What is Overlanding?
Written by Scott Brady
Originally posted at http://www.expeditionportal.com/editorials/36-trip-reports/95-what-is-overlanding.html
Overlanding
We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started, and know the place for the first time.
Through the unknown, remembered gate, when the last of earth left to discover is that which was the beginning.
T.S. Elliot
N68, Driving to Aklavik in the NWT of Canada on the frozen Peel River.
By Scott Brady, with contributions from Douglas Hackney, Jonathan Hanson, Graham Jackson and Sinuhe Xavier. Additional contributions scheduled.
This article is a community-wide effort to best describe and define the terms and activities of “Expeditionâ€, “Overland†and “Backcountry Adventuresâ€. There will be several contributors as the definitions take shape. For now, these are our thoughts.  The intent of this article and these definitions are not to judge if someone is actually achieving our definition of overland travel or vehicle-dependent expeditions, only to serve as a guide for more accurate use of the terms in use. Continue reading “What is Overlanding?”