Recent content by RichardSines

Shout out from SC. Don't need a trailer, but great to connect with someone local. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@cactus, if you sign up for the Blue Ridge newsletter you get 10% off first purchase. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

@kmrtnsn and @zelatore, thank you for the responses. I'll check out the Husky bags. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I've recently built up my recovery kit, but I am in need of a great bag. I've found a few options, but I am curious what everyone else is using. Below of the three main competitors I have my eye on: ARB Large Recovery Bag: Viking Recovery Gear Bag M4: Blue Ridge Overland Gear "Oh Crap...

There were other contrasts between Guinea and Sierra Leone worth mentioning. Guinea was French and they retained a lot of the culinary traditions as well as the language. Sierra Leone's British influence is apparent in its roads and government. It's easier to communicate since they speak...

Yes, in those photos they were mining for diamonds. The diamond mines attracted a lot of subsistence farmers out of their fields. This was a gamble for easy money that created a shortage of local food. In the presence of larger industrialized mines, the local artisanal miners would dig all...

Yup. These are big in South Carolina. I have the 'Chore Hi Cool' which are insulated. My dad bought a pair of Bog boots which look similar but fit him a little better. Life savor at Overland Expo East. I can't think of a scenario where I would travel without my Muck's now. I also opted to...

Hi - First post on the forum. I am new to Overlanding, but I wanted to share a past adventure I had. Over the course of 6-7 months from 2007 to 2008, I traveled to West Africa three times for between two and three weeks per trip. I was working for a small company doing some field recon for...