Perfect Camping Meals

by | Mar 1, 2013 | Tips

One thing you learn early in life as a rugged outdoorsman (who picks his teeth with old nails and shaves with the sharp end of a brick), is that not all perfect camping meals are the same. It depends on many things. Let me explain. Behold! The PERFECT camping meal:...

Tech Tuesday: Tie Downs – Strap’er Down Good

by | Feb 26, 2013 | Gear, Tips

Here is a Tuesday tech tip on tie downs. Don’t be that guy barreling down the freeway with the front of his mattress pad sticking straight to the heavens because you have a single bungee cord across the middle. Strap’er down good! You don’t have to...

Tech Tuesday: Pack Three Cases for Adventure

by | Feb 19, 2013 | Gear, Tips

After many overland trips, backpacking, and car camping, I have naturally consolidated to three main categories packed in three big cases. The advantage of this method, is that you can get out of town and into the great outdoors in 20 minutes since your cases are...

Get a Grip

by | Feb 17, 2013 | Gear, Tips, Vehicle

I’m real picky about what I put on my truck. Choose the wrong component that wears too fast or isn’t of good quality, and before you know it you have garbage dangling from your truck. I’m not one for stick-on reflectors or body trim, but when I saw...

Camel Trophy – The Land Rover Years

by | Feb 11, 2013 | Gear, Vehicle

The Camel Trophy. The quintessential overland expedition for competitors, in exotic locations around the world. Know this existed. This awesome documentary goes through each race year by year focusing on the highlights and tough challenges. It is nonstop action, and...