Ultimate Adventure 2023 Ep 1: Biggest, Baddest UA is Underway | MotorTrend

Welcome to Ultimate Adventure 2023, presented by RealTruck, the best-known and most revered off-road adventure trip in the world. This year UA2023 kicks off the biggest, baddest trip in its 24-year history at Rock Run Recreation Area in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. And it only gets more intense from here!
Since 1999, Ultimate Adventure has been the world's best and longest-running off-road adventure trip of its kind. Participants meet in a different location each year with highly modified 4x4 vehicles equipped to tackle the toughest trails in the nation over a grueling 1,000-plus mile trek held over seven days. But as a double-whammy there are no trailers allowed, so in addition to insane off-road prowess, these crazy trucks, Jeeps, and 4x4s must be able to eat up the road miles as well as the obstacles. All this and the necessity to carry everything needed to live in the bush for a week on end. Nobody but Christian Hazel and Trent McGee know where they're going or what bucket-list locations they'll visit. It's the ultimate test of man and machine, team-building camaraderie, and human as well as mechanical endurance. It's the Ultimate Adventure!
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[@sherriemoon703]

Anyone else remember enjoying Dirt Everyday

[@4xBro69]

Pepper Ridge Farms remembers

[@jesseharriott4253]

Member berri?

[@dougsfan9984]

YEEEEEEEES!

[@Roadhog0]

Them were the good ol' days 😢

[@lepus6511]

Yes because this comment is on every video multiple times. Easy like fodder just like "remember when roadkill was free? 🥴"

[@Ru5tyshackleferd]

You should give that Fred and Dave guy a show they are great on camera. Maybe call it dirt everyday??

[@markc6207]

Yes exactly!!!

[@jeffs5787]

Fred is the best! Give that guy a show!

[@MichaelMSchofield]

Completely agree... they should call it "Dirt all the time" or "wheeling Every Day" or some combination of those! Maybe include that Dave guy he's pretty chill, I bet they would make a great team.

[@bleepinjeep]

Thanks for having us out this year, it was fun to see what UA was all about! 🎉

[@steph9445]

Miss seeing Fred and Dave on Dirt everyday

[@tjbrown9082]

I miss Fred and Dave doing stuff. And I watch both of them on KZbin They had a great show even for someone not into off-road

[@yermoffroad]

You guys pay a crew to film this and only put out 15 minute videos? We've been asking for long form videos for like 8 years, you guys ever going to do what the fans want?

[@frostbittenwaffle]

Motortrend is in it for sponsor money. No interest in the consumer. Employees drive Priuses to work and look down on us like we're rednecks. Look forward to major changes.

[@tyleraustin9914]

Motortrend give us full length unedited videos! These videos are great but so short and dont show nearly enough crawling. Most people watching want to see the wheeling!

[@yermoffroad]

People have been asking for as long as they've been filming, yet they still do these short videos.

[@tomaszlabuda14]

Why is this on KZbin before it hits the Motortrend app? The subscription is just getting harder to justify every month.They need to bring DED back.

[@tylerhall2292]

And the episodes are short again.

[@coltbuildsit]

So cool to be a part of UA this year!

[@jeffs5787]

You did awesome. You made it look easy.

[@djeteks]

Worth every alarm to vote!! 2 times a day!

[@DirtRoadTherapy]

Bro YES!!!

[@HarrySituations]

How did you do dual NP231s???

[@coltbuildsit]

@HarrySituations on the onx offroad build series I built it using Froelich's doubler kit. It's a weld together similar to D&D machines back in the pirate days👍

[@theodoreroseveltadept5272]

Another short video year? Guess y'all didn't listen to the criticism

[@rediron44]

It's free, quit your crying

[@theodoreroseveltadept5272]

@rediron44 unfortunately I pay for motortrend on demand so I have to disagree

[@lepus6511]

​@@theodoreroseveltadept5272and you keep payin and watchin 👍

[@scottburrow8717]

Love these videos of Ultimate Adventure. Only thing is they are seriously too SHORT!!!!

[@Desertquartz79]

Bleepin Jeep Colt And Matt are fresh off of OnX build Challange and the Win and thats my Boys. Ive seen the whole build and series. They are both Rock Crawlers and Master Fabricators and dam solid Off-roaders. You can never beat that team EVER !! ❤

[@coltbuildsit]

Hey thanks😉👍

[@DirtRoadTherapy]

Love Fred's commentary on this. Thanks for capturing this guys!

