Somewhere between a lightweight backpacking tent and a heavy duty mountaineering tent is the Sierra Designs Convert 2. The Convert line has a low pack weight, a roomy vestibule, and tough four-season characteristics that make it a great overlanding ground tent.
Just as in life, energy and light are fundamental to overlanding. Our favorite products across these categories run the gamut from lighting the trail ahead or illuminating your campsite to generating your own electricity during an adventure to tech that enables you to tote auxiliary energy along on your journeys.
We all know our friends at Snow Peak make incredible gear for backpacking and overland travel, but nothing in their line up gets as much use from me than the Titanium Double Wall Mug 600 (Ti-Double 600). Use the Ti-Double 600 during your overland trail days or add it to backpacking kits for a reliable drinkware staple. The double-wall insulation will keep beverages hot or cold and the foldable handles offer compact storage.
Meet the the Scout Traveler SUV and Scout Terra pickup truck. After nearly forty years of
A camping cooktop should be three things: versatile, packable and efficient. Dometic’s Cadac 2 Cook 3 stove checks each of those boxes, and has long been a favorite for back country cooking, thanks to its trifecta combination of a regular dual-burner stove, drop-on grill and griddle toppers.
Depending on who’s slinging the term, “overlanding” has taken on a variety of different meanings in recent years. Not to be confused with car camping, four-wheeling, or #vanlife, overlanding is self-sufficient vehicle travel where the journey itself is the goal.