1,300 Sand Dunes in 7 Days All Alone in The Simpson Desert - Jeep Gladiator Around Australia

[@The4x4Lab]

Face covered in flies, down with Covid, alone in the middle of nowhere and Dan is like: "Everything is going fantastic!" Seriously, we could all take example of your positive attitude, man...

[@senditkevin]

Yeah I don't know how those flies on his face doesn't bother him.

[@ZEROmg13]

.......ya got to wonder what WE are doing wrong.

[@toni4729]

Thank you for the trip, I never get out of my home anymore so it's nice to see the outdoors. You gave me my legs and wheels back.

[@toni4729]

I was driving along a road about six hundred miles west of Brisbane about thirty years ago when, before my eyes were a bunch of emus in a "scrum" heads-down, none of them had seen me coming and they were all in the road. I dropped the car out of gear and let it roll quietly toward them being some distance away. I got closer and closer, slower and slower and slower. You'd think they were having a conference, heads-down, bums-up. Then suddenly, one head popped up from the middle and saw me. It was like an explosion. They all shot away in different directions. The only time I ever saw emus. At least I got to within about ten metres of them.😎

[@gpsx]

Middle of the Simpson desert - now that's social distancing

[@steinar.offroad]

I'm about 1:30 minutes into the video, and just wanted to let you know you have the best voice ever.

[@stuartmaclean5572]

One of the best Simpson desert crossing vids on youtube. Well done pal. Look forward to your vids every Friday here in South Korea. Thanks for the amazing content. All the best to you and Katie

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Glad you like them!

[@UnimogAdventures]

That is a great adventure, we will definitely be doing the Madigan Line when we head across the Simpson Desert. We also have Covid at the moment, and would not like to be driving through the desert, keep up the great work, hope you are all recovered now.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Feeling much better now, thanks!

[@rael6_4wd]

I’m really sorry to hear that. I hope you’re both able to get through it fast with no lingering issues. Really enjoying the videos. Stay safe. 🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@GATORADDAM]

Oh man. I feel for both of you being sick. That sucks, doing something epic and being sick during it. Respect for carrying on! You did get much better fuel mileage then you thought. Actually not bad considering how heavy you are. When I air down to 20 psi on my 10 plys they still look nearly fully inflated! Haha. Excellent - Excellent video!!!

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Thanks Tom! - and yep, it burned waaaay less fuel than I had planned for.

[@Vera_and_Christian]

Hello Dan and Katie, loved your Simpson Desert crossing and can't wait for the next episode. I cannot believe that you got Covid on a Desert Track, just about the worst time to get sick with an unpredictable virus. I am so glad you are all well now. Me and my husband also love to hear more from Katie, she has just such an upbeat and positve energy when she does talk into the camera. I just bought your Africa book and can't wait for your Australian adventure book. 🙋‍♀Vera

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Thanks Vera, I'd love to hear what you think of the book! Absolutely, Katie is having a lot of fun being on camera, though she really wasn't feeling up to it this time.

[@roberson644]

Those drone shots are amazing! Jeep should sponsor you lol.

[@rickbartley9255]

Great drone shots and editing. Always amazed by your good temperament and tenacity no matter what comes your way. Good on you mate.

[@thehardway7970]

Brillant way to spend the next 30 mins!!! Woo hoo! Thanks Dan.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Enjoy!

[@EclecticRealist]

Congratulations! Renogy has featured, "The Road Chose Me", on its website. You're the man!

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Amazing!

[@Defender110SLO]

Get weel soon. Owsome trip. Cheers. ☕️ (cup of tea)

[@beatkistler681]

Breathtaking beautiful! Such a unique place. Great video Dan! 😃

[@fabienpics]

VERY BEAUTIFUL LANDSCAPE 😍 🤩 👌 ❤️

[@makara51]

Bugga about the Covid and hope you both get over fast, but what a dream place to isolate🔥

[@Hapi2bpba]

At least you had no problems isolating 😂

[@michaeldallimore8590]

Madigan line looks to be in better condition than the French and QAA lines, looks like you made a very good choice. Despite several attempts I have never made it to Old Andado for various reasons. Pity you did not show some more of the interior of the buildings. Great video thanks. Hope by now you are fully recovered.

[@LandyLandLeben]

It feels like beeing with you on the way

[@brendancollins1402]

The stars must have been amazing.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Absolutely breathtaking! I put in a shot in part II which I'm editing together now!

[@dolosdenada771]

I know you’re supposed to isolate when you’ve got Covid. And I guess you can’t get much more isolated than that.

[@landau46t]

Only thing is if he Coughed on a Camel they Could have Caught Covid 😂

[@dolosdenada771]

😂

[@louisaklimentos7583]

Stunning !

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@jimp2148]

Dan Loving these vids as you travel Oz Stay safe Cheers JimP

[@MuddyRuttzz]

Great video, very interesting. I put the Mopar steelies on my Jeep. What did you use for center caps and lug nuts? Safe travels.

