Nomad Challenge: Plotting on Paper Maps
The Fourth Weekly Challenge of the 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally tested the Teams on how accurately they could plot GPS coordinates given in latitude and longitude on a paper map…
News from the Rally: Week 4
Nomad Overland Rally Highlights: Week Four
The Nomad Teams have been amassing those points at a record pace during Week Four. Many teams are in the middle of Overland Stages…
Nomad Challenge: Tires
The Third Weekly Challenge of the 2024 edition of the Nomad Overland Rally focused on tires — the only part of the vehicle that actually makes contact with the road…
2024 Leaderboard: Week 4
1st: 3,469 points
2nd: 2,469 points
3rd: 2,376 points
(Checkout the full Leaderboard for all the Teams’ Week 4 scores)
The Nomad Teams were working hard building up those points totals during Week 4. Many teams are in the middle of Overland Stages and there were a lot of training and stewardship activities happening over this week. There was some movement around the leaderboard as teams narrowed some gaps, but by the end of the week, Team 117 Lucas managed to hold onto first place with 3,469 points. Team 121 Rojas (aka DOGRNR) moved into second place with 2,469 points, pushing Team 101 Mercer into third place with 2,376 points. The top eight teams have all passed the 2,000-point mark, and five more have reached the 1,000-point level. With five more weeks of competition, the teams are at the halfway point in the rally. The Week 4 Challenge involved plotting on paper maps — and only a few teams have attempted it so far, but those who tried it, did quite well. The teams still have one more week to attempt it. Meanwhile Challenge #5 was released this morning and it is all about “outdoor skills” which should be a less intimidating theme.
Highlights from Week 4
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Here are some Week 4 highlights from around the 2024 Nomad Overland Rally. The teams have continued amassing those points at a record pace this week. First Place Team 117 Lucas was exploring in Yellowstone and picking up lots of the “hard” animal PhotoQuests. Team 121 Rojas (Team DOGRNR) jumped into second place after four weeks of solidly building up points across the board. Team 101 Mercer was back out on the trails and completed all twelve Overland Stages — the first 2024 team to do so — finishing the week in Third Place. Team 129 Astor (Team NC Old Man Overland) are in the middle of their multi-stage trip in Colorado, where they are checking off a lot of points while exploring some beautiful places. Team 110 Smigiel has been busy exploring around the Sierra Nevadas in California, where they are strategically picking up as many points as possible. And more teams are now out on multi-stage trips working to narrow the points gaps! Check out the Leaderboard to see how everyone ranked at the end of Week 4.
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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.
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
Participate in a Training Event - nomadoverlandrally As a precursor to the Wilderness First Aid class I’m going to take in September in Flagstaff, I signed up for a CPR/first aid class that was held yesterday in Prescott by Granite Mountain Training.
I had never taken a CPR class but had an idea of what the process is. I did learn though through the training equipment monitor that you have to actually push much harder on the chest than you may realize to get the compression needed to work the heart.
I also got good insight on some additional items I should be carrying in my first aid kit like a better tourniquet and a CPR face shield.
#nomad24 #nomadoverlandrally #cprtraining #firstaid #granitemountaintraining
Trail Clean Up - nomadoverlandrally Headed over to Coconino National Forest to grab a few more items I needed for points in the Nomad Overland Rally. While driving down to Montezuma Well from Beaver Creek, I noticed a lot of trash on the sides of the road. I picked up 5 bags of trash, an old bucket and a 2x4. I also found a sweet pink shovel (lol) and horseshoe - I’m hoping for luck from the horseshoe, lol!! I would have picked up more trash but I ran out of room - but at least I did my part and left it better than I found it!
#nomad24 #treadlightly #doyourpart #cleanup #trailcleanup #nomadoverlandrally #trash #pickitup
Trail Clean Up - nomadoverlandrally - I headed over to the Coconino National Forest in Camp Verde today to work on some of my last Nomad Overland Rally tasks and photo quest items.
On the way down to Montezuma Well, I noticed a large amount of trash on the sides of the road. I picked up 5 bags worth of trash plus a bucket and a 2x4. Unfortunately that was all I could fit in my trasharoo and there is only so much I will put in the back of my 4Runner. At least I did my part and left it better than I found it.
#doyourpart #nomad24 #treadlightly #nomadoverlandrally #trailcleanup
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).