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Top of the World The next day we had a later start and decided to check out Top of the World. Most of the trails was pretty straight forward with a few optional ledges to play on. Photo Credit: Mike Goedde I didn’t get a ton of shots on this trail but captured the one everyone seems to get...

What can I say about Moab? It is known by many as the off road capital of the world. For myself, it’s a place that embodies two things I love: Mountain Biking and Overlanding (aka fancy car camping). Our trip plans called for just about a week of backcountry travel, dispersed camping and...

I just moved out West 3 years ago so Im still catching up with the cool kids in terms of places I'm exploring :)

The lava tube was right off of Aiken Mine Rd and the slot canyon pictured was just about 5 miles from the river crossing when approaching from the east I believe. Will have to check Gaia to confirm!

If you ever make it up to Moab again definitely check out Seven Mile Rim. Hands down my favorite trail in Moab!

Great pics! I just did Top of the World a few days ago and agree with your assessment. The "normal" route up to the right was fine. The eastern route down was much more technical. We unfortunately had to do it at night as we ran out of daylight at the top. It was pretty sketchy and many of the...

You'll be fine. Just make sure you go slow and steady and don't lose momentum. If you have low differential breathers I would extend them up beforehand. The Mojave Rd is actually quite heavily trafficked so even if you have a catastrophic failure someone will eventually come along to help. The...

FYI, if possible you should mount that solenoid upright. The way you have it mounted now makes it a little more vulnerable from water damage (per National Luna). There should be spots where you can mount it on the fender walls.

Thanks! You are 100% correct. Campfires are NOT allowed in Death Valley National Park unless in established metal fire rings. The two places I camped at (Pleasant Canyon/Goler Wash) were actually on BLM land right outside the park's borders. BLM land in this area is currently under Stage 1...

So a little over a year ago I had my first visit to Death Valley and was totally blown away by what I experienced and saw. Never in my wildest dreams would I ever think that a place with such a morbid name would be so beautiful and scenic. The first trip comprised of visits to Racetrack Playa...

BONUS: Sedona, AZ After our Mojave adventure we spent a few days in beautiful Sedona Arizona. I came out there for some mountain biking and finally got to put my bike to use after dragging it across the Mojave desert :) We also got in an amazing hike up Mt Wilson, it rose 2,700 feet in...

Crossing the Mojave I usually do trip writeups in my build thread but I thought this one deserved its very own place. Over Thanksgiving break I had the privilege to spend a few days crossing the Mojave Desert with @cytronus and another friend. Spent a good amount of time doing research and...

That Swansea route is one of my favorite Death Valley trails. Just challenging enough to make it interesting but with tremendous views. Alabama Hills is also my favorite place to camp in CA was just there a couple of weeks ago! It's pretty small though, how did you spend 3 days there?!

I have a set of 275/70-17 BFG KO2s with about 25,000 miles on them. Ton of tread left. Had this itch to upgrade to 285s but thought it would be a waste to just upgrade without wearing the tires down first. Im in SF so not too far. Let me know if that would be interesting to you.

Wow, living the dream. Great writeup!

I just crossed it about a week ago and it's not deep at all. Here is a vid my friend took:

I use my ARB Awning Room as our main tent all the time (Cant fit a RTT tent in my garage). Spent at least 30 nights camping in it in the deserts and mountains of CA, AZ, UT, OR, WA and British Columbia. There were only two nights I had to sleep in the truck because of winds being too strong...

It can supposedly be done in two days if you really hustle it. However, we will move relatively leisurely so aiming for 2.5 days. Finishing late Monday afternoon hopefully.

We have set plans on traversing the Mojave moving West to East starting probably noon on Saturday the 18th. Will have two other 5th gen 4runners with us. Let me know if you would like to join!

Down for this, don't have a Ham radio though. So hope to see you guys there haha