Bill wrote:

Perhaps if one runs or drives in a zig-zag or back and forth motion we can
trick friction into going in our favor

Umm well we can, water can be made to flow up hill on a slope.

http://www.livescience.com/environment/060329_water_uphill.html

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/earth/mai...07/10/05/sciwa
ter105.xml

Wilbur Hubbard's mind is not cluttered with useless memorized facts or
dimmed with fuzzy thinking.

The Craptains mind is untroubled by thought of any kind.