Black Rock Desert Overland Adventure

[Exploring Elements]

At the end of April 6 friends set out in 4 very different overland vehicles from Truckee, CA to go adventure in the NW corner of Nevada. The trip was way too quick, but great friends had a great weekend. Check out the post for LOTS of cool pictures of the vehicles in action.

http://www.exploringelements.com/snapshot-black-rock-desert-overland-adventure/

 

[Big50]

Great pics. I think I'm going to have to check that area out this spring.

 

[Exploring Elements]

Thanks for the kind words Big50! It is a really cool area that I will be going back to sometime for sure. You'll have a BLAST out there with your Raptor! Look forward to seeing photos from your adventures

 

[jeepin_idaho]

Dude, How did I miss this post till now? Any chance this is an indicator of what the next EE rig will be?

 

[Vegas_Nick]

Great pics and a great adventure. I just don't get the point of doing doughnuts on such a pristine Playa though.

 

[Exploring Elements]

Some ideas learned from this trip will be for sure included in the next EE rig Jeepin_Idaho, but none of the vehicles pictured will be the next EE rig.

I hear you Vegas_Nick. Was a great trip and we might have gotten a little excited with the solitude and photography. I'm actually itching to get back and see the place after a year of weathering and see the effects of our tracks and from others. The desert is a new zone for me to adventure in that I'm just learning about.

 

[Foy]

Playa damage?

Great pics and a great adventure. I just don't get the point of doing doughnuts on such a pristine Playa though.

I'm interested to learn about how doing donuts harms, or does not harm, the playa surface. Something in excess of 50,000 people and thousands of vehicles are concentrated on the playa annually at Burning Man. Car manufacturers regularly film commercials including high speed "cutting up" on that very same surface. Seems as though the impact of a few donuts would pale by comparison to other uses, and the other uses must not have a seriously bad impact, otherwise the BLM wouldn't allow them.

Foy

 

[Vegas_Nick]

I didn't say it harmed it, I said I didn't get the point in it. Like I didn't get the point of someone stomping all around the sliding rock playa here after it rained and mucking it up. I am just more of a pass by where others have, travel where you only leave your mark on the road. Just me.