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Off Roading 4x4 brings to you really interesting off road driving stories with pictures of modified 4x4 vehicles in their "natural territory".
Each 4x4 off road driving trip is a source of new knowledge for me and I hope the articles are a pleasure for your eyes and an inspiration to your mind!
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4x4 Off Road Driving Articles
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Journey to the Center of
Iceland A few years ago someone on the Icelandic 4x4 club forum asked the simple question "Where is the center of Iceland?" This turned into discussions about methods to calculate the exact point and finally the National Land Survey of Iceland was consulted. Using the coastline in the database and their software to locate the center. |
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Snowmobile Track Can you imagine riding a powerful snowmobile? Well - after today's ride I got a great feeling for it! My friend Ragnar Robertsson just bought a 800 cc Lynx Rave RC snowmobile. Of course he needed a to take it out for a spin. |
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Romanian Off Road School The off road fever has kept a lot of people merely dreaming about owning a car that they can feel safe and happy going on the mountains and in mud with. But now, a bigger Europe, cheaper second hand cars and a lot of companies that create gear for equipping such a truck have created a favorable series of circumstances for off road lovers all over the continent. |
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Cold Valley Offroad Finally my first off roading tour for the new year! Kaldidalur (Cold Valley) is a popular shortcut to get to Langjokull icecap. It is a little travelled high land road in the summer and even less during the winter when it has a big IMPASSABLE sign. |
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Toyota Iasi Adventure
Raid 2008 The stage before last from the Romanian Off Road Championship took place last month, close to the town of Targul Neamt. The categories of the competition were Auto Open, Extreme as well as Moto and Quad. |
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Harghita Off Road Trophy
2008 The last competition of the year took place in the Harghita mountains, and was organized by the team from Siculus Off Road Club, which made sure that everything was perfect down to the last possible detail, so that the ending of the competitional year would bring nothing but happiness to those who organized and who participated. |
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Moab with the Hummer Club 2008 The landscape in Moab, Utah U.S.A. looks like what you might imagine the surface of Mars looks like, featuring red-rock cliffs, arches and jutting formations that have been impossibly carved out by water over time. Despite the label “slick rock,” the sandstone rock surface that lies under foot and tire provides a remarkably good grip... |
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Offroading a Suzuki Jimny
in Iceland Fred from the south of Netherlands is interested both in offroading as well as Iceland. He sent me a story about his Jimny and a tour to Iceland. Fred took some awesome pictures... |
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Mt.
Disappointment - Australia Michael had a great trip to Mt. Disappointment last weekend. It was eventful and fun. Numerous deep bog holes had them in and out of the vehicles checking the depth. Most, although deep, had firm bases and didn't present to much difficulty. |
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ATV Tour Iceland During the Iceland Adventure 2008 tour we were offered to try real ATV riding. The ATV 4x4 company offers tours from half an hour up to several days. This is the first time I have really got excited about ATV riding! |
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Transylvania Adventure
Trophy Like every year, off road lovers from all over Europe gathered in the Romanian city of Deva, in the western part of the Transylvania Plateau to take part in one of the most prestigious competitions of the year. The competition spirit was left aside in favor of a more friendly, fairplay relationship between contestants. |
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The Cluj Cup Between 7 and 10 of August 2008, Transylvania Off Road Club organised the sixth stage of the National Championship in the Baisorii Mountain resort. The Cluj Cup is, as are all the competitions in the race calendar, a Trophy/Trial competition. |
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Mt.
