Yeah, confident is important, i guess with time and experience we can get more confidence
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What keeps you from overlanding more?
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Like a lot of others, money is a part of it. I'm new to overlanding and do not have much gear beyond some basic camp gear. My Outback is almost completely stock and I do not have the extra money available to use for making modifications. Time and budget will solve this though.
The big issue for me, is a lack of experience and knowledge. I am not sure what the Outback is capable of since I have yet to test it out. On that same note, I am not sure what I am capable of yet, since I have never been tested personally in an "off the beaten path" scenario. Other than some of the fishing areas I go to, I really don't know any areas to get in the dirt and mud with my vehicle and not cause problems or get in trouble. I guess eventually I will figure it out.
I hope to meet up with some others on weekends for a day trip here and there until i have the experience and knowledge to more confident to go it alone.
The big issue for me, is a lack of experience and knowledge. I am not sure what the Outback is capable of since I have yet to test it out. On that same note, I am not sure what I am capable of yet, since I have never been tested personally in an "off the beaten path" scenario. Other than some of the fishing areas I go to, I really don't know any areas to get in the dirt and mud with my vehicle and not cause problems or get in trouble. I guess eventually I will figure it out.
I hope to meet up with some others on weekends for a day trip here and there until i have the experience and knowledge to more confident to go it alone.
Probably a good option is looking for organized groups that offer offroading tours, you have to pay, but can test your vehicle and yourself in a safe maner
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Thank you for the advice. I didn't know that you could that. I'll be looking into it for sure.
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Lots of demands on my time. 130 yr old house that we're renovating, car hobby (2 Dodge Powerwagons and a 67 Chrysler convertible), a serious firearms addiction that includes attending matches and training classes, and 2 pre-teens. Luckily, my work has a factory wide maintenance shutdown for a week twice a year. I save my vacation and piggyback on those shutdowns to take a 2-3 week trips twice a year. Along with short weekenders acouple of times over the rest of the year it's enough to keep me sane and the family really enjoys it without getting burnt out.
Guilt plays a big part in it for me. Working 16-18 hour days doesn’t leave much time for the wife and kids so when I do get a day off, I feel selfish doing things for me that may take time away from them. No one else in the family cares about getting out and going on an adventure into the wild (no cellphone reception, Starbucks, tv, apparently I can’t expect them to live like that...even for the day) so I live vicariously through the other members of this forum.
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I'm part of the time and money reason. I work 12-14 hour days and when I get home I try to work out and spend time with the family. I've got two super busy teenage boys so when they have activities I go and watch. Then there is the money part as far as doing modifications to my Xterra. When you start doing suspension ,fits, tires etc, it gets expensive. And I am not one for half assing things. I want to do tires, wheels and suspension at the same time. Plus I have to divide my time and money on my other hobbies.....backpacking.
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Mother Nature keeps me home or limits to shorter trips from November to April. We live a few miles past where the plows stop (which is hit and miss, at best), so there's a good chance we'd be blocked from getting back to the cabin without the help of heavy equipment. During this period, we usually stick to 1-2 nighters, or leave the rigs parked and snowshoe, ski, or snow mobile around the National Forest for camp.
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I am in the Army still for a few more years and have a 3 month old now. But i try to go out and at least get the rig dirty once in a while. My trips have to be planned out pretty far in advance or it wont happen.
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Time and geographic location. Eastern NC doesn’t offer much of anything in terms of overlanding and outdoor activities. To get to any type of terrain that is enjoyable it’s about 4-5 hrs drive one way. I’m in the military so I don’t have a lot of free time and when I do I spend it with my wife and kids. My kids being 3 and 1 get really tired of sitting in their car seats for extended periods of time so it makes it difficult for any long distance trips.
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Me!!
I seem to always put things in front of actually getting out - work - family - friends, but i'm sat there pee'd off with myself that i've STILL not recce'd the route we made!
It'll only be a 2 day trip max, and it's not like the Land Rover isn't ready for getting out.......
One day
I seem to always put things in front of actually getting out - work - family - friends, but i'm sat there pee'd off with myself that i've STILL not recce'd the route we made!
It'll only be a 2 day trip max, and it's not like the Land Rover isn't ready for getting out.......
One day
Yoda would say, "Spoken for most of us; you have."
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Enthusiast III
Time and money. I'm a little hesitant to go on certain trips. I still need to get some good recovery gear to make me feel more comfortable going out alone.
