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00:00Expedition Overland's Pan American Series is presented by General Tire.
00:04Anywhere is possible.
00:15Years ago now, a small group of guys made a choice to drop the mundane, the expected,
00:20the normal.
00:21To pursue a dream of exploring this vast world.
00:29It didn't happen overnight.
00:31It took years.
00:34But slowly, weekend trip after weekend trip, through good times and bad, we gained the experience
00:40necessary to grow our dreams into a reality.
00:44We'll start in Anchorage.
00:45Dude!
00:46Alaska.
00:49A new team was formed to take on and film the adventure.
00:55We traveled the entire Alcan Highway, experiencing its wonders, its people, and its wildness.
01:11Arriving above the Arctic Circle at Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, the most northern end of the Pan-American
01:16Highway.
01:22Then we pushed into the Yukon and north again to Tuktoyaktuk at the end of the Dempster Highway.
01:29There we were able to sit in with the local people and hear of their ways and let it make
01:34an impact on our lives, fueling our wanderlust for far-off places, people, and cultures.
01:42In British Columbia, we became surrounded by the hardest conditions we had come by on the
01:47McKinsey Heritage Trail.
01:49We were pushed to our limits.
01:58We dealt with our first major injury, fuel issues, trail blocks, and fatigue until we finally
02:08found our escape.
02:18The experience bonded our friendships and love for adventure.
02:24Our Alaska Expedition was just the beginning of a grander plan to document and film our adventures
02:30of the entire Pan-American Highway.
02:33Now, we only had one direction to go, south, and that means plunging into one of the most
02:38feared areas of the world to travel through, Central America.
03:25Over a year after the filming of our Alaska Yukon season, we have completed the planning and
03:29development of our next expedition.
03:31We will make our way to Baja, where we will explore to its southern end, hop a boat to mainland
03:37Mexico, and then push our way into our first international to international borders of Belize,
03:43Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, and finally into Panama, where if
03:50all things go right, we will end our expedition at the infamous Darien Gap located at the heart
03:56of the drug war, all while filming a series undercover.
04:00Five years of work completed right here.
04:04Now we just have to deliver.
04:07No pressure.
04:08No pressure.
04:09No pressure.
04:09No pressure.
04:09No pressure.
04:11This year, we are proud to introduce not one, but two 2015 4Runner Trail Edition Premiums
04:17to our fleet.
04:19These will be the lead vehicles for our expedition, hopefully hauling us and our precious gear to
04:25the southern end of the North American continent.
04:31These are not the first 4Runners we have ever owned.
04:34Far from it.
04:35Between Jeff and I alone, we have owned three other 4Runners.
04:39We are big fans of the 4Runner to say the least.
04:41And we are excited to put our new 5th gens through their paces.
04:47Our 2015s have some pretty remarkable features.
04:49From the luxurious, soft-tech seats, to an amazing set of off-road functions ranging from
04:55a solid GPS system, locking rear differentials, A-track, multi-terrain selections, and crawl
05:02control.
05:04Our Trail Premium editions are also equipped with KDSS that will aid in the overall road
05:09manners and handling of the vehicle.
05:12Okay, so let me fill you in on the vision behind the vehicle's builds this season.
05:17First off, we wanted to build a vehicle that reached an optimal level of function for
05:22up to 10 people to be living, working, sleeping, and filming out of for two straight months.
05:28We are less than a month away from our departure and we are just now getting into the trucks.
05:33And one of the first things that we are doing is installing communications.
05:37So we are putting radios in with remote heads and high altitude communications has come up.
05:43To put this in, this is probably one of the biggest pieces that we can put in our vehicles,
05:46the ability to communicate with each other as we are going through some pretty remote territories,
05:51possibly dangerous territories.
05:53It is an essential part of getting these trucks ready for the expedition.
06:03It is 9am and we are 14 days, 22 hours out from leaving on our Central America Expedition.
06:10And we have finally been able to get to Dark Horse Customs with all of our suspension, our
06:15tires, some of our tires came in today and now we can really start modifying the vehicles
06:21for the expedition proper.
06:23Between here, Tuesday, and next Wednesday, these vehicles are going to completely transform
06:28from their stock form into an expedition you go into vehicle.
06:34Selectable damping, yeah.
