Nik Schulz, Author at Expedition Portal

Adventure, Adventure, Featured Vehicles, Four Wheel Drive, Video

VOTD: In Asia

Via West County Explorers Club: My friend Greg just sent me a link to this outstanding travel video by Munich-based freelance filmmaker, Vincent Urban and Clemens Krüger. Part 1 of a five-part series, it shows three friends traveling through southeast Asia in a Land Rover Defender 110. There is hardly any narration, hardly any dialogue. Moments of the trip are just strung together like memories. It’s beautifully shot and edited and gets to the heart of why we all travel.

The first three in the series are already on Vimeo. See Part 2 here and Part 3 here.

Thanks for the tip, Greg!

Adventure, Four Wheel Drive, Video

Video of the Day: Off-road Ukraine

via West County Explorers Club: Here’s a recent Vimeo find documenting what appears to be a group of Czechs on a 2008 off-road expedition in the Ukraine. It looks like they had a great trip. And I like the video.

Just be careful about driving over those winch cables guys. Oh, and Smokey the Bear says to clear a five-foot-radius ring around that campfire but other than that, nice one…

Featured Vehicles, Gear

Reedo Land Rover

… we came across this stylish, toy Land Rover complete with roof rack and tiny jerry cans …

Gear, Tools, Recovery and Safety, Video

Video of the Day: How a Differential Works

West County Explorers Club: Do you ever wonder how exactly a differential works? We all have a rough idea, but for a well-explained breakdown of the concepts, check out this instructional film from the 1930s. I think you’ll be hard-pressed to find a clearer explanation.

Featured Vehicles, Four Wheel Drive

La Aduana: 1957 Chevy Oreville Crew Cab with NAPCO 4×4

This 1957 Chevrolet Crew Cab 4×4 is another beautiful example of a rare, period-custom truck. According to the seller it started life as a 1-ton pick-up and was then converted by Oreville Metal Specialty Company in Ohio into a single-rear-door crew cab. The truck features a 6-cylinder engine, floor-mounted, manual transmission, power steering, and power…

Four Wheel Drive, Health and Safety, Skills and Training

Scenes from the Overland Rally

Besides the classes, the best part was meeting so many great people.

Camper and Trailer, Featured Vehicles, Featured Vehicles

The Fuso Earthcruiser

We take a look at one of the baddest campers around

Featured Vehicles, Four Wheel Drive

Willys America

Willys Jeep restorer and parts supplier specializing in frame-off restorations, was having a open house.

Adventure

A Ghost Town Reborn: Silver City, ID

We hadn’t planned on going to Silver City. Heading to Boise up Hwy. 95, the easy way, was what we had in mind. But there we were in tiny, little Jordan Valley, Oregon, having lunch at a diner three miles from the Idaho border, when I spotted the above photo on the wall. I had…

Adventure, Adventure, Motorcycle

Lap of the Snow Mountain Wilderness

Last fall I went to the Mendocino National Forest, north of Clear Lake, solo, to see if I could circumnavigate the Snow Mountain Wilderness.

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