Disappointment - Australia Michael had a great trip to Mt. Disappointment last weekend. It was eventful and fun. Numerous deep bog holes had them in and out of the vehicles checking the depth. Most, although deep, had firm bases and didn't present to much difficulty. |
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Tread Lightly! &
Hummer Grant-Giving General Motor’s HUMMER division and the nonprofit organization Tread Lightly!® announced today the launch of a new partnership called HUMMER’s Recreation Rescue, which will provide grants to outdoor recreation sites. The grants will be dedicated towards land use education, management and trail maintenance. |
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We just made a really good off roading tour. Starting up from Thingvellir and heading north towards Langjokull ice-cap. The weather is as good as it can be with clear sky and a light northerly breeze. We can't help but stop to enjoy the mountain view and of course to take pictures. |
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Easter Off Road
Adventure Easter Month brings nothing but surprises for everyone. This year, Off Road Adventure Romania chose to go in a number of isolated villages in the county of Banat, Romania. |
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The day seems perfect for a full day of active 4 wheeling. Not a cloud in the sky and we are heading towards Eyjafjallajokull the volcano. |
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Rainy season "fun in
the mud" During December/January 2007 my colleagues and I at I Dream Africa Safaris, had enough of providing exciting 4x4 tours for our clients and needed some dirt time for us selves. Our tour was split in two parts, the first being Dammaraland and Kaokoland in the north west of our country, being Namibia and the second leg being the Okavango Delta in Botswana. |
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Off Road
Adventure Romania - Christmas Perhaps one of the most unique attributes of the off road spirit is that of helping each other, on and off the tracks, whether it's giving a sprocket or a knob to another contestant or people around us who have been disadvantaged, who live in remote areas of the country and have no access to food, water or phone lines. |
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Off Road - Newbie Tour Going on a newbie tour is usually great fun. Drivers with varying skill levels heading off road to face unknown challenges. In this early winter tour we are heading to a small hut north of Myrdalsjokull called Strutur. The day is bright with light northerly wind. |
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Canon Off Road Experience It’s late autumn in Romania. Each and every evening brings a veil of fog across the fields. Harvest is well on it’s way in the sass village of Biertani, in the middle of Transylvania. A perfect opportunity to combine photography and 4 wheeling. |
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Magnetic North Pole OffRoad BBC's television show Top Gear, approached Toyota GB with the idea of undertaking the Challenge in a car, something never before attempted. Because of its proven toughness the Toyota Hilux was chosen for the job. They planned to pit the car in a race against the tried and tested method of getting around in the Arctic - dog sled. |
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South African Hi-Lux Yes I call it a truck because my wife drives a small Nissan 1400 bakkie and both vehicle's park next to each other in the garage and her bakkie looks so small, anyway to give a brief history of this vehicle, I bought it from a guy in Delmas which is near Springs in The Transvaal a few years back, maybe three. |
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Off Road - First Day of
Summer Sometimes we think the "first day of summer" is celebrated a few weeks too early in Iceland - but there it is... Actually it looks like it will be a great day for wheeling. Snow is now only up in the highlands and melting fast. |
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4x4 Self Drive Raid Maharaja 4x4 jeep tours are aimed at achieving the thrills of adventure combined with sight seeing of places of natural beauty and tranquility. You could ride through the Mighty Himalayas, enjoy a Desert rendezvous or embark on a Coastal odyssey... |
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Kverkfjoll OffRoad Today we are heading for a fresh offroad tour to Kverkfjoll mountains and the area north of the great ice-cap Vatnajokull. Weather forecast has not been too optimistic. |
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4x4 Tindfjallajokull Finally a great opportunity to go off roading. Weather forecast looks promising with the wind coming from north. Going out to taste some snow and fresh air! |
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Hillrally 2006: Ray Kempster Takes Victory |
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4x4 Driving Tips Driving tips acquired from 20 years giving 4X4 tours. Hi, my name is Clay and yes this summer was my 20th year of giving 4X4 tours in the San Juan Mountains of south western Colorado. |
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2006 Jeep Trail Ride This is a trail ride that was put on by a local Jeep dealership to help raise money for a new extension of one of our local hospitals. As it turned out, there were 3 trails to choose from. |
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Local Knowledge -
Mozambique 2005 "No - Land Rovers can't swim!" Read the story by Stuart Scully from South Africa. |
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Offroad
Eiríksjökull Primary purpose of going offroad is often to experience nature close up. Whether it is taking a hike or going skiing or mountain biking. |
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Norway Discovery -
MacGyver part II The Norway discovery part two as promised. I hope you'll enjoy the sequel just as we do, a few years after. |
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Norway Discovery - MacGyver Dear reader(s), I would like to share with you one of my 4X4 experiences and explain why our friends feel that going on holiday with us is always an adventure and the destination a question mark. |
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Coldwater at it's best Finishing up all the final touches from the last adventure improving the beast try to have no flaws on the 30min walk in to the camp ya right you built the truck to here it work the sound of a chevy big block... |
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4x4 Jeep Tour Strange as it may sound - April 21st traditionally marks the beginning of summer in Iceland. The day is however getting much longer and therefore better for longer tours. |
