New to overlanding not off-roading**.
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good questions...here is an earlier thread that is along the same sentiment...
i wouldnt get too caught up in the hoopla, but it is good to reflect on some things and question others. i think you'll find that in the end, you just end up doing what YOU like the way YOU want to do it...or at least that is how it should end up...
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i wouldnt get too caught up in the hoopla, but it is good to reflect on some things and question others. i think you'll find that in the end, you just end up doing what YOU like the way YOU want to do it...or at least that is how it should end up...
Is the Overlanding community killing itself
Is it me or is the overlanding community slowly killing itself with all the very overpriced gear being pushed as must? It seems everyone is told you have to have a tricked out vehicle with another $50k of "upgrades" to get it out of the driveway. First you must spend $50k for a off road...
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Here is my humorous reply, don't get worked up over it, no insult intended ;)
When someone starts talking about keeping the experience "authentic" and "connected to nature", I hear armchair philosopher who hasn't froze his arse off enough, telling me how I should enjoy my time. These are B.S. concerns IMO, allow me to elucidate!
Getting flooded out in a thunderstorm in my ground tent was pretty authentic and connected to nature. So was freezing arse at 13 as a BoyScout hiking the Appalachian trail using a cheap "Tube tent" some clueless Dad pushed on us, probably because it would be a more authentic experience closer to what early explorers had. Canvas A-style boyscout tents were wet, cold, small, but extremely authentic. Climbing the 14k peaks in CO in college with cheap college tent was super close to nature...
ALL THOSE ADVENTURES were MISERABLE, mostly fun in retrospect, and not something that will get my wife and kids out overlanding with me at 60. What WILL get them and me out there still, enjoying nature at least in some amount, is romanticized version of camping in a fancy vehicle! And if I call it "Overlanding" instead of Car Camping, there is an even better chance I will talk them into it!
For many of us, just getting family out there together in any way possible, is a goal 100 higher on the list than an Authentic experience... there is a MUCH higher chance of me having an authentic experience with the wife if we are in my truck camper with diesel heatee and full electric gourmet gucci kitchen, I guarantee!
