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Women’s Travel Fest
The Women’s Travel Festival is coming up March 3-5 in New Orleans
Overland Skills: Knowing When to Turn Around
It’s not a defeat if you live to travel another day.
Overland Skills: Going Solo
Whether you go by way of truck, motorcycle, or even on foot, going alone takes careful planning.
Camp Champ
A chuck box of the luxury nature
Travel tip: Mixing Engine Oil
Can you mix different motor oils without damaging the engine?
Five Off-Road Driving Basics for the New Overlander
Driving any vehicle onto unimproved roads is not something to take lightly. Many variables, seen and unforeseen, can conspire to stymy forward progress or damage vehicles and the occupants within. While there are an endless number of techniques and skills to be learned, much of it only through hands-on time behind the wheel, there are a few general...
To Shift or Not to Shift
We address the overland pros and cons of manual cogs versus a slushbox transmission.
Going Alone – Single Vehicle Offroad Travel Safety
With no one else to count on but yourself, you had better be prepared.
A2A Expedition: Overlander Off-Road Driving Techniques – Water Crossings.
You better know before you go.
Landcruising Adventure: How to deal with police officers while overlanding
How to handle bribes, bravado and other bouts with authority.
Why do a 4×4 training course before an overland expedition?
You bought the capable truck. Do you know how to drive it?
Overland Skills: Selecting a Campsite
How to select a plot of earth for a short overnight stay.
A2A Expedition: Staying Safe on your International Overland Journey
The road to adventure is often lined with corrupt border guards, potential thieves and other hazards.
Adventure Photographer: Ten Tips for Better Travel Images
You’ve made the journey, be sure you come home with the image souvenirs you wanted.
The top 10 must-have pieces of luggage
In my article Top 10 advice for new travelers, I ranked first advice to travel as light as possible. And I mean it. I can do without many things, even if they seem vitally important, and I can gratefully use something simple without complaining about lack of comfort or pretentious brand name. Sometimes I even…
Is an off-road trailer really for you?
Why a trailer could be the best camping investment you’ve ever made, or your worst.
The Rebelle Rally announces women’s navigational event!
For the first time in the U.S., a Women’s only off-road navigation rally will be held
What You Need To Know Before Driving Off-Road
Driving off-road doesn’t have to be scary. Yet most people that spend serious cash on 4WDs never even put them in low range, much less take them off the pavement. Let’s try to fix that with a few basic skills everyone can master. What 4WD Is And How Traction Works Off-Road Four-wheel drive is...
Overland Chef: Dutch Baby Pancake
Take time for a better breakfast. Freshofthegrid.com shows us how.