| Matthias Jeschke, the German off road enthusiast | | | | checked the differential locks, shocks steering |
| who made the first High Altitude World Record in | | | | stabilizers, chassis parts, Jeep grille guard and other |
| 2005 aboard a Toyota Land Cruiser has once again | | | | technical features of the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited |
| set up a new record-breaking high altitude. This time, | | | | Rubicon. |
| Jeschke and his team successfully made the high | | | | During the 11th day of expedition, Matthias Jeschke's |
| altitude world record in March 13th using two | | | | team went up the Ojos del Salado, to a height of |
| standard Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon 3.8 V6 | | | | 6120 meters, and with huge effort of all team |
| model after a grueling week of expedition and | | | | members, the Jeep Wrangler went up to a height of |
| navigation in Ojos del Salado located in the South | | | | 6358 meters, which is the old record mark he made |
| American mountain range of Chile. | | | | last 2005. |
| On the first day of expedition in Copiapó | | | | The biggest challenge was on March 12, the day |
| province in Chile, Matthias Jeschke's team was divided | | | | before Matthias Jeschke made the new high altitude |
| into several groups. These include Two camera | | | | world record using the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited. He |
| teams that will capture the actions in the team's | | | | said: "The team is exhausted. For days we have |
| adventure; purchasing team that bought the last | | | | spent very much time in high altitude. It was windy all |
| requirements; branding team who covered the cars | | | | the time, and there was sand everywhere which |
| with stickers of the team's sponsors; engineering | | | | flew into your ears and into any little gap. Climbing |
| team that made the special electronic installation; and | | | | was only possible by a supreme effort to the point |
| the navigation team who set up several notebook | | | | of exhaustion. Working in the burning sun (which tans |
| PCs, GPS equipment, satellite-phones and other things | | | | the face although it is ice-cold was) also really |
| needed for the expedition. | | | | challenging. Thus, you can see it was time for one |
| On the 3rd day, most of the team members got a | | | | day off." |
| headache, dizzy spell, and a sick feeling because of | | | | Finally, on March 13th, Matthias Jeschke and his team |
| restless nights spent on the mountain. Matthias | | | | successfully climbed to an impressive altitude of 6646 |
| Jeschke checked the performance of all team | | | | meters aboard the Jeep Wrangler Unlimited Rubicon. |
| members in order to get them into the suitable | | | | According to Jeschke, he is sure that no other |
| groups for the following days of adventure. In | | | | person will ever reach or even break his unbelievable |
| addition, the team also conducted a hard testing for | | | | altitude because the already reached the top |
| the Jeep Wrangler vehicles. The team tested the | | | | between both secondary summits, only 247 meters |
| Jeep Wrangler's capability in driving over boulders, | | | | below the top of the Ojos del Salado and |
| rocks and sand, as well as the tipping limits of the | | | | Chile-Atacama mountains. |
| off-road vehicle. Moreover, the engineering team | | | | |