planning
a big trip in 2017 to the Moab, Utah