**NEW 2012 CLASSES ANNOUNCED BELOW** 85+ CLASSES / PROGRAMS & 65 INSTRUCTORS

 Schedule:

Thursday, May 17, 2012 — noon: camping opens for main field; exhibitors set up

Friday, May 18, 2012 — 9 am to 5 pm show, classes, Film Festival; 5 to 7, happy hour; 7+, Film Festival

Saturday, May 19, 2012 — 8 am to 5 pm show, classes, Film Festival; 5 to 7, happy hour; 7+, Film Festival

Sunday, May 20, 2012: 8 am to 10 am exhibitor show; 10 - 3 pm show, classes, Film Festival

Monday, May 21, 2012: departures . . . the adventures begin

 

For our Exhibitors list, visit the Sponsor & Exhibitor page. For an overview of the show, see the Details page, and a list of our Instructors and VIPs is on our Experts page.

There is a large on-site restaurant and bar, and there will be food and beverage booths (more on the venue, see our FAQ page)

2012 PROGRAM 

Confirmed for 2012: Land Rover is once again sponsoring an on-site overland driving course. The course will be staffed by a dozen of the top overland driving skills trainers in the world ~ custom-tailored skills instruction, open all day to Overland Experience registrants, use your own vehicle or use a provided test vehicle. Day Pass attendees may sign up for a test drive of a provided vehicle, with an instructor.

New for 2012: Get ready to be blown away by our expanded OVERLAND SKILLS AREA, with driving and motorcycle riding, and hands-on instruction in an ALL NEW FORMAT that will allow you to custom-tailor specific overland skills training: winching, ropework & lashing, recovery, specialty substrates, spotting, bush skills, and more. We don't want to give it all away now, but here's a hint: we're giving the Camel Trophy Overland Expo Training Team** a blank slate to design the ULTIMATE OVERLAND SKILLS TRAINING AREA, and they won't disappoint.

Overland Experience registrants will have unlimited access to the ongoing Teaching Stations at the OVERLAND SKILLS TRAINING AREA.

 

*Asterisk indicates OPEN TO EVERYONE, INCLUDING DAY PASSES

 

ALL-NEW Films & Slide Shows

Open to everyone

*Central Asia with Tiffany Coates

 

by Tiffany Coates 

*Motorcycle Chang-pa 

by Gaurav Jani

*Around the World on a BMW—on $25 a Day

by René Cormier

* Best of the Southwest and Baja

by Chris Marzonie

*Africa by Parts: Seven Years of Exploration

by Chris and Karin Weight

* Silver Towns of 19th c. Colorado by Motorcycle

by James Vota and crew, the ALT Project

*Sahara Overlanding: The Golden Age

by Chris Scott

*Overlanding Australia with Ron and Viv Moon

by Ron and Viv Moon

*Egypt’s Libyan Desert: The Sykes/MacDougal Centennial Expedition

by Jonathan Hanson, Diane Boyer, Steve Hayden, Roseann Hanson

* Continental Divide Ride

by Sterling Noren

 

 

Adventure Travel Film Festival

*Open to everyone

Austin Vince and Lois Pryce bring us the 4th Annual Adventure Film Festival, an international celebration of historic, odd, harrowing, fascinating, and inspirational "do it yourself" adventure films. See their website for information; the 2012 playlist will be posted in early 2012.

 

 

 Seminars, Workshops, Classes & Demos

*asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration

 

Overlanding Driving Skills: On-site Driving Course built by Land Rover Experience & staffed by a dozen of the top overland driving skills trainers in the world.**

Enjoy custom-tailored skills instruction, open all day to Overland Experience registrants, use your own vehicle or test drive one (for use only on this driving area, not for other classes).

*Day Pass attendees may sign up for a test drive of a provided vehicle, with an instructor.

 

 Adventure Motorcycle Skills: On-site Demo Course built & staffed by BMW & RawHyde Adventures in our Adventure Motorcycle Village on-site. Offering beginning & intermediate / advanced riding classes (the latter held off-site, in the field) for Overland Experience registrants ~ ride the the experts.

