New Gear Review: Kelly Kettle

Pangaea Expeditions has added another gear review to the site. This time, we take a look at the Kelly Kettle, also known as the Volcano Kettle. This kettle is a classic piece of expedition equipment used for quickly boiling water in the field. Its design is based on a kettle used by Irish fisherman for [...]

ARB Announces Safari Snorkel for Jeep Wrangler JK

ARB USA now offers a Safari Snorkel System for the popular Jeep Wrangler JK. This new accessory serves two primary functions that JK owners will appreciate when taking their vehicle off-road. First, and most obvious, the Safari Snorkel relocates the factory air intake position approximately 28″ higher to prevent water ingestion when negotiating stream crossings. [...]

Overland Expo 2010 Announced April 16-18, 2010

The Overland Expo 2010 dates have been announced. The inaugural Overland Expo event kicked off this year in Prescott Arizona and the event was nothing short of incredible. Hundreds of trucks from (literally) around the world showed up for 3 days of seminars, hands-on training and travel inspiration. Next year’s event will be held April [...]

Outdoor Retailer Show

The Outdoor Retailer Trade Show is taking place this week (July 21-24) in Salt Lake City. Drawing over 40,000 attendees, the ORS is the largest business to business show in the outdoor and adventure lifestyle industry. Expect to see lots of cool new outdoor products announced this week.
We’ll try to keep you updated with product [...]

New Resources Article: Overlanding Gear List

There’s a great sense of anticipation that comes with leaving for a new adventure to parts unknown. However, in the rush to get out the door and hit the trail, it’s easy to leave something behind. There’s very few things that can so effectively kill that excitement than the sinking feeling that you’ve left behind [...]

New Photo Journal - American Expedition Vehicles J8 MILSPEC

After almost a year of hints, allusions and consumer drooling over the J8 Sarge, this truly impressive 4×4 is finally available for sale here in the US in the form of the J8 MILSPEC. The J8 is available from American Expedition Vehicles (AEV), designers and manufacturers of a long-line of impressive vehicles including [...]

New Photo Journal: Overland Expo

Last month we had the opportunity to head out to Prescott, Arizona for the first annual Overland Expo. This event was a first-of-its-kind symposium focused on the overland and vehicle dependent expedition industry. The event featured hands-on lectures covering a variety of topics from planning and logistics to technology and driver training in 4WD, motorcycles [...]

Expedition News: Ends of the Earth Launches

Stage Two of Expeditions West’s Ends of the Earth Expedition departs today from Arizona. They will take an EarthRoamer XV-JP, EarthRoamer XV-LT and a Toyota Tacoma on a two month adventure to the end of the Pan-American Highway in southern Panama. Arm-chair expeditioners can journey with them via their blog as they travel through Mexico, [...]

Industry News: ARB Announces Aluminum Roof Rack

ARB announces the release of a new alloy aluminum version (TIG and CMT welded 6000 Series T4 allow) of their ARB Roof Rack. Identical to the steel equivalent in terms of size and fitment but 40% lighter than the steel roof rack, these lightweight racks are ideal for customers who wish to remove and refit [...]