It would appear that not even the Wall Street Journal is immune to offroading excitement. Yes, I don't generally hit the Wall Street Journal for my offroad news fix, but there it was on the front page of the May 2nd paper. Check out this juicy tidbit...

"What Icelanders call "jeeps" are actually massive, tricked-out pickups, armed with 4-foot-high wheels studded with steel cleats that allow them to climb mountains of snow and volcanic rock with earsplitting power."

Arctic Trucks is mentioned in the article as well. This 4x4 'shop' is doing some amazing things with Nissan drive trains, and it is neat to see them getting this press.

Iceland's 4x4 scene is under pressure as their economy is facing major strain and personal debt is skyrocketing. Coincidentally, this makes Iceland a more affordable vacation spot for Americans.

 To read the full article in the Wall Street Journal, click the buried truck below!

Thanks to Marcus Walker for this image

Fan Si Pan is often dubbed  the Roof of Indochina. Sarah got a chance to climb this mountain and jumped at the chance. Well, I would assume she would jump, and perhaps not literally jumped - but she was excited to for the experience to come.

You don't here about exotic desitnations like this all the time on Adventura Company (we hope that will change), so we are excited about this article!

Here is Sarah's tale...

 The worlds highest commercially rafted waterfall. Two days of river closing high water. 22 tons of water... per second. Cold water too.

 Excuse me while I freak out over how lucky some people get, but my cousin, Ellen, got to do this adventure.

 This is an incredible photo set of the action, make sure to take a look and see what happened.

  Consider this, Considering Cooking seems to be a good title for cooking aricles, and so it shall be from now on at Adventura Company. As I have mentioned before, tasty food is one of my favorite things in the world, which means I write articles about cooking gear. 

 Today let's talk Cookware. We have been trying out our new MSR Stainless Steel Cookset and it seemed like a good time to go over the basic things to look for in camp cookware along with a brief look at MSR's offering tomorrow.

 Typically, I look at 5 important criteria when choosing cookware. Weight, Heat Dispersion, Durability, Cost, and likelihood of ingesting toxic materials used to make the cookware. Understanding these categories should give you all the knowledge you could want next time you anguish over what outdoors cookset to get...

**In a related note to Considering Cooking, Jason has a great way to cut down on dishes.**

  Today Sarah introduces us to her new series on adventure safety with her approach to thinking about safety. Even if you are a seasoned pro we encourage you to follow these brief articles to keep your mind fresh and disciplined in safety areas. Coming home safe means you can go out again!

Rules are for Fools...Pt 1

   Some title for my first piece on ADVENTURA SAFETY!  But I’ve never been one for rules.  I just don’t like them much.  When I was a classroom teacher I had only 2 sets of rules:  The 3R’s and the 3P’s.  Respect yourself, Respect others, Respect the environment.  BE: Punctual, Prepared and Participating.  And as I worked with gang kids, there was also the no weapons/drugs/alcohol rule.  But I had to say that one, since it was school policy.  It fit under my 2 rules anyway.

   But I’m not here to write about classrooms!  I’m here to write about the OUTDOORS!  Adventure Baby!  That’s what we want to hear about!

The Adventura Company recieved a special package in the mail a couple of weeks ago. Well, a very big package. It came from Shrockworks down in Texas in the form of new sliders for our Xterra Project.

Rock sliders are perhaps the most important part of armor on any vehicle doing offroad traveling. They protect those costly to replace rocker panels along the bottoms of your doors. In most cases we beleive that sliders should be strongly considered as a first upgrade on any adventura vehicles. Many 4x4 shops and welding shops can fabricate them according to your vehicle for varying prices. We had heard good things about Shrockworks and decided to go with them. To find out how our install went and the resulting field test (yes we scratched them up on some big rocks) click the Read more link.

* Note:* Step rails are NOT rock sliders. The damage caused by trail obstacles can actually be increased by most factory and after market step rails. Generally these step rails are made of thin materials that bend and break easily. Rock sliders offer true rocker panel protection, and in many cases can double as step rails.