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Illabot Creek Rd.
Last Sunday I took Illabot Creek Rd., in Washington’s Mt. Baker-Snoqualmie National Forest, up to the Slide Lake trailhead for some winter fun and snow driving. Here are some photos and some trip notes...
View ArticleCinnamon Pass & Engineer Pass, Aerial Ride-Along
There’s a high pucker factor pass at the end. Video credit to MASS Expedition from YouTube.
View ArticleThe Royal Enfield Himalayan
My friend Nathan told me recently about the Royal Enfield Himalayan, a back-to-basics, 411cc adventure bike from India. From reviews I’ve read the bike is more pack mule than race horse. Or said...
View ArticleThe Yamaha TW200
Here’s another more-torque-than-horsepower bike that’s an alternative to the Royal Enfield Himalayan that I posted the other day. It’s the made-since-the-’80s Yamaha TW 200. This cinematic, poetic...
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Baker Lake Snowday
Last week we got a bunch of snow in the Pacific Northwest. We made the most of it by having an off-road adventure day at Baker Lake in the North Cascades. Our destination was a foot bridge suspended...
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The Most Beautiful Map of the United States
The Essential Geography USA, 2nd edition, David Imus, 2019 Cartographer David Imus has just released the 2nd edition of his map of the United States. In my view, it is the most beautiful, articulate...
View ArticleAntarctic Tractor Train Traverse
Here’s a fascinating look at how supplies travel across the Antarctic, pulled in sled trains by Pistenbully snowcats. Each sled train weighs between 50 and 100 tons. There’s an interesting bit at the...
View ArticleThe Snow Cruiser, an Antarctic Exploration Vehicle from 1939
In 1939 a 55-foot-long, 37-ton snow vehicle with a planned 8,000-mile range was deployed on Antarctica to explore the continent. It was called The Snow Cruiser. How did it fare? Not so well. If you...
View ArticlePossible Bigfoot Story
Very interesting story from YouTuber “Colorado Backcountry Adventures” who has been living and traveling in the west for about five years. He relates in the video that this experience was the...
View ArticleDesert Raiders, a 1986 Paris-Dakar Rally Documentary
If you’re at home, and you have some time on your hands, check out this 1986 documentary about the Paris-Dakar Rally. You may remember that that was the year Porsche got their rally program dialed...
View Article6x6s vs 4x4s in Rough Country
This two-part video from YouTube channel LROR (Let’s Roll Off Road) shows two Pinzgauer 712 6x6s, two Land Rover Defenders, and a modified Suzuki Jimny tackling rough terrain on Mt Airy, northwest of...
View ArticleOverlanding in Africa in 1959
This wonderful, narrated video details a trip made by a group of friends from England, throughout Africa, and back in 1959/60.
View ArticleSARPinz, a Pinzgauer Search & Rescue Volunteer
This beautiful video highlights, in my view, a thoughtful man and a capable vehicle working together in service of others. I love it.
View ArticleAnton Somewhere: Ukrainian Volunteers Help Defend Country
Ukrainian YouTuber Anton Somewhere in pre-war times posted what I thought were thoughtful, well-documented travel videos from his trips around the world. Now he’s back in Ukraine posting updates about...
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