*Anyone can test-ride a BMW on our demo course (helmet, license required)

*BMW & RawHyde Adventures are offering their comprehensive BMW Academy riding course concurrent with the Expo. Contact them for details at RawHyde Adventures. 

 

 

 

 

 

**Overland Expo Training Team includes Land Rover Experience & Camel Trophy trainers (Bob Burns, Sarah Batten, Jim West, Jim Swett, Tim Hensley, Ken Cameron, Daphne Greene, Don Floyd, Tom Collins), BMW & RawHyde Adventures (Jim Hyde, Kevan Harder & staff), Overland Experts (Bruce Elfstrom & staff), Graham Jackson, Barbour All-Terrain (Duncan Barbour), Pangaea Expeditions (Nathan Hindman), Nick Taylor, Pete Sweetser, Sweet Otter (Kristina Hall), Viking Off-Road (Thor Jonssen & staff), Adventure Trailers (Martyn Davies, Mario Donovan)

 

Overland Skills Classes & Workshops ~ Motorcycle & 4Wheel

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration  

Overland Driving Skills ~ Co-Ed and eWomen-Only Classes

Marshaling (Spotting) Skills ~ Co-Ed and for Women-Only

Introduction to ADV Motorcycling: Course

ADV Riding: RawHyde/BMW Course (separate registration)

NEW ~ Advanced ADV Skills Clinics ~ daily practice & instruction in the motorcycle arena

Intermediate and Beginning ADV Motorcycling: Trail Rides

Motorcycle Recovery

Intro to Recovery: Winching

Intro to Recovery: Non-winch techniques

* Introduction to Basic Winching Demo

Overlanding & Real Life: Can’t Chuck it All? How to go anyway

Overland Conservation Driving

NEW ~  Safety and Security: Rolled Vehicle Demo: Passenger First Aid and Vehicle Recovery

NEW ~ Advanced Driving: Clutch and Gear Work

NEW ~ Advanced Driving: Automatic Transmission Skills

NEW ~ Advanced Driving: Water Crossings

 

* Experts Panel: Top Travel Tips

* Experts Panel: Security

* Experts Panel: Travel Medicine & Wellness

* Experts Panel: Borders, Checkpoints & Bribes

NEW ~ * Experts Panel: Paths to a Career in Travel Writing

* Getting involved as you go: Volunteering opportunities—and challenges—for overlanders

* Consumer Feedback Panel: Ask Jeep

NEW ~ REGIONAL PANELS: 

 * Regional Q&A Panel: Asia

* Regional Q&A Panel: North & Central America

* Regional Q&A Panel: South America

* Regional Q&A Panel: Australia

* Regional Q&A Panel: Sub-Saharan Africa

* Regional Q&A Panel: North Africa and Middle East

* Regional Q&A Panel: Asia

 

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT OVERLAND EXPERIENCE REGISTRANTS WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN UP FOR INDIVIDUAL CLASSES STARTING IN FEBRUARY 2012 ~ YOU WILL RECEIVE NOTIFICATION BY EMAIL, ALONG WITH COURSE DESCRIPTIONS, SCHEDULES, AND INSTRUCTIONS.

Food & Cooking

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

One-Pan Cooking & Provisioning (no fridge) 

* Overland Cooking Daily Demo by Living Overland

* Overland kitchen planning (tour of event exhibitors)

Food Storage & Provisioning for 4Wheel

* Kids Cooking Demo & How-to

NEW ~ * Cooking Healthy Meals on the Road

NEW ~ * Advanced Planning: Prepping food for 3 weeks & no re-supply

 

Logistics & Organizing

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

* Choosing an ADV Motorcycle 

* Choosing an Overlanding Vehicle

* Outfitting Your Overland Vehicle

* Outfitting Your ADV Motorcycle

The Organized Overlander

Food Storage & Provisioning for 4Wheel

One-Pan Cooking & Provisioning (no fridge)

Shipping Your Vehicle or Motorcycle

NEW ~ * Paracord: Not just for jumping out of planes

NEW ~ * Solar Tech: From batteries to panels to inverters (system set up)