06:36We started the build with a foundation of high-end suspension, equipping them with Icon
06:41Vehicle Dynamics Stage 7 suspension for the 4Runner with a special 25% increase in pressure
06:47per our expedition's requirements, meaning that this setup is fully capable of handling
06:52all the additional weight of the accessories to go on the vehicle as well as allow the vehicle
06:56to perform under that final expedition weight.
07:01Next we added a hidden winch mount to locate our worn winch securely behind the front grille,
07:06allowing us to keep the factory look of the 4Runners.
07:21It was a strategic move in maintaining a softer profile in Central America.
07:29We then mount our wheels with our highly trusted General AT2 Tire All-Terrains and 285 70R17s
07:36or the equivalent to a 32.8-inch tire.
07:40General Tire is a long-time supporter of Expedition Overland and we are proud to have them as
07:45a presenting level sponsor for this year's Expedition.
07:50For three straight days we tirelessly worked, often late into the night.
07:55Things are moving right along, but I'm about to get some troubling news.
07:59I just got off the phone and got word that our shipment of stuff coming in from South Africa
08:08through Easy On and National Luna, so our rooftop tents, some awnings, roof racks, and some power supplies
08:17from the National Luna power pack and a dual battery system, didn't make the plane in South Africa on Tuesday.
08:28Yeah.
08:30Well, you want to hear a good, a bit of news?
08:34Oh no, the camera's out, that's not good.
08:39Um, it missed getting on an airplane because it was two inches too tall.
08:43Oh my gosh, are you serious?
08:45Yeah, the pallet needs a real big pallet of stuff.
08:48So anyway, it doesn't leave until next Tuesday, it's currently Wednesday, and it takes ten days
08:56to get to Salt Lake, so it's going to arrive on the 3rd of March and we leave on Expedition
09:03on the 4th of March.
09:05So, we're going to go down there to Salt Lake and put it on while on the Expedition.
09:12Oh crap.
09:14And, we still have to go to Prescott to get the drawers put in and get another tent down
09:20there and move it up to Salt Lake to stage for that.
09:23And so, we'll have to put lights on down there as well, because we can't build lights until
09:28we have roof around them, right?
09:34Uh, the good news about that is also we don't have to take all three vehicles down to Prescott.
09:40Yeah, we're just taking to these, we just have to take the Deconia and Rufio.
09:48Rufio is its name?
09:50Rufio.
09:52Who dubbed that one?
09:54Me.
09:55I dubbed it.
09:56You dubbed it Rufio?
09:58Rufio.
09:59Rufio.
09:59From Hook.
10:01Remember?
10:02Yeah.
10:02The kid in Hook?
10:04Yeah, Rufio.
10:05Rufio.
10:07I don't know if I saw it.
10:09It'll grow on you.
10:10OK.
10:11Next, Rufio rolled into SCS for this year's graphics.
10:16SCS worked closely with us this year to design a wrap that would not be interpreted wrong at
10:21Borders.
10:21We wanted to look cool, but not military.
10:24We also wanted them to feel approachable and not intimidating.
10:29The outcome was fantastic.
10:33But we still had some installs to go.
10:36So we headed on a 2,000 mile road trip before our 10,000 mile road trip, starting in Idaho
10:42Falls at CBI Offroad to install our rear bumpers that will carry our spare tires out from under
10:48the vehicle and add some carriers for fuel and water jerrys and give us some solid protection
10:53and function to the rear of the four runners.
11:05Well, we're in Salt Lake now, 10 days, 20 hours from departure on the Central America
11:09Expedition, and we are still in as big of a crunch as ever to get everything done.
11:16So we're here at Cruiser Outfitters, and I'd like to introduce Kurt, the new member of
11:22Expedition Overland that will be joining us for the full time on the trip, and Paul May
11:27of Equipped Expedition Outfitters.
11:29And all three of us right now have been working together with our normal team here at XO to
11:35get these trucks built.
11:37So Paul's got stuff coming in from South Africa, hopefully leaving on a Delta Airline Tuesday,
11:43then we'll be here the day before we're supposed to leave on the Expedition.
11:48No worries.
11:49There's 24 hours in there.
11:51Yeah.
11:52And if you wait until the last minute, it'll only take some time.
11:54Mm-hmm.
11:55Mm-hmm.
11:55Yeah.
11:56Okay?
11:56Yeah.
