This 36-Hours of Adventure is Presented by: Origins I remember the first fish I caught, my grandfather smiling as I pulled the heavy (to my six-year-old frame) trout out of the pond. I am not sure…
Deliver Your Rig to Remote Shores with Hard Drive Marine
Here at Expedition Portal, we generally focus on vehicles with wheels; things like trucks, vans, motorcycles, and trailers (does a trailer count as a vehicle?). But the truth is, for some adventures, crossing Greenland for instance,…
Discovering the Limits :: Overland Lessons From the Field
Editor’s Note: This article was originally published in Overland Journal Magazine, and is available as a back issue here The Hemi barked to life, squatting the rear of the Wrangler, accelerating us up the face of…
Why Buy Gear when You Can Rent?
Any of you who have taken a long road trip or lived on the road have probably learned that one of the main limiting factors everyone comes to terms with is storage space. It’s possible to…
Camp Out in a Forest Service Fire Lookout Tower
Photo: Clear Lake Lookout, Courtesy of Mt.Hood National Forest The attentive forest service firefighter scans the horizon diligently from their aerie lookout tower. It’s an improbable structure in an improbable place, perched high on a…
Video of the Week: 7 Weeks Iceland 2020 Trailer
Iceland’s black volcanic landscape is punctuated with vibrant green hillsides and cascading waterfalls in this cinematic overland trailer from Benyamin Senkal.
The Shakedown Trip
Editor’s Note: This article was written by Christian M. Simon and Phoebe P. Simon Are you planning to overland? Will you cover significant distances and camp in remote places, maybe accompanied by kids, pets, kayaks?…
2020 Overland Holiday Gift Guide: 20 Gifts Ideas Over $200
Western Mountaineering Flash Hooded Jacket With colder temperatures settling into the Northern Hemisphere, a lightweight down jacket makes a great holiday gift that can be used day in and day out. And the Flash hooded jacket…
2020 Overland Holiday Gift Guide: 20 Gift Ideas Under $200
Our overlander’s 2020 gift guide aims to take some of the stress out of shopping. Instead of frantically clicking the purchase button on Amazon a week before Christmas (or Hannukah, or Kwanzaa, or Festivus…), you can…
2020 Last Minute Online Shopping Deals
Every year when the holidays arrive, I have to remind myself to limit my shopping to gifts for friends and family. But without fail, I always seem to find more gifts for myself than others. Is…
Episode 32 Planning Your First Overland Journey
Show Notes for Podcast Episode #32 Planning Your First Overland Journey Summary: For this Principles of Overlanding, Matt and Scott review the fundamentals of planning your first overlanding trip, including basic equipment, vehicle modifications, and…
Prometheus Design Werx Travel Down Jacket
With the days getting shorter and the last of the fallen leaves gathering on the trail, we start to look toward winter travel and more time in the brisk outdoors. With so many of us trying…
Video of the Week: Popup Life Episode 2
The short video series Pop-up Life is a collaboration between New Belgium Brewing and Four Wheel Campers that documents a sustainable approach to enjoying public lands. This week, in episode 2, join Mac, Owen, and Luna…
Colorado’s 10th Mountain Division Hut System
Photo by Matt Swartz: A ski tour to Sister’s hut (in the background). The 10th Mountain Division hut system is the largest network of mountain cabins in the state of Colorado, and it is managed…
Overland Journal Black Friday Sale!
At expeditionportal.com, we also have a print publication called Overland Journal. Each fall we launch a Black Friday special and announce it on ExPo first, providing access to our readers some of the best subscription, back issue,…
Field Tested: Rocky Talkie FRS Radios
Reliable communication makes adventures safer. And whether you are a group of hikers splitting up to explore different trails, a rock climber who is out of sight of your partner, or a convoy of overlanders, the…
Four Years Circumnavigating the Globe: An Interview with the Alveto Expedition
The Miami sun collided with the asphalt in the Walmart parking lot. Interpersonal conflict came to a boil, and litter was tossed by the breeze, as desperate people gathered to make an unlikely home. Their close…
Lumpy Land Roaming
It takes a life-changing experience to change the way we live our lives. This is exactly what happened to our family in 2010 when our youngest daughter, Sephine, at age 4, was diagnosed with a rare…
Fjallraven is giving away U.S. National Parks Passes this Holiday Season
Last year Swedish outdoor gear and clothing maker Fjällräven gave away U.S. National Parks Passes at their brick and motor stores on November 29th. This year, they are using an interactive online platform to continue the…
Fund your next Adventure with the outRise app ‘Life Scholarship Program’
OutRise is a new smartphone app for iOS and Android phones that allows users to create detailed experiences and share them with others on in the OutRise community. The experiences can be anything from a hike…