Recent content by Chris S

Banana boxes. Robust Fit/remove in seconds Free Light Recycled Non-rattling

A Trinity search led me here. Some great boats. Here are some more ideas for the trunk. https://expeditionportal.com/overlanding-with-packboats

Thanks for great photos. Brilliant show full of inspiring ideas - and that's just the car park! Recommended it at a talk I gave the other day. Hope to get back one of these years

I recently unearthed a great story of a French guy who built himself a novel, three-wheeled, part-time 2WD / lifting axle bike and cycled it 2000 miles to Timbuktu in 1986. Fully loaded with 72-litres of water, it weighed as much as a moto. A few pics below, Long version here. There's a video...

250s: MHO A couple more for you: Steph Jeavons on a long RTW with a 250L. Just starting her way up Africa. quick trip report Antarctica Leonie and Peter from NL - 110,000km on the same bike quick trip report And of course Lois Pryce on her Serow and TT250 - 3rd book recently out on Iran...

Your 50 minutes will not be wasted watching this amazing adventure from 1983. https://youtu.be/A_i5gNs8TeU

Holiday is over so need to shift my AZ-plate CRF and fly back to UK. Available at the Expo or in Phoenix in just over 2 weeks by which time will have about 4-4500 miles. Bought from first owner with <1000 miles. He fitted white plastics - the only one in the US? Can sit on 60-65 and averages...

Where are these pictures from? Beautiful country! Southern Utah, where else?! (end of Hole in the Rock Rd - Escalante) Ch

I had a great week in that bus - thanks Christian - but you gotta get rid of that tow hitch or put a wheel on it! Here's my OLH Trip Report. Feel free to add your own to the growing list.

awesome video music! Never heard that said of one of my vids before! Glad you all enjoyed it. latguy, it was a Panasonic TZ6 super compact (a DMC-ZS1 in US?). Under £100 used on ebay here. Far from top of the range Lumix but did brilliantly until the sand got to it (as happens to any cam used...

Not for a while, but if you pick your spots there are still huge areas to explore.

I could have bought that Discovery for just $600 after the trip. It was the most economical too but what am I going to do with a 4WD? So I passed it on to Toby Savage's 14-year old grandson. Chris

February 2011. Not an expedition, more of a tour with local guides, but that's the only way to do it out there these days, and even then it has its difficulties as you can read here. http://www.sahara-overland.com/Sfiles/algeria2011/index.htm There's a big map, a small gallery and an short...

North Zambia border tonight with 4 days to go - it looks like they might just make it. Who would have believed it. Chris S

There are the most effective tools for vehicle-supported travel and there are ways that people choose to travel. In my experience, those are often not the same. Nicely put, Scott. I may have to steal that line! When you know nothing but get the inspiration it's common to think you must get a...