11:57I met Kurt several years ago when we both traveled to Central Russia to link up with our friends
12:02at Expedition 7 as they crossed the notorious Road of Bones in Siberia.
12:08What you need to know about Kurt is that he is sort of a genius, and now Expedition Overland
12:14is privileged to have Mr. Encyclopedia Kurtanica as a member of our team.
12:22While Scott of High Altitude Communications slaved over radio programming, we couldn't help
12:27plug in a Toyota relic that sits in Kurt's shop, Ivan Iron Man Stewart's off-road race arcade
12:35game.
12:35Yeah!
12:37Let's go out!
12:39Let's go out!
12:40Let's go!
12:41Our hands pried from video game heaven, we put some heavy-footed miles towards our next
12:46stop.
12:47Just rolling up to Adventure Trailers, 8 days, 23 hours from departure for Central America,
12:53and we're stopping in here all the way down in Prescott to get drawers put in this 4Runner
13:01and also the Tacoma.
13:03Here, I'm Jeff.
13:04Jeff or Mario?
13:05Nice to meet you.
13:05Mario!
13:06Yay!
13:08We have known Mario at Adventure Trailers for some years now, and we had him look at our
13:134Runners to compile a solution that would give us the greatest amount of livability and function
13:18out of Rufio and our Tacoma.
13:29The results are fantastic, and are certain to be some of the best additions to our vehicles
13:34during the expedition.
13:40With time running thin, we headed out to our final stop in Las Vegas to meet with Eric,
13:45the Hebrew Hammer, founder of Team 5.
13:49How did he get that name?
13:50Well, that's another story.
13:52You just need to know that Chuck Norris stole all his moves from this guy.
13:56He's a patriot and a legend.
13:58We will be linking up with him and his foundation Team 5 in Guatemala in just about a month.
14:05Jeff and I took an advanced medical course known as a woofer or wilderness first responder
14:10course to help mitigate the larger medical concerns for a trip like this.
14:15Now, meeting with the hammer, we are very glad we did.
14:19Otherwise, we would have completely hit the I am an idiot bullseye.
14:25We are here today to get our med kits outfitted from Team 5's fantastic storage of medical supplies.
14:32I really hope we don't need any of this stuff.
14:35And who's sending you this stuff?
14:37Donors.
14:39Tons of donors and stuff like that.
14:40And are they like hospitals and things like that that this is extra supply?
14:45No, this is coming out of like...
14:46You know on your airplane you have to have an emergency room kit on every airplane.
14:50They have to have a huge thing on all the yachts and stuff like that.
14:53So, every year they have to be resurfaced.
14:55So, even though the drugs are still good, they all have to go back.
14:58They dump them all out.
15:00They put all new stuff on and send them off.
15:02So, these are all not expired brand new things that have never been opened.
15:06They just throw them in these baths.
15:07So, instead of throwing it away, I asked them for it.
15:11Yeah.
15:12That's smart.
15:13Yeah.
15:14And they just give me everything.
15:15You see they throw everything away.
15:21We then got quizzed on seemingly everything we knew.
15:24As he casually rummaged through a million dollars worth of Medgear.
15:28You never know what you're going to get.
15:29It's like Christmas.
15:31You guys, do you guys learn how to staple a whiffer?
15:34No, but we have one stapler.
15:37That's a different style of stapler.
15:39So, this is a stapler.
15:40So, basically it's really simple, man.
15:42It goes click.
15:44You know, like, you remember from the whiffer class, if somebody gets a second chest wound?
15:48Uh-huh.
15:49Yeah.
15:50Did you guys learn how to use dental kits at all?
15:53No, we did not.
15:55Can you show us real quick?
15:56I'm going to show you real quick.
15:58If somebody knocks a tooth out, there's a tooth shaver.
16:01Oh, great.
16:04Yeah.
16:04So, you're not supposed to put anything on the burn?
16:06Yeah.
16:06Yeah.
16:07You can put this stuff on.
16:08So, these are iodine swabs for your nose, like deep congestion and stuff.
16:14Okay.
16:16Do you guys have any kind of CPR stuff?
16:18These are a larger burn.
16:21Oh, yeah.
16:24Here's a good thing.
16:25You guys know Sam's plant?
16:26Sam's plant.
16:27It doesn't, like, taste the best.
16:29Mm-hmm.
