The essence of overlanding

Overlanding is not about polluting or destroying anything.

It’s about freedom to be (and stay in) the most spectacular wild places on this planet. It’s about the ability to move easily, uncontrolled and undetected by the system, it’s about having a huge range, both in space and time, to be one with nature, and to be adequately protected from severe weather and wildlife. An overlander is an autonomous being, somebody who doesn’t need supernatural powers or the help of others to reach and roam the places he desires, and be in each one of them at the perfect moment in time.

Those who do not understand that, are simply missing the point.

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Offroading and nature – between truth and myth

Contemporary ecologists usually regard motorized vehicles as enemy #1 of life on our planet. They talk about cities without cars, sustainable development, renewable energy sources, repeating the same phrases over and over again as mantras with a strong dogmatic power, without feeling the need to substantiate or offer proof for any of the claims. If anyone dares to ask for proof of these, to put it pollitely, half-truths, if anyone dares to call those claims exagerration and asks for scientific tests or measurements, he becomes cast off, mocked, regarded as “barberian”. So contemporary ecology moves in big steps in the direction of a new religion, in which people believe without questioning, and where anyone who doubts any of the dogmas becomes a heretic, rejected by the society which embraced the new religion.

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