Vermont Overland Trophy

Bring extra water for yer radiator. I believe there is a parking lot at the toll booth where ya can leave your trailers. We went up in July 5 years ago. 90 degrees at the toll booth, and 30 degrees and snowing on the summit. Damn dog wouldn't get out of the car. He was convinced we were nuts. I thought so too until I saw "hikers" start to show up for a ride back down.

Jillian and I went up a few years ago... 68 with light breeze at the bottom... 34 and 60mph winds at the top. We were in T shirts. I jumped out of the driver's seat and climbed into the bed of the truck and closed the cap. I gathered up everything I could find. Leather winching gloves, rain coats, etc.

Go prepared. Not just a slogan.

Steve

We have 18 days......are you ready?

Not even close...

Yeah, should be good to roll. I gotta pick up a few odds and ends but for the most part I'm ready. Be prepared for the major stuff and don't sweat the small stuff.

2 weeks tonite we'll be in Vt. Oh, and by the way, a 2-truck team has opened up. Lemme know if you're interested and I'll get ahold of the seller.

I just watched this video and now I am SO excited for the trip! I need to sleep but I am all wound up now.... 

E-mail news from Peter Vollers, mastermind behind the VOT:
"Ladies and gentlemen, I have tremendous news. Last winter, when I was cooking up the harebrained scheme that is VOT, I found myself gathering inspiration by watching every Camel Trophy video I could find on Youtube. At some point at about 2 in the morning one night in a bleary-eyed trance watching the vids, I stumbled across the 1993 CT Malaysia vid. At the end of the vid, I heard the narrator exclaim, "Big congrats to Tim Hensley and Michael Hussey....OF MIDDLEBURY, VERMONT!

Now we've all heard of well-known CT vets like Bill Burke, Tom Collins, Daphne Green and Jim Swett, etc., but I had never heard of Mike Hussey and, what's more, that was THE ONLY YEAR THE US TEAM EVER WON CT!

So a quick google search later and I find a Michael Hussey in Middlebury and he's the nordic ski director at Middlebury College. Could it be the same guy? I get his email from the MC athletics website and write to him. No response, which is kind of what I expected. A few days ago, I said what the heck and wrote to him again and low and behold he responded and, yes, it's THE Michael Hussey, 1993 CT winner!

But, listen to this. Not only does Michael love the idea of VOT, he's going to BE AT BASE CAMP ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7 TO CHILL WITH THE WHOLE VOT POSSE!!!!!!!!!

That's right, Michael will swing down and have a Lillie Brook Farm burger and beer with us and we get to pepper him with questions about the real Camel Trophy!!!"


Here's the 1993 CT vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JvHSR5wFZQ (go to 1 hour and you'll see Michael's victory interview)

Awesome, sounds the deal has sweetened

I watched that vid a few months back, pretty cool stuff!

Love that Sandglow Yellow hue of the Defenders and Discos!

Team Northeast Overland is team 4  

So we'll be on CB ch.4

Best of luck to you guys !

will try to sneak down & say hello maybe

We have 3 more full days before we leave!
I still hafta fix my holey spare (& mount it) for the trailer, add a front tow-point to the Jeep, replace the LCA bushings (axle end), grease my broken balljoints, grease everything else, replace the failing electric fan w/ my last spare, remove & reweld my RR shock mount (got smashed by a rock up North & it's about to break off...) and of course the general once over...a few times  

edit:R&R PS wheelie assembly too...done 8/6

Ain't no rest for the wicked....

Be sure to follow us on our VOT adventure on our facebook page! 03Rubicon will be posting daily pictures and status reports!

Northeast Overland

I will be following. Get 'er done!!!

We will be leaving in t-minus 12hrs and counting...

not sure if I can make it down there

but we are rooting for you & the crew

Thanks guys! We will be representin NEO! Should be a good bit of fun.. Ill keep everything updated the best i can

We leave in few hours. Off to pack....yesterday's work day got in the way. We had to let two people go, so it was a long crazy day. I am so excited to head out on this adventure!

Yaaa, I'm up but not quite ready. But I will be by the time you fellas get here!!

Headed out in about an hour.

Have Fun guys! Ill be looking for Uploads/updates etc.. on the FB Page!

not sure whose trailer this is, but I thought its bad azz

whatroad wrote:

bobdesros33 wrote:That is a rover ambulance...It was brought over here a couple years ago...I met the guy at the winter romp...he has a little clapped out 4 cyl diesel in it that struggles when he winds it out...Its a really cool rig just needs more power.

He has the 2.5 N/A ( naturally aspirated) diesel. Very slow on the road. Generally speaking, that's a commercial 110.

It is a UK Ambulance with the lights removed (by law) and has a 2.25 petrol motor that is not terribly unhealthy just horribly overworked........if you've noticed how much junk is in that thing.