Biggest fear on the trail????
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Not taking enough time off and not finding the end of the trail.
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Off-Road Ranger I
hitting a long icy downhill trail with a ledge off to the side where I will roll to my death. Sent from my SM-G930V using OB Talk mobile app
1. Breaking something unrepairable (on trail that is)/really expensive.
2. Rolling over.
3. Being solo and stranded (though I don't go out alone.)
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2. Rolling over.
3. Being solo and stranded (though I don't go out alone.)
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I'm in the same boat Jordan. Wish we lived closer. I say the hell with it and still go out to the unknown half of the time I take all of the kids 11, 9, 5, and 3. With just me. So that's my fear but I try to plan and hope for the best.
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My fear is getting hurt and not being able to help my wife in a bad situation, although, I'm sure my wife will take charge and be able to get us out. She can drive out, nav out, winch out of most situations. Know your limits, your partners and or/team limits, and don't get over your head. As many of you mentioned, always carry a SPOT transmitter, Delorme Inreach, or equivalent. Happy Trails!
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If you'd said Jeep, I'd have suggested you join a local club as they are always wrenching on stuff. Having the Nissan...there's not as much work, and certainly not as many wrenchers. Prime at Xterranation is an old friend of mine and one of the guys I venture out with. I'm sure he could give you some X-specific pointers, suggestions for your trail toolkit, etc.
Enthusiast III
Planning everything down to a tee, hitting the road only to realize you forgot gas?
Daryl, you are so correct about mindset and attitude of others. What we found in our recent travels out in AZ and CA was that a few (maybe 10%) were delightful folk and we really enjoyed their company, conversation, etc. The vast majority were, however, in "party mode" within their own small group and/or we found that many folks had no clue about driving speed, dust control (or lack of), tread lightly concepts and ended up just trashing every stop or campsite they visited.
It got to the point that I had to just stop picking up trash from careless drivers/campers since I ran out of storage room for other folks garbage. Surely I'm Exaggerating? not really...At one point we stopped to pick up a plastic bag beside a fork in the road only to find it torn open and full of soiled baby diapers plus partially eaten food with wrappers intact. I can only hope the coyotes and other scavengers cleaned up the mess - of course that would then leave the plastic to be blown around by the wind and hung up in scrub or cacti.
Guess you could say with that example, and others too numerous to go over, I just got discouraged with my "fellow humans". Please note that the comments about AZ and CA are not meant as "finger pointing" to our western colleagues... I also find the same, if not worse, behavior and lack of consideration in our neck of the wilderness in GA, TN, NC/SC. So it just seems like a lack of personal awareness and social maturity to me.
Eric we have lived in Southern California now for 35 years or more and it is really noticeable the lack of concern about trash in the city's. People are becoming pegs at home so it dose not surprise me they are pegs away from home.
This being said - not everyone is like this, just a growing group of them.
Again we like small groups of 3 to 4 vehicles - families or couple we know. Plus big groups just have too much dust and take to long to move along I think. My $0.02
Depends on what you're meaning of trail consist of, I mean I wasn't on an off road trail, but while camping threw my back out and could EVAC the camp site. I simply gave away or sold all of our items on the spot to anyone who wanted it. Cutting our trip short in the process.
This.......
https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/a-little-more-adventure-than-we-bargained-for.12288/
As always, I'm more worried about other idiots on the trail....hope for the best, plan for the worst and enjoy the outdoors.
https://www.overlandbound.com/forums/threads/a-little-more-adventure-than-we-bargained-for.12288/
As always, I'm more worried about other idiots on the trail....hope for the best, plan for the worst and enjoy the outdoors.
Enough to make a desert guy (or a beach guy) think about adding tire chains to their kit, huh? Yikes.
Off-Road Ranger I
Ya for sure. I'm from az and I've never seen ice that thick before haha
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My fear is the people that are out driving to fast on the roads and trails! Next is the drunks out shooting off guns along with big loud mouths! I enjoy shooting guns myself, but alcohol and guns do not mix! Save the beer and what ever to enjoy with friends around the campfire. Keep it so others can enjoy the outdoors too! Benz.
Member III
Idiot drivers on narrow roads with blind curves. As careful as I am, there are just people out there who don't think. Snow, mud, sand and other trail conditions can be a concern but I have yet to come across any of those I couldn't overcome with a little ingenuity. A head on with some dumb ass going too fast, that's hard to overcome.
-Curtiss
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Enthusiast III
I'm used to being outdoors, and for most of my years my outdoor adventures were on foot. But as I get older, my knees get mad at me, so other means of conveyance are sometimes needed. So I went back to my old offroading roots and use the 4x4 more often now for extended outdoor trips. Then I figured out we call it overlanding these days :)
My biggest fear is, despite being fairly mechanically inclined, is mechanical trouble out in the middle of nowhere. I know I'll survive, I'm not too worried about that. But let's face it, there is no parts store out there and we can carry only so much. My rig is older and she runs great but there is that risk....
I'm not the richest guy around so I suppose it's the cost of recovery that would bother me the most.
My biggest fear is, despite being fairly mechanically inclined, is mechanical trouble out in the middle of nowhere. I know I'll survive, I'm not too worried about that. But let's face it, there is no parts store out there and we can carry only so much. My rig is older and she runs great but there is that risk....
I'm not the richest guy around so I suppose it's the cost of recovery that would bother me the most.
