Yeah, I missed that ranger incident. As I was driving up I wondered why that ranger-looking guy was just down at the staging area watching. Oh well.
By the time I got there, Bruce had repositioned the 4Runner to pretty much make it a straight shot up the hill, backwards. Between the two of us, the process was pretty smooth.
It didn't start unfortunately...severed ignition wires....but with some careful towing and achoring, we got it back to the street.