Adventure Dogs of the Nomad Rally
The 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally has a few furry friends out exploring with their humans…
The 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally has a few furry friends out exploring with their humans…
The 2024 Nomad Teams really began hitting their stride this week and the top three teams have passed the 2,000-point mark…
Some of our Nomad Overland Rally teams had a hard time with the second Weekly Challenge of the event — an exercise in reading topographical maps…
(Checkout the full Leaderboard for all the Teams’ Week 3 scores)
There was some massive adventuring going on during Week 3 as our Nomad Teams really racked up the points. More teams set off on their Overland Stages and there were a bunch of training activities happening. There was some shuffling around the leaderboard, and by the end of the week, Team 117 Lucas had reclaimed first place with 2,916 points. Team 101 Mercer made a huge jump into second place after returning from a series of Overland Stages and earning 2,376 points. Team 130 McClellan moved into third place with 2,350 points. While the top three teams have passed the 2,000-point mark, there are several others closing in on them. Seven more teams have reached the 1,000-point level. As the teams currently at the top of the leaderboard max out their available points for Overland Stages and Activities, the gaps will begin to narrow. Some teams are just beginning their Overland Stages this week, and with six more weeks of competition, we can expect some surprises ahead. The Week 3 Challenge was all about tires — and overall the teams did fairly well on it. The teams still have one more week to attempt it. Meanwhile Challenge #4 was released this morning and it’s another potentially “hard” one (though we do give them some easy points to capture just for doing it) — plotting and measuring distances on paper maps, old school style!
Here are some Week 3 highlights from around the 2024 Nomad Overland Rally. The teams were busy this week and we now have some who have reached the 2,000 point level. Team 117 Lucas joined up with Team 103 Chasse in Arizona to knock off a few more Stages and Driving Activities. And Team 101 Mercer shot up into second place on the Leaderboard after returning from ten days on the road traveling from Colorado to Wyoming and Utah completing nine Overland Stages and multiple activities. Team 130 McClellan ran into some challenging weather, when encountering summer snow and ice on a high narrow shelf road in Idaho–but they safely navigated it and also completed nine Overland Stages by the end of the week. Team 121 Rojas (Team DOGRNR) has been solidly building up points and is now in fourth place on the Leaderboard. This week she completed her second Stewardship Activity, organizing a Tread Lightly cleanup in Arizona sponsored by Summit 4×4 which drew volunteers from as far as California to help clean up the trails. Team 124 E. Stevens was exploring around the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia and doing some impromptu trail cleanups as she went. We’re loving all the Stewardship activity going on around the rally this year so far. Great work Teams. Meanwhile more teams are getting out there and starting to narrow the points gaps! Check out the Leaderboard to see how everyone ranked at the end of Week 3.
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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.
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).