Overland travel, or overlanding, is a topic that has seen a surge in interest lately. It relates to many of the preparedness skills we’re passionate about — land navigation, communications, vehicle recovery, water purification, and so on — while also being a fun activity for the whole family. You can pack up your vehicle and head out to explore the wilderness for a weekend, developing preparedness experience and getting to know your surrounding environment better. Like hunting and camping, overlanding is both a hobby and a means of developing skills that could apply to real emergencies. This realization motivated us to start our RECOIL OFFGRID 4Runner project and learn more about overlanding.
While reading about the topic, we came across XOverland (aka Expedition Overland or XO), a team that has built nearly two