[@freeidaho-videos]

Great stuff again this year. Thank you! Whatever drivetrain is in the bright green van.... I want that. Seems bulletproof.

[@theninja001]

Does Rick Pewe still go on these? And what about Tim Hardy with his Suzukis?

[@sprintermaximus]

Been tuned in since I was a kid. I used to buy the DVD and VHS tapes of the UA. Rad to see it here.

[@Makswerks1]

not even on MTOD yet.

[@shaggybiasi8109]

i wish graham and shauno from 4wd247 would've joined you

[@GeorgiaJackson1986]

What a week!!! I can't wait to relive it, but sure wish we could all get together and go back to do it all again!

[@chrisdrb]

Really bummed that Dirtlifestyle Nate didn't get the invite after building that rad orange Lexus in the OnX Challenge.

[@No_Budget_No_Problem]

I remember growing up watching these guys on KZbin and reading my dads magazines he would get and just loving it haha maybe someday I can join these guys years from now

[@HarrySituations]

So good! Can’t wait for the next episode.

[@austinhoover4609]

This one is so much more special to me bc I literally passed you guys on my motorcycle and saw you guys at the gas station or the last person at the gas station but didn’t wanna interrupt or make you late so I just find this one extra cool I think it was when you were on your way to patton

[@ChristianHazel]

We do try to stay on schedule but we always dig it when people come say hello.

[@corryn00]

Didnt the UA videos used to be like 45 mins not 15?

[@twomstone_17]

Yup. The last few years it's been trimmed down to videos mostly under 10 minutes and 8 min is intros or ads. Very little trail footage now.

[@brisonpalmer6730]

Love these Ultimate Adventures wheeling videos 🙌

[@BraapFamilyOffroad]

Finally! The videos are here! Super stoked that I got to be a part of this week long epic adventure in my Jeep!

[@PaulKaiser42]

Great trip so far Trent 👍🏻

[@OtterPup_]

Fred Williams the legend

[@totsiiie]

No toyota allowed on this show?

[@davedonedis]

I’m starting to think I can cancel my subscription, dirt everyday is gone, and you are putting this on KZbin before MTOD?!?

[@samjohnson9894]

I can appreciate the whole break/fix/ride/repeat thing. Even if it gets old. And too the 'send-it' attitude of the drivers and their builds. However, wouldn't a true adventure equate to actually feeling the need to inject some intelligence into the mix so that reaching the destination is paramount? And by that I mean a multi-day trip into a real wilderness, where there is no support beyond what is brought with by competitors and staff. No gas stations. No hotels. No restaurants. Anyone who breaks their rig and is unable to fix it on trail has to be towed along by other competitors to the finish. Anyone who miscalculated their fuel must be towed along to the finish. Anyone who simply built an unsustainable rig for such conditions must face the tow of shame to the finish. Make mistakes cost. Make the consequences real. To the extent that the rig is buried where it dies even. Now THAT would be the ultimate in adventure.

[@BruceHays-kk6bx]

If you're in the Wichita Kansas area they have so much they can offer to not only keep you 4 wheeling but keep you not only protected but looking good

[@kylancook3477]

Sandy bottoms krocks Tuttle, good wheeling. Flint hills backroads would be an awesome route for them on a road day!

[@joegraffhobo-elect9128]

I watched Colts build on bleeping jeep. Excellent machine. Im partial though because I have the same exact truck that's going to be built

[@FearTheReaper21]

Why do i pay for your motortrend app but have to watch UA here on KZbin with commercials?

[@MaureenAndrews-d4w]

Lopez Robert Brown Cynthia Harris Edward

[@PetesScrapRodShop]

Woa Dave Chappelle changed quite a bit 😂

[@joegraffhobo-elect9128]

Is there a motorcycle version of Ultimate Adventure.?

[@forrestknight1110]

Dear Motor Trend, Please make the videos longer. More awesome footage would be great.

[@aaronnavarro7071]

Why do I pay for motortrend app to watch new show and this is on KZbin for free before it is on the app?

[@briandonovan5434]

This is just holding me over until I can get home and play mudrunner

[@jeepinbanditrider]

I miss my 82 Ramcharger.

[@renerendon551]

Fred and Dave where such a great team, really missing Dirt Every Day

[@joegraffhobo-elect9128]

I love the remastered chevy. Gotta build mine soon

[@ForrestKnight-u8c]

Great video but it needs to be longer and show more of the vehicles on the obstacles.