[@senditkevin]

Ohh I wish it could be cold where I'm at, trucking in Missouri (from Manitoba) is 93°F high temp today. Been watching some older videos about your Alaska trip and really thinking about driving up there in the next couple of years.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

do it!!

[@senditkevin]

@@TheRoadChoseMe Been watching your channel for probably a year now. That profile pic is my ranger, got it in February. Had a 1992 ranger that was my dad's old one till he stopped driving it. I got it just before graduating when I was 17, 23 now. Had 324k kms on it then. When I retired it Febuary this year, was up to 394k kms. Done all the work (no particular order: welded my own front winch bumper, 2 clutches (learning the hard way how not to drive offroad, haha) 1 manual transmission (shredded the input gear from too much axle hop trying to get up obsticles without knowing about or bothering to air down) 31s, then 2 years later 33s and more lift, leaf springs and mounts, gearing, lunchbox locker, axle swap, bearings, seals, u joints, hoses, brakes, etc) myself on it with my dad's help. Then we replaced a front coil bucket that was rusted out and found a hole in the frame behind it. Retired the truck a few weeks after (but not before wheeling through 3 feet of snow for a day, that was a good send off for the truck) and got the one in my profile pic. Cranked torsion bars and same rear axle from the old one. This one won't be thrashed crazy, too nice, virtually no body rust and just surface rust on the frame. Long story I know. I'm 23 years old, so I've got many years ahead to make time for trips. I've been watching 4wd24/7 for a few years also, I'm sure you know about them also, but I can tell probably not your thing, nor is it mine anymore also. Done with always fixing stuff all the time at least for now. Just want to use it. Sorry for the long response, but I'm sure you enjoy hearing other people's stories. Enjoy Australia!

[@laszloschuster6964]

Great video and thanks fo rmaking it - really appreciate all the effort you have put in . I do have one question how were your weights and payload GVM limits with everything that you were carrying did the Jeep have a GVM upgrade?

[@daveweber9737]

If Katy can't shake her cough (like me) post Covid, the only thing working for me (sort of) is Halls Relief Cherry cough drops. I'm about 2 months post Covid. If she finds something better let me know so I can try it!

[@stevenlamb3971]

Hope both of you feel better soon. You should take some footage as quiet as you can just so we can hear the silence. I know it sounds weird but I caught myself hoping for that shot.

[@questioner1596]

The problem with conveying that quietness is that I'm sitting here listening to my computer fan and ventilation system, so we're all limited by the environments we're already in. If where you are is already quiet, it would be the same as pausing the video! If not, then it won't help. On a side note, I've experienced that extreme quiet in northern Manitoba, in the 5 minutes between passing cars while stopped for a break. It's the rare day that there's no wind hitting your ears or the bushes.

[@yorkchris10]

The tracks on tracks reminded me of Walkabout.

[@chriswhite2151]

I'm wondering why the road is so curvy in such an empty place. Great video, especially the drone shots!

[@commonsense-grs]

Generally when someone is pushes these tracks through country like this, they take the easiest route, driving around larger vegetation, small trees or bushes, around small humps and bumps, around a soft spots. But off course sometimes it just doesn't make any sense at all. Also they always turn the track back to take a sand dune at a 90 degree angle.

[@ihmesekoilua]

Aw man, typical. Looks like an absolutely epic trip though

[@robskelly64]

Hi Dan , just wondering what brand / litres fridge you use. I really got some valuable information from your battery install video, cheers mate.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

In the Gladiator I have a Dometic 55IM, and I'm really liking it. Last time I had a 35L and the extra capacity is allowing much more luxurious food!

[@davettbr6425]

Looks as thrilling as West Texas with better roads.

[@jeffwatson8400]

Excellent video

[@Australian_Outdoor_man]

Love it mate . Hope you feel better. Travel safe.🍺❤️👍🇦🇺

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Thank you, I will

[@oribi_overland]

Very beautiful. It reminds me of the Mabuasehube slope in Kalahari NP, Botswana. I just wonder how you could judge that this should have been the mild course of your Covid disease.

[@toni4729]

I lived in Adelaide for fifteen years where the flies try to crawl in your mouth and eyes. I always wanted to know where the hell they came from but, now, how do they breed in such numbers out there in the desert?

[@davidstrachan8912]

Great video. What maps (Hema?)/information did you use for the madigan camp sites etc? Thanks

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Open Street Maps has it all - and it's completely free. You can load it onto a GPS too

[@mosca3289]

Nice trip.

[@daveweber9737]

Have you found that wildflower plant you were telling me about before your trip? Also curious if you've seen any monitor lizards or the grand prize, Moloch moloch, The Thorny Devil?

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Not yet, still keeping an eye out for all of the things you mentioned!