16:30But if you need, like, a boost of energy, this is, like, goo with what the runners use.
16:35So, this is Cipro.
16:36Here's some alcohol wipes.
16:38This is lice.
16:39Treatment.
16:40Ah.
16:46Triangular bandage.
16:47Awesome.
16:47Steril star gloves.
16:49Nice.
16:56I think we're gonna need this for Jeff's shoes.
16:59This one.
17:00Okay.
17:01That's Jeff's shoes.
17:02Maybe.
17:03File hazard.
17:04So, with Eric, we'll see you in 27 days in Guatemala.
17:09Yeah, 27 days.
17:11Sounds good.
17:11Thanks for scaring the crap out of me.
17:13To the airport.
17:15Wait till we get there.
17:16Awesome.
17:18Scared is putting it lightly compared to the knot in both Jeff and I's stomach as we pulled
17:22away.
17:24It's 5 o'clock and we've got to get back over a thousand miles to Bozeman by tomorrow night
17:32so that we can get registrations done on the vehicles that I'm pumping fuel in right
17:36now in order to get our transport CETO papers correctly done before the time we meet the border
17:427 days.
17:44So, pressure's on and it's an all-nighter.
17:54Okay, so I went outside to get a camera and told Toby to stop talking because he was telling
17:58me something that needs to be on camera.
18:00What's going on?
18:01I bought a car and had dealer plates.
18:04The plates were good until December 26th or something.
18:09I got pulled over December 18th or 17th or something.
18:12And he said, you have to have your plates on, like your regular plates.
18:16And he said, you're not allowed to have those on for a long time.
18:18But he didn't look at the date that they're still valid until the dealer plates are.
18:23So, it was just a fix-it ticket.
18:25And he said, any cop, you can find any cop, they'll sign off on it.
18:28You just mail it in after that.
18:29I talked to two separate cops in different counties and asked them if they would do it.
18:33They said, we can't do that.
18:34It's out of our jurisdiction.
18:35You have to drive to Reading to get that done.
18:38So, I just put the plates on, took pictures of the plates, and then called Shasta Court.
18:44And they're like, I'm sorry, no one can talk to you.
18:46Do you want to pay money?
18:47Push one.
18:47So, there's like one option.
18:48It's either pay money or go to jail.
18:51So, they're like, or email us at traffic at shastacourts.com or whatever.
18:55So, I emailed them pictures of my plates on the car and said, hey, if this works, great.
19:00If not, let me know what I need to do.
19:01No response.
19:02So, the next response I get is this letter, which is a beautiful little thing that says,
19:06Superior Court of Shasta, California.
19:11Violations.
19:11It's VC-5200A and VC-40508A, failure to appear in court.
19:18And that means that my license is suspended indefinitely.
19:24And I have to go to court or pay $476.
19:30That's pretty awesome that we just drove 2,000 miles with that.
19:34With a possible me being arrested.
19:36You would have been arrested.
19:37If we got pulled over, you would have been arrested and put in jail.
19:39And I wouldn't have known why.
19:41How are you going to squeeze in all your community service before we leave?
19:45It's one of those things that has a little bit of tension.
19:48By the way, our stuff didn't leave South Africa.
19:52What?
19:55I'm going to jail.
19:56We're not sleeping in tents.
20:00We don't have our titles.
20:02We don't have our titles.
20:04Maybe that means you have time to figure it out.
20:06The thing is, from the get-go...
20:09Things are getting really crazy.
20:10We still have a ton of work to do.
20:13Like get international driver's licenses.
20:15Finalize our titles for the forerunners.
20:17So we can actually get through the borders ahead.
20:22Perfect, thank you.
20:24I'm legit.
20:27We're going to go get some shots today.
20:30And I'm not excited about it.
20:32I hate needles.
20:34And I have to get a series of them before I leave.
20:43This is nervous.
20:45Moving.
20:45Moving.
20:46Cat.
20:47Being cat crazy right now.
20:50Oh, I hate it.
20:51I hoot it.
20:53When I was a kid, they used to strap me down to a board to do this.
20:57Boy, those are both what you get from contaminated food and water.
21:02Jeff had no trouble with the task at hand.
21:07I thought you were going to be more dramatic.
21:11Yeah, I feel a little safer though, you know.
21:15I'll at least come back.
21:17And I probably won't come back sick.
21:19That's the last one.
