Gear and know-how
Know-how
Skills worth having before you need them.
Reading is not training. It is where training starts.
Each guide gives the fundamentals, the sequence and the point at each step where people get hurt, with the source for anything that matters. Then it sends you to someone who teaches it hands-on.
- 01 Trip planning Most trips that go wrong were decided at the kitchen table, not on the trail. An hour of planning buys back the day.
- 02 Vehicle preparation Most trips end early for a reason that was visible in the driveway. This is what to look at, and what the numbers on your own door mean.
- 03 Tire pressure and traction Why a softer tire grips, what it risks, when to air back up, and how to read a surface and use momentum, lockers and traction control.
- 04 Vehicle recovery Getting unstuck without hurting anyone: stop and assess, recover yourself first, then a kinetic rope or a winch, with the safety point at each step.
- 05 Trail repair The few fixes that get a vehicle back to pavement, the kit that makes them possible, jacking safely on rough ground, and when to stop and call for a tow.
- 06 Winter travel Winter does not make a trip harder so much as less forgiving. The margins that were comfortable in July are the whole trip in January.