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Cooking

The Breakfast Burrito

Overland Journal’s Editor-in-Chief Chris Collard shares his soon-to-be-world-famous breakfast delight.

Camper and Trailer, Four Wheel Drive, Motorcycle, Skills and Training

How to Convert to LED Turn Signals and Brake Lights

Tired of your old boring lights? Convert to new LEDs with these easy steps!

Camper and Trailer, Four Wheel Drive, Skills and Training

The Lowdown, Off-road Tire Pressures

What allows us to seemingly ‘float’ over sand, climb slippery surfaces and crawl over rocks with improved floatation, more grip and less tire damage.

Cooking, Gear

GSI Pinnacle Soloist

Compatible cooking

Adventure, Bicycle, Camper and Trailer, Four Wheel Drive, Motorcycle, Resources and Routes

Overland – Getting Started: Where do you want to go?

Answering the most important questions first

Gear, Motorcycle

Adventure Motorcycling Handbook

Chris Scott’s ultimate and always practical motorcycle planning guide. If you ride adventure motorcycles you need to read this book.

Adventure, Four Wheel Drive, Skills and Training, Video

VOTD: 4×4 Winter Driving Recoveries

via West County Explorers Club: Winter’s on the way. To help you get ready, here’s a video showing some snow recoveries by the Search and Rescue Unit in Pierce County, Washington. One involves raising the truck with a Hi-Lift to pack snow under the tires. In the other a Hummer gets winched out of the snow.

When using the Hi-Lift, always keep your head (or any other body part) out of the area between the Hi-Lift frame and the handle, so the handle doesn’t accidentally snap up and whack you. One way to keep yourself out of the “whack-zone” is to put a foot on the base of the Hi-Lift and work the handle with your opposite hand, pulling with the weight of your entire body.

Adventure, Bicycle, Cooking, Outdoor, Skills and Training, Video

Overlanding + Fly Fishing = Awesome!

An exciting new video series from Thad Robison and the team at Motiv Fishing. Their first episode pushes them deep into Mexico, including some incredible jungle terrain. This is a killer teaser – can’t wait for the entire episode.

Camping, Cooking, Gear, Skills and Training, Tools, Recovery and Safety

How to Open a Can Without a Can Opener

Say you’re camping and just about to crack open a can of tomatoes for your stew when you realize — d’oh! — no can opener. If there are some rocks or, better yet, some concrete nearby, to scrape the top of the can on, you can get it open.

No can opener? No problem.

Four Wheel Drive, Skills and Training, Video

VOTD: Driving in Sand Tracks

via West County Explorers Club: Here’s an excellent video from South-African 4×4 expert, Andrew St. Pierre White, showing how to drive in sand, especially in deep tracks.

Thanks thanks for the tip, Greg!

Cooking, Skills and Training

Grilled Fruit Skewers with Chocolate Dip

Delicious grilled fruit─It’s what’s for summer.

Cooking, Skills and Training

Cast Iron Baked Bread

Pining for an original culinary experience? Bake your own bread over an open fire.

Camper and Trailer, Cooking, Four Wheel Drive, Health and Safety, Motorcycle, Resources and Routes, Skills and Training, Video

Overland Expo 2012 is around the corner!

Things have changed quite a bit in the Overland world since…

The 2009 edition was held at the Yavapai Fairgrounds in Prescott Valley

Adventure, Health and Safety, Skills and Training

Snow Recovery Day

A couple of weeks ago I headed up to the Mormon Emigrant Trail in the Sierra Nevada to get into the snow and practice our recovery techniques. We were doing recoveries soon enough, however.