Flightless Kiwis
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Like most things its taken some time to get round to starting this thread. We began our adventure in Alaska in May 2014 after stopping in at Overland Expo, Flagstaff.
We flew into Anchorage, Alaska with just our packs and the only forward planning we had done was to organise 10 days of accommodation. The lack of planning was almost our undoing as finding a vehicle was proving difficult, that was until the ideal vehicle fell into our laps.
Once we had our four wheeled ticket to freedom (2001 Toyota 4Runner) we were set, we had transport and a place to sleep. From there we built out the 4runner as best we could on the side of the road with limited tools and headed North to Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay. After that it was south all the way to the bottom ... well, after going North again to Inuvik, Canada but then its south, at least until we head North again.
You can see what we did on our upgrades page of our blog, it covers the sleeping platform we built, our second battery and fridge, roof top tent, suspension etc.
We also have a bunch of posts on gear, resources, and posts on the journey so far.
We flew into Anchorage, Alaska with just our packs and the only forward planning we had done was to organise 10 days of accommodation. The lack of planning was almost our undoing as finding a vehicle was proving difficult, that was until the ideal vehicle fell into our laps.
Once we had our four wheeled ticket to freedom (2001 Toyota 4Runner) we were set, we had transport and a place to sleep. From there we built out the 4runner as best we could on the side of the road with limited tools and headed North to Deadhorse, Prudhoe Bay. After that it was south all the way to the bottom ... well, after going North again to Inuvik, Canada but then its south, at least until we head North again.
You can see what we did on our upgrades page of our blog, it covers the sleeping platform we built, our second battery and fridge, roof top tent, suspension etc.
We also have a bunch of posts on gear, resources, and posts on the journey so far.