21:20You want to go ahead and sit down?
21:21Nope.
21:22Sure.
21:23Toby on the other hand.
21:25I'm assuming you don't like needles.
21:27I hate them.
21:28I like them when they have ink in them.
21:30Okay.
21:31But not when they go into your...
21:33Muscle?
21:34Yeah.
21:35Do you have trouble?
21:36Have you ever fainted or anything like that?
21:38Okay.
21:39Maybe.
21:39So if you want to close your eyes or look away, that's usually helpful.
21:42Yep.
21:43I'm just massaging right now.
21:45Okay.
21:46I'm going to ask you to take a deep breath.
21:48Okay.
21:49Take a deep breath in.
21:51Okay, hold on.
21:53Cat power.
21:54Kitty power.
21:55Yep.
21:55Is that your power animal?
21:57Channel it.
21:58My power animal.
21:59Frank over here.
22:01Little Lucy's.
22:03As drugged as I am.
22:06I've never overcome my fear of needles.
22:08I've tried.
22:10But yet you have tattoos.
22:12It's different.
22:13How so?
22:15Because they don't go into your meat and inject things into you.
22:18I think it's the...
22:19Just the thought of it.
22:20The thought and the...
22:21It's probably an irrational fear.
22:27Out.
22:29And then you have a couple.
22:31And then you have a little wolf.
22:32All done.
22:34Oh.
22:37Oh!
22:37Oh!
22:39Oh!
22:42Oh!
22:46Oh!
22:48nothing is nothing. I know. We just found out we got our title work in so I'm going to the
22:57courthouse
22:58to sign off on the registration so we can get that paperwork processed. We're four days out
23:05from leaving so paperwork I signed today still has to go to Deer Lodge which is a couple hours away
23:13and we get our titles from there so we're going to sign off on this and then we might have
23:19to just
23:19physically take it to Deer Lodge ourselves instead of sending it through the mail. Getting the title
23:25work completed on time is the first of two top priorities the second being the pallet of equipment
23:31that contains our roof racks tents and awnings etc currently held up in shipping somewhere in South
23:36Africa. Where are we at? Where are we at? I don't know I don't even know what day it is
23:43right now or how
23:44many hours we got left but I just got an email saying that our tents
23:53that whole pallet of stuff coming in from South Africa was missed again they just forgot about it
23:59to put it on the plane so now they're going to try and get it on tonight's plane
24:04and if it misses tonight's plane it'll postpone the expedition an entire week and if it's postponed
24:12an entire week that means I don't know I don't have a plan B honestly because there are hard points
24:19along the expedition now that are set in stone that I can't move without major major ramifications.
24:30Back at the house myself and the hometown crew members gathered to go over our gear and make final
24:35decisions and modifications to that which we can address right now. So we're packing up finishing up
24:41we have the last few things here and it's just chaos so that we don't forget anything hopefully we won't
24:48more than likely we will I forgot to take my last bit of medication this morning and the rest of
24:53that's not
24:54going to happen so hopefully I don't get typhoid. All right so I've been trying to figure out our tool
25:01role for this trip
25:03and of course I want to take everything but as I'm rolling this thing up I'm actually paring down
25:09a lot which is great for us for saving space I'm also thinking we have two brand new 4runners and
25:16you know Tacoma that's only two years old so the the odds of things going really wrong are pretty slim
25:22but in the back of your mind you're always thinking what if things really go wrong so um you know
25:29we
25:29want to cover electrical stuff because we got to have a lot of electrical needs that small stuff as
25:34far as big tools go I think we're gonna be all right with just just our small stuff and leave
25:39a lot of
25:40big things out so should we carry jack stands I feel like we should carry jack stands
25:48but I don't know if we have the room if we if it comes down to like what if we
25:52red bull or jack stands
25:55I'm gonna say right he'll sleep in here hopefully get enough air current so it doesn't die
26:02in the heat it's hard to think that way because right now it's what 20 degrees and it's going to
26:08be
26:0990 and 100 humidity yeah in two weeks
26:13I made it your size here I'll grab the door for you oh nothing can bite you
26:26it's Alaska all over again yeah seriously I remember trying to film it like this
26:33all right let's try them oh that's how those work and then this you can pull towards you yeah when
26:41you
26:41shed it we worked very hard this year to develop systems around just about everything that's sweet
26:48and that's how you don't get malaria that's how you don't get malaria don't eat fever
26:53you're for our expedition we have limited everyone's individual space to one of these red ox
27:02flying boxcar bags every person got their own color of bag so it's assigned to somebody so you
27:09can say can you grab my bag within a within a week or so you'll know who's toby's and who's
