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Principles of Overlanding: Sean Gorman on Driving in Sand, Rocks, and Mud

Sean Gorman

Overland Journal Podcast Episode 210

Join Overland Journal Podcast host Scott Brady as he welcomes international traveler and off-road driving expert Sean Gorman from Sea2Summit Experiences for a wide-ranging discussion on off-road driving techniques for the most common conditions that overlanders encounter. They tackle vehicle preparation, driver training, tire considerations, vehicle modifications, as well as on-trail skills, and mechanical sympathy.

Special thanks to our sponsor this week, Hankook Tires.

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Guest Bio

Sean Gorman

Sean Gorman is the founder of Sea2Summit Experiences, an automotive consulting business specializing in off-road drive experiences, long-range expedition preparation, off-road vehicle engineering development/ technical support, and visual asset creation. He’s worked in the automotive sector for nearly three decades and has traveled on five continents in vehicles doing testing and development. His background in off-road ability, combined with years of alpine mountaineering guiding some of the highest peaks in the world, has uniquely equipped Sean with a wide breadth of knowledge on what it takes to survive for months in the backcountry, yet the detail to help some the world’s foremost automotive brands with making their products work better. He’s an ASE master technician, guest lecturer for the Society of Automotive Engineers on EV and battery management systems, Lead Off Road Trainer, and has managed to replace two passports because he ran out of pages. His first car, a 1961 Land Rover 109”, is still owned by him, and he has a fleet of Defenders as well. You’ll probably currently find him somewhere in the air flying one of his airplanes or alone on a trail somewhere planning the next big launch program.

To find out more about Sean Gorman you can check out his adventures on Instagram @sea2sum and on his website, s2zx.com

Sean Gorman

Host Bios

Scott Brady

Scott is the publisher and co-founder of Expedition Portal and Overland Journal and is often credited with popularizing overlanding in North America. His travels by 4WD and adventure motorcycle span all seven continents and includes three circumnavigations of the globe. His polar expeditions include two vehicle crossings of Antarctica and the first long-axis crossing of Greenland. @scott.a.brady

Listen More: Principles of Overlanding: Living on the Road Full-Time

Images: Sean Gorman, Scott Brady

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Stephan Edwards is the Associate Editor of Expedition Portal and Overland Journal. He and his wife, Julie, once bought an old Land Rover sight unseen from strangers on the internet in a country they'd never been to and drove it through half of Africa. After living in Botswana for two years, Stephan now makes camp at the foot of a round mountain in Missoula, Montana. He still drives that Land Rover every day. An anthropologist in his former life and a lover of all things automotive, Stephan is a staunch advocate for public lands and his writing and photography have appeared in Road & Track, The Drive, and Adventure Journal. Contact him at edwards@overlandinternational.com and @venturesomeoverland on Instagram.