Nomad Overland Rally Highlights: Week Seven
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2023 Leaderboard: Week 9
1st: 4,518 points
2nd: 4,470 points
3rd: 4,451 points
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Highlights from Week 9
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Here are a few highlights from Week 9 of the Nomad Overland Rally as Teams pushed on toward the final week of competition. Team 116 Tembreull reclaimed First Place with 4,518 points. Team 101 Mercer slipped into Second Place with 4,470 points. Team 136 Smigiel had a strong Week and jumped into Third place with 4,471 points. The competition for the top spots is extremely close with less than 100 points separating First and Third, and a number of teams very close behind. Team 117 Lucas had a nice Week, completing several more Overland Stages. Team 135 Havlik completed all 12 Overland Stages during the past two Weeks and a lot of the Activities for points, getting a nice jump. Teams are currently exploring in Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Colorado, California, Wyoming, Texas, Iowa, Michigan, Virginia, and Utah. Check out the Leaderboard to see how everyone ranked at the end of Week 9.
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The Rally is in full swing, and teams are busy exploring across the country on as they set out to complete their Overland Stages. Here is a curated collection from our social space to give you a sense of the adventure.
Feels good to be getting back out there after a productive summer making sure the nomadoverlandrally ran smoothly… excited for some new exploration heading 180…#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #exploremore #falkentires #onxoffroad #treadlightly #nomadrally #offroad #overlanding #adventure #camping #outdoorliving #camplife #discoverearth
Looking ahead. Registration for the 2025 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally will open on September 1st. Take advantage of early-bird pricing and secure your spot in this epic adventure. #nomadrally #offroad #overlanding #adventure #nomadoverlandrally #exploreyourworld
The 2024 Nomad Overland Rally is complete and we are happy to announce our Winners for this third edition of the event (and the Winners of the Falken Tires) The final week of competition turned into a real “nail biter” as the Teams narrowed the points gaps so much that at the end only one point separated first and second place, and third place was a tie! So many teams really worked hard this year amassing a record number of points and also completing 37 Stewardship activities on trails and public lands around the USA while they were out adventuring. We want to CONGRATULATE ALL THE TEAMS who got out there and pushed themselves to do as much as they could — a few of the Teams actually went “above and beyond” completing all the possible activities and tasks even after they had maxed out their available points. And a BIG THANK YOU to @falkentire, @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for their support in helping make the rally possible. #nomad24 #nomadrally #offroad #overlanding #adventure #falkentires #onxoffroad #treadlightly #doyourpart @podroze_agi @rocklanding.adventures @offroadite @sheila.j.long @lesalisa27a @dulcykatt
The sun has set on the 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally and we really appreciated the energy and engagement of our Nomad Teams this year! We hope to see many of them back again for 2025, and in the meantime we’ll keep following their adventures wherever they lead. #nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #adventure #nomadrally @falkentire @treadlightlyteam @onxoffroad #exploremore
Week Ten was the final week of competition in the 2024 Nomad Overland Rally and the teams used this last week to grab as many points as they could, narrowing the “point-gap” to a single point. Final Stewardship activities and final Falken Tire PrecisionChallenges were completed and then the teams# had to wait for the final points tally before the announcement of the official winners. Great job by all our Nomad Teams this year! And we are thankful to @falkentire, @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for their support! #nomad24 #nomadrally #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #adventure #explore #treadlightly #falkentires #onxoffroad #exploreyourworld
The Nomad Teams were hard at work during Week Nine as they pushed to earn more points in the “home stretch” of the ten week competition period. More Stewardship Activities were completed and a few more Teams took on the Falken Tire Precision Challenge this week. There is just one week left to narrow the point gap. Check out these highlights from Week Nine! Thanks to @falkentire, @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for supporting the adventures. #nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #nomadrally #treadlightly #falkentires #onxoffroad
nomadoverlandrally Rally ID selfie montage!! I am not fond of selfies - not fond of my face, lol, but it was great experience to go out of my comfort zone! Excuse the fact that I’m somewhat off time with my photo switches - I only have so much patience and limited talent with reels, LOL!! Today is the final day of the 10 week Rally. It’s been so much fun, definitely a bit of work but then that’s what a challenge is! Check out the nomadoverlandrally next year for 2025
#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #rallyid #selfies #treadlightly #falkentires #onxoffroad #toyota #4runner #babutherescue #zingothebordercolliegsd
Winching on the trail - nomadoverlandrally I decided to go out on a little evening trail ride last night to see if I could get a few more Nomad Overland Rally items from the photo quest list.
I also decided to break out the recovery gear and attempt a self rescue with my Warn winch since I’m alone on the trail quite often. I’m really glad I did too as I discovered my winch is not working correctly and I had some trouble with it not wanting feed back in. I’ve had the winch on there since 2017 and Bad Dulcy hasn’t really done any maintenance to it. Definitely time to give the winch a little love.
I also have wanted to change out my steel cable for synthetic for a few years and I definitely have decided to remove that completely useless light bar I have in the front bumper. Its puts out no light and blocks my view of the cable feed back onto the winch. When I ordered the light bar with the bumper back in 2017, I thought it would be great - bright extra light for those dark forest roads - yeah, NO! It’s sadly worse than stock Toyota headlights.
So now to look at a synthetic Warn cable to replace the steel and figuring out if I can get to the winch without completely removing the front steel bumper - ugh!! Laziness and not wanting to do that is likely the reasons I have been avoiding dealing with the winch. I actually wanted the winch way back when because I figured if I had it, I’d likely never need to use it. Like bringing a rain jacket when it’s supposed to rain all day - but it doesn’t rain - because you were prepared, LOL!
#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #warnwinch #syntheticcable #selfrescue #uselesslightbar #winchproblems
Archaeological site - nomadoverlandrally Montezuma Well and the Pithouse ruin in Rimrock AZ near Camp Verde. The Well is actually a sinkhole over a spring and contains arsenic and high levels of carbon dioxide which means fish can’t live in it. It is thought to have likely been used to water crops for settlements in the area over 1000 years ago.
The pithouse ruin is a preserved site that shows where support beams would have been on the completed dwelling. This pithouse is one of 4 in the area and is thought to be from about the year 1050. There is also an artist’s rendition on what the complete pithouse would have looked like
The Montezuma Well site to this day is still considered sacred to many local tribes.
Montezuma Well is also dog friendly - on a leash - but it was way too hot to bring mine on the trail this day
#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #sinkhole #montezumawell #archaeological #pithouse
Nature has a way of reclaiming what is hers when left unattended. This was near Bay City, Oregon as we were traveling along the coast. Seeing the flowers grow amongst the remnants of abandoned buildings gave it a different beauty. #nomad24
The Colorado River and its tributaries began rapidly carving through rock layers, carrying off sediments. Left behind are the cliffs and plateaus of the Grand Staircase. Today, the Grand Staircase continues to erode. The rate at which this occurs depends on changing climate conditions. Bryce Canyon National Park is beautiful! Hoodoo you love?? 😉 #nomad24
Participate in a Training Event - nomadoverlandrally As a precursor to the Wilderness First Aid class I’ll be taking in September, I signed up for a CPR/First Aid class at Granite Mountain Training. I’d never taken a CPR class before but knew the concept. I learned via CPR training tools that it definitely takes more effort to compress the chest than you would think.
#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #cpr #firstaid #cprtraining
The 2023 edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally began on June 5th and continues for ten weeks, ending on August 13th. The announcement of the official winner will take place on August 22nd. You can follow the rally progress on this page. (If you are interested in competing you can register here or get more information about the rally here)