27:14jeff's and who's mine and all that stuff so it forces everyone to really have to think through their
27:20equipment before they get on the expedition because it has to fit in this size of a bag
27:27that also helps in limiting how much you go digging for things when you're trying to
27:34do your job and be on an expedition
27:43so we need to keep in mind as we're packing how do we fit team five's gear in here okay
27:50i like to organize and trying to figure out where those bags will go she's good at so that means
27:54we
27:54might have to pare down some of our stuff too so we'll figure that out jeff has offered to take
27:59one
27:59outfit it's true i have some daisy dukes they're pretty good g-rated show oh they're d-rated daisy dukes
28:08is there a such thing
28:12outside ronda introduces new team member kyle gunnerson to the galley this is nice like being
28:17able to cook here prep here pull food out pull food out be able to set up here and then
28:23all while
28:23being able to be in the protection of shelter ronda listens to kyle and his ideas and gives him the
28:31final okay on his thoughts on how the galley should be set up well i'm handing off the torch for
28:38this
28:38expedition to kyle um and ty ty already did it with the alaska expedition but um mostly what i had
28:48to plan for this trip was what we call just backup meals because your plan is going to be finding
28:54food
28:55in the markets as they go through central america but if for some reason they get out a few days
29:00somewhere then we've got the mountain house meals you just add water um i didn't do that
29:07i am intimidated for cooking for six other guys but good thing i have strong and sturdy ty next to
29:14me don't let ty chop it again did he do something on the last trip yeah questionable he took his
29:21own
29:21leg out with his own machete in his own hand beaten potatoes that's it yeah okay returning member ty will
29:28be joining us for the first half of this trip before our good friend steve swaps him out in belize
29:36a few last minute meetings and tasks are at hand but the time to leave is growing near
29:42i believe our tents are being picked up in two hours from the airport
29:50from at least they're here my wife rochelle was still on her way back from deer lodge montana
29:56after picking up our titles the number one priority to our departure crossing my fingers and praying that
30:04they are here and i can leave and go back home and everything will be good and the guys can
30:09get
30:09out the door i drove to deer lodge i walked in the office and she's like here you go and
30:15i wanted to
30:16kiss her and i grabbed that and came back and we have laminated extra license plates
30:24for the appropriate vehicle okay and then behind that are additional copies of the other two vehicles
30:31titles with our titles in hand our paperwork was finished we need to put on one last push to get
30:38out
30:38the door now it's a bittersweet moment the time to embark on our big trip
30:48it's it's a little bittersweet the original plans for the trip was that ron and rochelle were going
30:55to join us on this trip but now things took a turn and we decided to go to two different
31:04paths we've
31:05been talking about central america for what year and a half two years ever since we got home from
31:09alaska yeah and the past six months i was just feeling um just a gut feeling like i i really
31:18wanted
31:18to go but just not feeling like it was the right time for us to go for some reason especially
31:22me
31:22personally came to ronda and said well i i have something to tell you and turns out just goes
31:29oh i'm so glad because i have the same feeling we're actually going to be doing our own adventure at
31:35the
31:35same time um we are going to be going back to morocco to race in the 25th anniversary of the
31:42rally
31:42each day gazelles yep it's really important to us this will be my third time going and this will be
31:47ronda second we're really excited it's important that all of us are able to pursue our
31:52dreams rally each day gazelles has really captivated rochelle and ronda but the decision for them to
31:59go this year wasn't easy my response to the girls not going has been
32:08kind of a roller coaster on thoughts and feelings i want i mean obviously you want your wife to go
32:15with
32:15you on a cool adventure uh we had reservations for security reasons uh and it goes beyond
32:27just the country being in another country together you know mexico and central america has its own
32:32inherent risks for sure uh but it also put both parents on a pretty aggressive could be considered
32:39aggressive expedition uh with our kids back at home so my thought was you know maybe one of us would
32:49stay back and share the home front well that didn't necessarily jive either with uh all of our hopes and
32:56dreams that we have going on and the girls my wife in particular she needs to be able to pursue
33:01her
33:02adventures just as i am able to pursue mine over a year ago uh ron and i really felt like
33:09they were
33:09coming back and racing again this year so yeah they're racing we're going to central america and