NEW ~ Packing Light for Two-up on a Motorcycle

NEW ~ Packing for a Family on a Motorcycle

NEW ~ Planning your Overland Adventure: From inspiration to destination

* Auxiliary Lights for Overlanding Vehicles

* Auxiliary Lights for Adventure Motorcycles

NEW ~ * Packboating: inflatables and folders to stash in your vehicle

* Dual Battery Systems

* The Solar System: Power your camp with the sun

NEW ~ * Overland Campers: A survey of slide-ins

NEW ~ Vehicle Habitat Systems: Organizing for efficient living

Knives & Edged Tools for Overlanding

 

Art of Travel

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

Overland Photography: Capturing great pictures

NEW ~ Blogging, Tweeting & Facebooking Your Adventure

Overland Videography

NEW ~ Culture Clash: How not to

NEW ~ Pro-Level Minimalist Photography & Videography

NEW ~ * Global Perspectives: What overlanding teaches us

Overland Conservation Driving: Travel Lightly

NEW ~ * Experts Panel: Paths to a Career in Travel Writing

* Getting involved as you go: Volunteering opportunities—and challenges—for overlanders

 

Health & Housekeeping

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

Keeping Healthy & Happy  on the Road

First Aid Kits for Overlanding

NEW ~ Stretching & Relaxation: Yoga techniques for overlanding

Experts Panel: Travel Medicine & Wellness

Organized Overlander

NEW ~ Unleash Your Hound: Traveling safely with your pets

NEW ~ * Daily yoga sessions in the morning

 

The Rover Divas ~ OX11 instructorsKids & Families

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

* Kids Cooking Demo by the Rover Divas 

* Overlanding Activities for Kids: From forts to survival - by the Rover Divas

*Experts Panel: Couples Survivial

NEW ~ * Kid-to-Kid: Overlanding tips for kids

* Kids Can Navigate, too!

NEW ~ * Kids Navigation Treasure Hunt

NEW ~ * How to Pack for a Family on Motorcycles

* Overland Cooking for Kids

* Fun Outdoor Activities for Kids

* Ongoing Family Overlanding Q&A and chats

 

Communications & Navigation

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

Map Reading Basics

* Kids Can Navigate Too

Technology: More with less

GPS: The basics

NEW ~ Advanced Navigation: Interfacing GPS and paper maps

NEW ~ Advanced Navigation: Using Google Earth and e-maps for route planning

NEW ~ GPS for ADV Motorcycles

NEW ~ Packet Data and GPS for Convoy Operations & Group Navigation

NEW ~ All Those New Gizmos: Don’t be afraid of them

 

Safety & Security

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

* Paranoid or Practical: Real life tips for security on the road

* Experts Panel: Borders, Checkpoints & Bribes

NEW ~ * Rolled Vehicle: What to do next

First Aid Kits for Overlanding

NEW ~ Basic Wilderness Survival: Bail-out bags

Travel Safety & Security

NEW ~ Don’t Dismiss the Risks: Managing the worst

NEW ~ Personal Safety for Women (Women only)

 

Maintenance

 *asterisk indicates open to everyone; all others require Overland Experience registration 

* Rooftop Tents 101: Care & use clinic

NEW ~ Overland Trailer Maintenance Workshop

NEW ~ Daily Vehicle Maintenance, Four Wheel: Woman’s class

NEW ~ Daily Vehicle Maintenance, Four Wheel: Co-ed

Advanced Tire Repair

Adventure Motorcycle Maintenance & Repair

Perfect One-Container Vehicle Tool Kit

NEW ~ Motorcycle Tools & Essentials

Motorcycle Tire Repair

 

For our Exhibitors list, visit the Sponsor & Exhibitor page. For an overview of the show, see the Details page.

There are two on-site restaurants and half a dozen food and beverage booths (more on the venue, see our FAQ page)

 

|  DON'T DELAY ~ WE WILL SELL OUT OF OVERLAND EXPERIENCE PACKAGES  | 

 

Day pass sales will begin later in 2011.