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OffRoad Trip Trouble Sometimes a simple day tour turns into a challenging stream of minor and major troubles. This trip is a true trouble trip. Lots and lots of 4x4 trucks are heading out of town. |
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GWNF Night Run Loc Pham from MD tells us about an adventure night run trip to FlagPole Knob on March 25, 2006. |
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Ice Caves in Langjökull Oli has just upgraded his Explorer with a brand new set of 44 inch Dick Cepec Fun Country tires. A trip to Langjokull with the goal of seeing the ice caves sounds like a pretty good idea. |
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Arctic Trails - Northern
Canada A brand new expedition with modern equipment is organized to show how to travel in the harsh climate of the north the Icelandic way. |
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Eyjafjallajokull Day Trip On a clear a beautiful day makes it naturally easy to take the trucks out and go for a ride. Eyjafjallajokull is a great place to visit if the weather is good. |
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Vatnajökull Big Trip The first big wheeling trip of the year is on. 10 trucks heading for Grimsfjall in Vatnajokull. Weather forecast is promising even though it is unusually warm for the time of year. Three days of true adventure! |
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South Pole Expedition Making new world record by overland travel to the South Pole is a huge and expensive task. Getting stuff to the South Pole is difficult. Most things are brought in by air. Read the whole story with pictures. |
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4x4 Indonesia In 2004, I decided to rebuild my car, since it had almost become scrap. It's difficult to rebuild, since we are in Batam and do not have a workshop to do that. |
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4x4 Hekla Route Going wheeling at this time of year in Iceland means you have to seize the day. Daylight is limited to a few hours and the weather is constantly changing. |
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South Pole World Record |
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YO Ranch Texas Wheeling Weekend The Historic Y.O. Ranch, located in the splendid Texas Hill Country just outside of Mountain Home, played host to the Y.O. Wheeling Weekend. |
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Old Army Trucks Many old army trucks are surprisingly still going strong. Trucks as old as 1943 models are still here and running. One would imagine they are great museum pieces not good for anything much. |
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4x4 Sticking Tracks 2005 Sticking 4x4 tracks is a continuous task. Sticks fall down or break and new ones have to be put in place. A track with sticks on makes it safer - especially for winter conditions when snow is covering the ground. |
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4x4 Sunday Test Drive As you can imagine - trying out the Sport Trac and taking it for a real test drive in the highlands has been high on my list of things to do. |
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South Pole 6x6 Ice
Challenger The mission is simply to drive an automobile from the icy shore to the the South Pole in as short time as possible. |
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Mt. Evans Colorado Great way to climb a 14er while in Colorado! Highest paved road in the US. Can drive most of the way to the top. Great views! Close to Denver! |
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Canadian River Sand Drags This long time traditional event is now under severe scrutiny. Generations of people have come to recreate at the Canadian river just north of Amarillo; with motorized vehicles of every conceivable configuration. |
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4x4 ATV Exploring America Exploring America on an ATV can never be dull or boring. I remember the first time I rode an ATV. It was an experience that will never be forgotten. |
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On slippery slope Winter travel on ice and snow can bring some dangerous slippery slopes in your way. Here is the story where both passengers and trucks are lucky to escape. |
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4x4 Hofsjökull Ice Cap We start out Friday afternoon and take our last stop in civilization in a small country gas-station. Daylight is soon gone but there is quite a stretch left to the huts at Kerlingarfjoll where we will be spending the night. |
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4x4 Snow and Ice -
Hofsjökull - Langjökull A preparation and overview trip has been set for the weekend. The plan is to drive over Hofsjokull ice-cap the same route that will be used in two weeks time. |
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4x4 Snow Pictures - Around
Skjaldbreidur Snow comes and a trip to the closest volcano is on schedule. After spending the holidays eating and meeting with the family everyone is anxious to seize the day! |
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4x4 On Road in USA Like I had planned I took a trip to fetch the Sport Track I bought. I flew in from Iceland through Minneapolis and then to Denver Colorado. |
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Volcano Eruption Picture A trip on air and ice to observe an eruption in one of the most active volcanic areas. Volcano eruption is quite common in the Grimsvotn area. |
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Sticking a 4x4 Track In the Icelandic highlands are many less traveled tracks and roads. Sticking is in the hands of those that use them. Some great 4x4 off road pictures from the tour. |
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Glacier Picture Heading for Vatnajokull, the largest ice-cap in Europe. Starting out for a three day journey and the weather is a bit wet and foggy. |
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The 4x4 Rookie Trip
An eventful 4x4 rookie trip to Setur, Hofsjokull and Budara. It even made the local news! |
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South Africa Tour Modified Jeep Wrangler TJ 2000. The story of the modifications and a tour in South Africa. From Simon Morris and Ronnie Rengers. |
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4x4 Off Road Pictures from A Trip to Mount Esja A story with pictures of a 4x4 trip to the top of Mt. Esja. |
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An off-road trip to Skjaldbreidur and Langjokull Me and Einar Kjartansson took a trip in beautiful clear but cold weather to some mountains and ice-caps in Iceland. |
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