Nomad Challenge: Outdoor Skills
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2024 Leaderboard: Week 7
1st: 4,558 points
2nd: 4,499 points
3rd: 4,247 points
(Checkout the full Leaderboard for all the Teams’ Week 7 scores)
Week 7 of the Nomad Overland Rally saw a lot of activity, with our strongest Stewardship week so far, as multiple Teams participated in organized and impromptu clean-ups and other projects around the country. We now have five teams with over 4,000 points, and the gaps are narrowing. The top of the Leaderboard has shuffled around this week, as Team 121 Rojas (aka DOGRNR) climbed into First Place with 4,558 points, and knocked Team 117 Lucas (who held onto the top slot for four solid weeks in a row) down into Second, with 4,499 points. Team 101 Mercer pushed back into Third Place with 4,000 points. The Week 7 Challenge, “Ropes and Knots,” gave the Teams a fun break where they could demonstrate their knot-tying skills and pick up some relatively easy points. Teams still have one more week to complete it. Meanwhile Challenge #8 was released this morning and it’s one of the harder ones — “Plotting with Headings.”
Highlights from Week 7
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Here are some Week 7 highlights from around the 2024 Nomad Overland Rally.  Team 121 Rojas (aka DOGRNR) now in First Place, was exploring around Arizona and working on multiple activities. Team 117 Lucas, in Second Place, made some strategic location choices to pick up more hard-to-find wildlife. Team 101 Mercer, back in Third Place, continued building up points working on activities and PhotoQuest items in Colorado. Team 134 Fribley was continuing with more Overland Stages in Oregon and Washington.  Team 111 Potter completed two Stewardship Activities this week and continued with Overland Stages in Colorado. And most of the other Nomad Teams were out on the trails in California, Idaho, North Carolina, Virginia, Arizona, Texas and Arkansas this week! Check out the Leaderboard to see how everyone ranked at the end of Week 7.
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The Rally started on June 3rd, and a number of teams were already beginning their first Overland Stages, while others were still in the planning stages. Here is a curated collection of recent images from our social space to give you a peek into the teams and their progress.
Escaping the hustle….
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S2: While participating in all4fun_mhjc and staythetrail Stewardship Project - I took the opportunity to ask SxS users (over 30) if they had any loose trash we could take for them and offered them homemade cookies and brownies. #buildingcommunity #talkwithotherusertypes #treadlightly treadlightlyteam Best thing was they all had dry bags for trash or put back in their coolers! But a A few gave us a few loose cans! #nomad24 colorado4x4girls nomadoverlandrally photo credit: Robin Archer
S2: Reinstalling signs - Trail Stewardship Project #treadlightly #doyourpart #nomad24 #mhjc #all4fun nomadoverlandrally colorado4x4girls treadlightlyteam staythetrail
I missed seeing clouds! Usually you can`t see them by the coast. The moment we went over the Sierra Nevada mountains, there was a great spectacle!
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Nomad Team 129 Astor (aka Team NC Old Man Overland) got this fantastic shot during their multi-stage cross country trip out west. The team has completed all their Overland Stages and is now focusing on finishing up the Activities and PhotoQuests. Thanks to @falkentire @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for supporting the adventure! 📸 @ncoldmanoverland #nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #adventuretime #nomadrally #toyota #tacoma
Really creative shot from Nomad Team 118 Macy for the PhotoQuest “view from your rearview mirror” (she also included “cows” and “a herd of animals” in the image! Teams don’t get extra credit for multiple quests in one image but we love seeing them—maybe next year we will add a “new” kind of bonus for these!) Thanks to @falkentire @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for supporting the adventure! 📸 @audrey.explores #nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #adventuretime #nomadrally #photoquest #photography
Looks like Nomad Team 134 Fribley has a great camping setup. Great shot from last week’s Overland Stages. Thanks to @falkentire @treadlightlyteam and @onxoffroad for supporting the adventure! 📸 @scribbleyfribley #nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #offroad #overlanding #adventuretime #nomadrally
Advanced Map & Compass - nomadoverlandrally This task involved plotting and taking heads for various locations on the map - then going out to actually drive to this points and note how close your distances and headings were to the place in person. I did pretty well with this one - and even finished before the nasty monsoon hit, lol
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Map and Compass advanced - nomadoverlandrally I had to do this one twice as once I got home, I realized I hadn’t done it right. Sometimes I need time and quiet to process instructions and tasks when they aren’t familiar.
Once I got my headings and distances on the map, I ran back out to the trail and checked my map locations in person. I was dead on with the first two and either exact or within 2 degrees on the third. Unfortunately my plotted place on the map for the third location was not an ideal place to stop on the trail and trees blocked my view of my mountain heading point.
Thankfully I finished before the monsoon hit, and was able to circle around the storm and miss the really bad part.
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A few more highlights from our day at the coast.
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The 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally runs from June 3rd and continues for ten weeks, ending on August 11th. You can follow the rally progress on this page, on Instagram at @nomadoverlandrally and on Facebook at @nomadoverlandvirtualadventurerally. (If you are interested in competing you can register here or get more information about the rally here).