33:16we'll meet up on the back side yeah we had a lot of people ask if we could film it
33:21the last time we
33:21went and so we're trying really hard to get it filmed this time so if we can share what this
33:27rally
33:27truly is and show you how hard it really is yeah it's totally easy yeah if you take a year
33:35and a
33:35half of work and it only comes down to being an hour and a half late that's not bad yeah
33:39okay is there
33:41anything we're missing from this point on we all fully admit that if we don't have it we don't have
33:50it done it is what it is at this point this is the moment that anyone who was supposed to
33:57remember
33:57anything that's supposed to be right now right and if we didn't we don't have it we don't have it
34:03yeah sounds good everyone have their passports
34:13thank you for allowing me to leave you
34:18and let's go kick some butt yeah have some fun and uh let's be safe
34:27and come home yeah all right have fun yeah you're gonna do amazing top 20 yeah that's my goal
34:45you're gonna do amazing top 20 yeah you have fun okay all right what's up
34:55not dead 218s are we in trouble officer yes
35:05we're rolling this is awesome we're on our way
35:09our close friend eric a local sheriff deputy has assigned a special detail to him and to us
35:15to ceremoniously escort us safely to the county line
35:23at that county line eric's light signified the official start to our expedition
35:33expedition decisions started right away guys got the latest update on our shipment of roof racks and
35:41rooftop tents and awnings and it is still on the ground in los angeles so it is scheduled to arrive
35:50tomorrow at 2 p.m i proposed that we stop for the night say like in pocatello get a good
36:00night's sleep
36:01because there's no need to push hard into salt lake tonight what do you guys think
36:07yeah this is apollo we think that's a good idea um yeah i think we'll need all the energy we
36:13can get tomorrow
36:15uh we just showed up at cruiser outfitters and we have a few errands to run so we're going to
36:21split
36:22and do that but our purpose here is to get our roof racks and tents and uh light bars on
36:28today all of
36:30it on today welcome guys come on in you want to get a rig in here uh let's see yes
36:37maybe
36:38if we come up with a game plan let's come on in this was our last day to make sure
36:42we got everything
36:43taken care of so apollo we can come in we can do that one just get that do we need
36:47to run our errands
36:49i think we can do errands with rupio and get one truck
36:55the guys at land air express gave me no information just the exact timing of the
37:01truck moving from them to delta okay so it takes a little while maybe within the hour but it'll be
37:06this afternoon but they filled in salt lake so we're uh we're here riding through
37:13as far as i know it should be at the land air desk right now 1300 pound pallet just came
37:20off
37:20the truck so he's getting it loaded on his little trailer and he's bringing it over in his forerunner
37:26and it should be here in about 20 minutes so in the film business we have a lot this thing
37:31called hurry
37:32up and wait there's a lot of hurry up and wait that's exactly what we've been doing today waited all
37:36day
37:36did a little couple more tinker things and now it's go time it's ready to get these trucks finished and
37:40gone
37:47there are you guys
38:07the dismantling of a crate was exhilarating i would equate it to the feeling of unwrapping a christmas miracle
38:22the cruiser outfitter shop was in full swing as a selfless crew of volunteers and fellow adventurers
38:28helped us assemble and install the equipment to help our expedition get underway
38:41oh yeah
38:49we're truly thankful for all those folks and what they did for us
38:53it's gonna be like 4.875 everyone calling that good yeah it's like you got a degree in engineering
39:04the forerunners took their final form and they were something to behold
39:12now only the tacoma's roof racks remain to be installed at this point it's two in the morning
39:18there's no need for all of us to stay up and i'm concerned about just making sure all of us
39:22have enough sleep so kurt paul and i will stay up and keep working on the forward rack here and
39:30then you
39:30guys can rack out so we can make a big push tomorrow towards mexicali it's 2 a.m i'm feeling
39:39like uh
39:41bed's calling me i need to go find it and go to sleep because i am tired
39:54the final bit to our now we can now we can go thanks guys thank you sir
40:03the final shipment for the expedition just in the nick of time we're one hour from a d-day
40:12on another phone call we're hoping to not have to make down to the hour we're supposed to have a
40:28briefing on our schedule and like where we're going in the route but we didn't so i really don't know
40:33where we're going we drove hard through the night to just north of the mexican border where we had a
40:41very important meeting it was just us crew now and we were about to enter mexico and start the
