I did have fun at this event and I did get some great infomation from some of the classes, the tire repair class showed me some things I didn't know, like stitching a tire sidewall. I swear Martyn can do tire repairs in his sleep !
Travis from Sierra Pacific had some great info and pictures of his trips. The first aid class was ok, I did like the new black bag Adventure Medical Kits used for the Mountain Medic kit.
I also enjoyed the free beer on Friday and Saturday, the steak dinner was also great.
I went to a seminar or class every hour for Friday and Saturday and I agree the time constraints limited the amount of info that was presented and you do have to start out with the very basics, I was simply expecting it to be more advanced, maybe next year they can have basic and advanced classes.
I don't do any rockcrawling with my truck and most of the trips I go on only need 4 wheel drive or ARB engaged once in a while, I do understand what overland driving is and I have made several trips to Mexico and 1 trip to Panama but most of my offroad driving experience is in the southwest, I was hoping to get a chance to drive my truck on a challangeing course with terrain I am not as familar with while still in a controlled enviroment. The driving course was as challenging as driving Bulldog Canyon here in the east valley.
I will most likly be at next years expo but on a day pass.