Overland Expo 2010

Overland Training’s Graham Jackson is also the co-organizer with Roseann Hanson of ConserVentures of the annual Overland Expo. The 2010 edition of this event, which brings together the Overland community in North America for training and vendor interfacing, was a massive success. Held in Amado AZ, we had over 100 exhibitors, and 300 people signed up for the Overland Experience package that includes all of the Overland Training courses and sessions. The participants represented 25 US states, 4 Canadian provinces, 10 countries, 5 continents and a subcontinent.

Round tables provided participant contact with some of the top names

The vendor area included some amazing rigs

Overland Training organized eight driving and recovery courses for 4-wheeled vehicles, and four for motorcycles. In addition we had 14 hands-on seminars on everything from choosing and setting up an adventure motorcycle to travel medicine and water treatment and 21 class-room seminars on subjects ranging from food storage, to traveling with kids, to communications, to disaster recovery.

Winching demo class.

Recovery class.

To run all this we organized 47 instructors and presenters from all over the world, all experts in their fields and avid travelers. Names like Ted Simon (Jupitalia), Lois Pryce (Lois on the Loose), Austin Vince (Mondo Enduro), Tom Collins (Camel Trophy), Duncan Barbour (BATT & Camel Trophy), Sarah Batten (Land Rover Experience), Scott Brown (Chrysler), Bob Burns (Land Rover), Jim West (Camel Trophy), Nick Taylor (Exerro), Bruce Elfstrom (Overland Experts), Jim Hyde (RawHyde Adventures), Kirk Schmitt (RawHyde Adventures), and many others all came together to share their experience and enthusiasm with the overland community.

L to R: Lois Pryce, Austin Vince, Lorraine Chittock, Ted Simon, Guarav Jani

Graham had a tremendous amount of help from Duncan Barbour of Barbour All Terrain Tracking and Camel Trophy fame during the event set-up and during the event, so great thanks to Duncan. And thanks again to all the instructors and presenters for their hard work and professionalism, and to Roseann Hanson for her tireless work.

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