40:48international portion of the expedition i invite you now to join this meeting something that i wanted
40:57to touch on more than anything is situational awareness so just understanding that you know
41:01in any situation just kind of keeping that um tactical mindset of all right if the poop hits
41:08the fan today this is how we're going to get out of here quickly um so for instance right now
41:12the taco
41:13is going to have a hard time getting out of that out of out of that area really quickly he's
41:17going to
41:17throw in reverse and get out of there so i would like to see just a practical thing is just
41:21parking
41:21in a way that everybody can get out of dodge real quick if we have to so borders gentlemen we've
41:28got a
41:28lot of borders across the next month here uh eight eight borders each way um we may bounce in between
41:34a couple countries too so we may hit a few more borders can be an extremely frustrating process
41:39because it can take anywhere from two hours on the low side to four maybe six hours to get through
41:44two
41:44borders you got to realize we got to exit one country uh get through all their paperwork process
41:49have the vehicle searched inspected we've got a lot of stuff for the vehicles they may want us to pull
41:53all that out put on the ground and they're going to pick and choose one or two bags and maybe
41:57go
41:57through it maybe not and say get out of here you got a lot of stuff beat it uh but
42:02it could take a
42:02while so we just need to be patient keep a smile on that's the best medicine at a border is
42:06just you
42:07know keep a smile on act like you're having a good time thank them for their service they're just there
42:11to do their job uh the three vehicle drivers are going to have one additional step and that's importing
42:15and exporting the vehicle into each country as well each of us needs to get a tourist visa so on
42:20your
42:20person you need to carry that tourist visa at all times once we have the tourist visas then the
42:24drivers can apply for temporary vehicle import on the vehicle we can maybe do that at the border we're
42:29hoping uh the alternative is we're going to have to go find a bank of honor cito in town and
42:34do that
42:34process in town uh obviously your your passport should always be on you at all times with your
42:39tourist visa in there if we get stopped at any point which we will absolutely undoubtedly we're going
42:43to get stopped probably three or four times uh just even in the the baja section it's just going to
42:48be a
42:48simple police checkpoint it's actually a military checkpoint so those are just young soldiers out
42:52there they're super nice guys they're just doing their job they're going to maybe want to pop doors
42:57open they'll look under seats open the glove box it's going to be completely random but again we have
43:01nothing to hide so just let them look wherever they want they once they're cleared with you they want you
43:05out of there so clear the checkpoint pass down the road maybe just even a couple blocks if it's
43:10appropriate there's a good pullover spot and then we'll all regroup and pull out together if we come up to
43:14an
43:14area that has like a checkpoint that's kind of random and weird you want to stay in the vehicle
43:19as much as possible leave the engines running leave it in gear that kind of a thing until they
43:24ask you to get out of the vehicle you stay there running and then you take everything with you you
43:30don't give them the keys no absolutely never should you surrender your keys they should never even take
43:34your passport unless you're right there with them you know they're going to take it look at it and
43:37right back they'll walk off your passport something like that's hopping you know happen to get get
43:41attention of everyone else in the group and make sure that you know that's how a little extortion
43:45or bribe can happen they'll walk off your passport then all of a sudden they want you to pay a
43:48fine
43:49or a you know a fee or a convenience fee of some sort to get your passport or driver's license
43:53back so
43:55let's have fun yeah here we go this is actually like i know we've said it like six times like
44:01we're
44:01actually doing it yeah we're actually doing it yeah now we're doing it
44:12as we head to the border all sorts of feelings and emotions swirled within our minds excitement fear
44:18wonderment and the full weight and anticipation of the adventure to come
44:28over the next two months we are about to embark on the adventure of our lives
44:34a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for all of us
44:39from tuk-toyuk-tuk or prudhoe bay alaska all the way down the north american continent to this point
45:00we invite you to join us as we push our limits and see this big diverse world here we are
45:23we hope you learn from our mishaps take inspiration from our accomplishments
45:28and realize that life needs to be taken by the horns because life is short
45:56i tried to find you but i can't see the sun
46:10so
46:36faceless
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