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This year's Overland Expo West was full of incredible adventure rigs, but nothing we saw seemed as comfortable or well thought out at Kristen Bor's Sprinter Van.
Professional skier Kalen Thorien has been living out of her 1993 Bigfoot trailer and 60-series Land Cruiser for two years.
We recently caught up with Kalen outside of Salt Lake to talk about her Cruiser and camper setup, how she manages her gear, and what she loves about her lifestyle.
A crew of our editors recently attended the Flagstaff event to check out the latest overlanding gear and the thousands of vehicles that drove in from around the world. Here are 11 of our favorites.
I spent three months camping with the trailer, which costs a fraction of most of its competitors. Heres what I found.
An expedition ready teardrop for less than $10,000.
For those who want to watch TV when on a safari
This is what happens when Woolrich designs a camper
The perfect car for outdoor lovers just got even better
Whether you spend most of your drive time navigating urban streets or powering through rugged dirt, 2017's standout rides are all-access passes to wild adventure
For decades, hydrogen has been considered the next big fuel source for vehicles. Its taking time to gain traction, but hydrogen might very well be the future.
Our new favorite adventure vehicle
A beginners guide to overlanding
Presenting 11 tested (and totally excessive) parts for the dream ride
Professional vehicle dwellers share their tips for making the most out of life on the road
For sale: the world's nicest Toyota Land Cruiser
Mercedes now makes Bond-like luxury yachts
The new All-Weather Fridge/Freezer from ARB has all the great features of the company's other fridges but can be used in the open bed of a pickup without needing a camper shell.
This little light pumps out 1000 lumens and was designed to work with GoPro mounts, meaning you can stick it on the side of your truck to change a tire at night, or mount it to your helmet for a 24-hour mountain bike race.
The truck tent weighs around 25 pounds and packs down the size of a normal car-camping tent, but keeps you off the ground and protected from the elements.
We've been fans of the T2 Pro since it was released, but the new version is even better. Watch to find out why.
Solar is a great way to power a generator for your overlanding setup, and this simple slider makes it that much easier.
This Winnebago is so fast you can drag race it
If you mashed a Jeep and truck together, this is what you'd get
An old-school Land Cruiser that's perfect for hauling mountain bikes
Nissan plans to build a truck specifically for search and rescue teams
Who needs a van when you have a sidecar adventure rig?
The Army's next troop carrier might be fueled by hydrogen
This is the right way to rebuild a Defender
This electric motorcycle is the perfect urban commuter
This, folks, is how to customize a motorcycle
This Winnebago is how we want to do #VanLife
A fully-featured adventure trailer you can tow with your Subie
For sale: tricked out Land Rovers from the most recent 007 film.
Meet the off-road vehicle that assembles like an Ikea project
For those looking for a taste of the action, VanYou is expanding access to #VanLife. They've got a fleet of adventure ready van available for rent in Spain.
Damn, this is a good looking bike
The Yakima SkyRise introduces a few important upgrades to the growing rooftop-tent industry
A short-term off-road project that quickly went the way of the dodo
The second edition has more amenities than the original, but is still light enough to tow behind a Subaru
All you have to do is visit a National Park and get very, very lucky
A classic, now with some modern off-road upgrades
Its not a question of if but rather how badly you want this Land Rover
Serious upgrades make this the most capable wildland vehicle weve ever seen
An Aussie-built towable to get you farther into the backcountry
In 2009, Mike Sandone and his soon-to-be wife, Sofie, took an epic road trip across the mountains, beaches, and salt flats of Sonora, Mexico, in an old Jeep Wrangler. They wanted to be highly mobile, so most nights they slept in the cramped car. Sandone kept a checklist of…
Jay Nelson contracted the road-trip bug in the 1980s when his parents took him and his sisters on a romp across Europe in a VW Vanagon. Afterward they shipped the van back to California so they could keep rolling across the American West. Those are some of my best childhood memories, says Nelson.
Back in the eighties, vintage Land Cruisers were fetish objects to Tim McGrath and his buddies at Albuquerques Eldorado High School. During his junior year, McGrath was ecstatic to find a dark green 1974 FJ40 decaying in a barn. He scoured out the mud, mice nests, and chicken shit, then spent weekends testing the truck on camping excursions in the local mountains.
On November 2, 2014, then 28-year-old Stephan Shay ran the toughest race of his life. Not only was the New York City Marathon freezing cold and rainy, but eight years earlier, Shays older brother Ryan died from a heart attack on the same course during an Olympic Trials race, also at the age of 28. Shay finished fourth among Americans and sixteenth overall.
James Crowe didnt start out a motorcycle guy. After a childhood filled with romping around the British Columbia backcountry on skis and mountain bikes, he became fascinated with combustion-powered vehicles and landed an apprenticeship at Steves Auto Restorations, a legendary shop in Portland, Oregon, in 2006.
No luck finding a Westy? Try this conversion kit instead.
It could be yours for the right price
Nemo, the New Hampshire-based camping brand, builds a lustworthy 4x4
For a certain breed of adventurous souls, the key to happiness is a road machine that forever stokes their desire to chase fun. Looking at these seven dream rigs, it's hard not to want to play along.
Professional mountain biker Andrew Taylor (sponsored by brands including Adidas, Norco, Gravity, Bell, Kenda, and Smith) knew he wanted to hit the open road. Originally he thought hed buy a classic VW bus, but then he found this 1994 Ford E350 short bus for $2,000 on Craigslist.
It's beautiful, compact, and, best of all, can be towed by an Outback
Part SUV, part military transport
Pro mountain bikers Macky Franklin and Syd Schulz are proving that living on the road full time doesnt have to cost a fortune
Why this Flying Cloud 23FB will be the ultimate office and mobile adventure testing unit
Veteran driver Kurt Spitzner shares his treacherous-driving secrets
Even since VW stopped making its European Winnebago in 2003, options for small, capable campers have dwindled in the United States. Meanwhile, Japan is producing dozens of the vehicles. What gives?