[@barrydyer6543]

A great video guys

[@robskelly64]

Hi guys, just wondering how much fuel you had on board, taks an gerrys, cheers.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

I cover all of that in the prep video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rYvdpWmfjteBe8k

[@sausagesandwichSA]

Excellent stuff 👍

[@calsurflance5598]

The flies alone would drive me nuts. But with Covid, for me, it sounds like the trip from Hell. Your positive attitude is a lesson for us all Dan! How does this compare to when you had malaria in Africa? Stay safe and both of you get well!🙏🙏

[@nordic5490]

Ahh no. Some times the best place to be when you sre sick is in the dry desert air. I was a surveyor allover central and Norther Oz for several years. The dry desert can make a flu bearable. Flys ? Meh, use the right fly net - all good

[@wevisitedwhere]

What kitchen set-up is that?

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Truck Bed Expedition Kitchen from Overland Kitchen overlandkitchen.com/product/tru-expedition-kitchen/

[@darrenn141]

Driving that long and not running out of gas. That's pretty impressive to me.

[@bajajoaquin]

How is your Chanel not more popular?

[@landau46t]

What camera are you using hand held? Clarity is amazing.

[@zeus982]

Why are there so many flies? My god, just watching this gave me the willies lol

[@Triple259772]

I didn’t know you had camels in Australia

[@jerryrubinek8905]

What month of year did you cross the Simpson

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

From memory it was May

[@rodgood]

Are Auzzie flies worse or better then Canadian Mosquitoes?

[@batfalcononyoutube]

How on Earth can you stand those flies!!! They try to penetrate your eyes!

[@hmbdata]

think I'd turn back after a couple days worth of those flies. Jesus.

[@jaredtansley3236]

20psi is still fairly high, me personally would be at 15psi

[@blurglide]

Oh man....7 days of barely changing scenery, getting swarmed with flies does NOT sound fun in the first place, but doing it while sick....uffff. Looks like you handeled it with cheerfulness though

[@HELLCAVALIER]

Rest drink plenty of fluid should be fine . Stay Safe

[@toni4729]

People in the soggy ends of Europe like England would have a hard time believing that even in the cities it frequently doesn't rain for months.😁

[@erichughes9098]

😎👍

[@had7669]

3 injections and still catching the covid. worked out well

[@bobjanssens5931]

He is still sleeping

[@steveofengland]

0 injections and the 1 time I had covid it was barely noticeable.... go figure 🤔

[@nordic5490]

Without the vaccinations things would likely to have been much worse for them. Way too risky to travel remotely, a long way away from medical care, without vaccinations.

[@MrJohnnybe123]

There is no escape from Covid..

[@livingworkingoutsidebox]

The amount of flies are just unbelievable 😳. How do you keep them from swarming around the inside of the Jeep? Was there spots in Africa that had bigger swarms of flies?🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰🪰 Did you loose your sense of taste? Hope you two feel better soon.

[@toni4729]

Just goes to show you what good vaccinations are.

[@MrWerd910]

Dude I got Covid and the symptoms were no worse than yours and I haven't had any vaccinations so I doubt highly that your triple vaccination has done anything

[@steveofengland]

🤣 so true. All this "glad I had all my injections" cracks me up. when I had covid I was hand splitting logs all day as I couldn't go out on jobs. Barely noticed, just a sore throat. 0 shots

[@Corey-pd3mi]

@@steveofengland As with every health condition, covid impacts everyone differently. Claiming the vaccinations have done nothing is just ignorant to globally collected facts

[@nordic5490]

​@@Corey-pd3micorrect. Without the vaccinations things would likely to have been much worse for them. Way too risky to travel remotely, a long way away from medical care, without vaccinations.

[@thehardway7970]

Triple faxed and still ill? SMH, stay safe !

[@danielbernier9115]

Wow crazy ,right ?? 😂

[@blurglide]

The boosters don't seem to do much as of yet.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

I think we would have been much worse if we were not vaccinated.

[@mark2073]

@@TheRoadChoseMe No offence, but that's what everyone says. I just had it for a week, symptoms like yours, the last 2 days of active infection were nonstop sneezing and runny nose, pretty unpleasant. Yesterday I cleared it and today I'm on the mend, my body getting mostly back to normal. I'm not faxed and faring similarly or better than most others who caught it. Anyways, awesome trip. I'm looking forward to taking off north through the Chilcotin for 3 weeks this summer, avoiding all paved roads as much as possible.

[@steveofengland]

@@TheRoadChoseMe yeah mate I don't think you would have been any worse, some of the most affected people I know have had 3/4 shots. I'd say your general wellbeing, diet and living an active lifestyle has more impact than any shot. Love the videos anyway, was planning on a gladiator build here in the UK, but we never got em!

[@wolfyseas3793]

Stopped watching when you said you’ve had 3 vaccines for a flu that you still caught.

[@TheRoadChoseMe]

Couldn't get into Australia without it. No choice.