[@lokirip2372]

Im seeing a lot of milestar Patagonia tires. Nice to see reasonable tires out there.

[@niclucca7104]

Why is this on KZbin free before it’s in the motor trend app i pay for?

[@Realtruck]

What a time!

[@lilsammywasapunkrock]

Man, two unskippable ads before the intro even finishes playing, with the motortrend logo still displayed. Remeber when you got quality uploads, and they didnt just end every show you wanted to watch?

[@Pro1bmxer1]

You guys should come out to North Oregon next Year!

[@christianmittasch8972]

You guys are sick... In a positive way. I just love it. And the mechanical skills are over the top.

[@handsolo6241]

Bucket list stuff. I better get to building..

[@BStrick1993]

Got to see everyone passing my atv group by on the main lines there that day at Rock Run. I've read the magazine since middle school and this was a life long dream fulfilled to see ultimate adventure out on the trail. I had some carnage myself when I ripped off the plow mount on my Teryx on a black trail.

[@LukeTheJoker]

Always enjoy watching Ultimate Adventure! Any chance we will get a Diesel Power Challenge again at some point?

[@LonnieHutchinson90]

UA is the best ! I hope to join one day!

[@suecovert7643]

colts gonna smoke everyone on the trail

[@AS-ng5pi]

Fred and Dave and the real hosts of UA

[@therulesaredifferent8280]

Thanks Colion, and thank you Anna. This looks like an excellent part of an overall larger solution.

[@TavisBogue]

Awesome. Been to Rock Run a few times. I recognized some of those WV roads as well! Looking forward to more.

[@jeremyhansen7055]

Great vid! Happy to see the Shanksville portion included!

[@chadsmallwood3668]

It's about time yall get this posted.. been whatching everyone's content on it for like a month! 😂

[@goatee21]

I see a Scout, I click.

[@beyondmaintenance]

✌🏽😎

[@OtterPup_]

Excited for UA 23 cheers and thank you!

[@PetesScrapRodShop]

Love the Internal L truck! ❤️ i have 2 in my back yard.

[@stevenboyd5827]

Just freaking awesome, thanks to all!!❤️

[@kick-start-or-die]

Glad to see the gentleman and women stopped to pay their respects to the fallen.

[@smaggies]

Thank you for the event along with the great video.. :)

[@crdude806]

15m a pop?...cmon

[@BruceHays-kk6bx]

Truck stuff in Wichita Kansas check them out

[@ELEVENSDIRTLIFE]

Looked like a killer day

[@SuperDad1776]

Oh man I’m so glad this final arrived! I was starting to think y’all changed your minds an weren’t gunna share the adventure this year 😭 so many builds watched leadin to this adventure 100% worth it thank you guys for the hard work!

[@randypruett5681]

Been waiting for these videos!

[@HarryBonsellvlogs]

how did the pa state tropers like your rigs on the roads

[@trentmcgee5871]

Actually met one of the nicest PA troopers in the world, great guy that not only arranged for a police escort out of town (the good kind) but gave Christian and I cards to help with any future issues within the state. Fortunately we never had to use them.

[@HarryBonsellvlogs]

@trentmcgee5871 good to hear that

[@therealjplavoie]

Fred putting in overtime doing the outro! 👌

[@sk111zz]

That time of year again!

[@keithbarton3420]

So awesome

[@jonhill9564]

Support

[@turboboy0]

looks like i wouldnt be able to do this. im not running milestar patagonia mt tires. im running thunderer trac grip mt tires. love them.

[@kylancook3477]

Yo7 don't have to have Patagonia, they probably gave a bunch of these guys free tires as a sponser

[@twomstone_17]

They are great on dry rocks but suck in mud

[@TexasBBQandTrucks]

Was everyone required to run milestar???

[@GeorgiaJackson1986]

no we weren't required, but event sponsors do provide free and discounted products to participants.

[@justinlindsey9178]

Gotta be a commercial for mile stare Patagonias

[@yermoffroad]

Almost like they sponsored UA and provided tires in exchange for publicity or something 🤔

[@saratov99]

It would be interesting to see some mud, not just rock crawling.

[@yermoffroad]

Some of us aren't mouth breathers

[@V8AmericanMuscleCar]

I like mud too! 😁

[@lepus6511]

full size or bust

[@nomaneme]

Love the S-10, what a capo. 😎

[@donpennington2080]

I'm pleasantly surprised that this is still an annual event. This is actually better than reading about it in the, no longer available, magazine. Thanks!