My first time offroading; I had owned the Jeep about a month and hadn't been able to take it offroading yet. I finished a LONG day of work and decided to just take it down a trail cut into the woods for power lines behind some nearby houses. Its was 9:30ish, and even with all the lights on it was dark; I had it idling along down the trail and came to what looked like a dip in the dirt road but was actually a mud pit; since I was going so slow I just kinda rolled to a stop while the wheel kept spinning. I was only about 8 inches past the solid dirt but I had NO traction.
I spent close to two hours trying to dig myself out and get 2x4's under the tires before I swallowed my pride and called my dad to come pull me out.
Now that same pit is slightly less sketchy but I can get through it no problem with enough momentum.
Live and learn.