There's nothing like starting an overland journey sitting in traffic!
@DefiantOffroad15 күн бұрын
It was bad. Back and forth between bumper to bumper and a frustrating 30mph.
@overlander9483 ай бұрын
This came out great! I know from our past conversations that you don't regard yourself as a "storyteller", but you're better at that aspect of it than you give yourself credit for!
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@wjadventures38617 күн бұрын
Good times! Well, not the sitting in traffic on the highway part 😂
@DefiantOffroad17 күн бұрын
Yeah the traffic was no fun, but the trip was!
@SimplyMustGo3 ай бұрын
Man this was great! I I'm super pumped to see the rest.... Guess I need to get cracking on my edit.
@overland_dadsfl3 ай бұрын
You better get going Matt😂🖐️❤️
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
I can't wait to see what you come up with!
@maxdexpeditions3 ай бұрын
I miss this area. Love seeing it again, through your lens. Waking up in the rain in the forest is one of the best feeling of camping, packing up camp, not so much 😂
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
We got lucky and got a window of no rain that lasted long enough to pack up!
@endgameoffroad-sz6tcАй бұрын
great video. i've heard so many people complain about water getting into their RTT. it's good to see that yours is holding up. seems like that storm was a good test for it!
@DefiantOffroadАй бұрын
Thanks! The Novsight zebra-series RTT is holding up great. I think that I've had 3 rainy nights in it so far, and it's never leaked a drop. The storm in this video was a straight up downpour, and I stayed completely dry!
@Crawling5thGen-ih3cmАй бұрын
This was great, even though it was full of Jeeps 🤣🤣
@DefiantOffroadАй бұрын
:) :) :)
@DirtRoadTraveler-bd9px3 ай бұрын
This was amazing. And holy crap did you all have a bunch of jeeps!
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks! It was a lot of fun, but it presented some challenges in terms of filming.
@oldmanoldtruckАй бұрын
Found you on Matt's channel! Great video, looking forward to the rest of the series! The Traverse is my backyard! 😁
@DefiantOffroadАй бұрын
Awesome! Thank you for finding your way here. I hope you enjoy the other parts!
@That_Paul_Guy2 ай бұрын
Nice videography. The last time I camped from a truck was many, many years ago. I’d say 15 years. I lived in Greenville, SC back then and went with a group to camp near Dahlonega. I got a lot of damage from that storm and have been paranoid about hail ever since. I actually camped for the first time since then the weekend before Labor Day at Two Wheels of Suches from my motorcycle. When the weather turns cooler, I plan to get out and camp from the truck.
@DefiantOffroad2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! That storm on the morning of day two wasn't too bad. The one that rolled through late on night number 3 was pretty bad. I'm really glad we made the call to stay in a hotel that night. When we left the hotel in Hiawassee on the morning of day 4, and started making our way back to the Traverse, we saw a lot of trees down. I couldn't tell if it was straight line wind, or maybe a small EF0/EF1 tornado. We would have been in a bad way if we had camped night 3.
@raymondclark17853 ай бұрын
Loved the night drone shots 😀 Sitting on an interstate in an overlandd sucks 😕 During our spring migration north this year we had been camping just off 121 so i took it north instead of the interstates and it's mostly 2 lanes and small tows. In NC it made a turn i missed just before I-26 😞 In the fall going south i need to make time for the Georgia Tranvers 😀
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words! Sitting in traffic is one of the worst things in the world to me. I ended up hopping off the interstate and making my way along the back roads (some clips of that are in the video). You should definitely check out the traverse at some point. It was worth the trip!
@peterspenultimatepentastar70683 ай бұрын
I kind of got behind on watching some channels and haven't been by yours in a couple of months. Holy cow, this was good! I'm super excited to see you starting to do multi-day trips (not that the day trip trails aren't great).
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks! I'm glad to see you're still around! Novsight has hooked me up with so much great camping stuff, that I figured I should actually put it to good use!
@shortround1984-yp7sm2 ай бұрын
oh man, this was stunning! excellent video!
@DefiantOffroad2 ай бұрын
Thanks for the kind words!
@olddominion4x4-ew5ho3 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! I've never been on the traverse, per se, but I've spent some time around Warwoman WMA. That whole area is amazing. There's no shortage of mountain lakes and rivers to take a dip in!
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks! I wanted to take a dip in one of those rivers so bad, but were short on time. I'm for sure going to go back soon to poke around the area more. Warwoman is on my short-list!
@pillowpants83552 ай бұрын
Great one! I'm glad to see you out on longer adventures. Next stop, TAT? 🤣
@DefiantOffroad2 ай бұрын
Thanks! Never say never!
@alexwang2503 ай бұрын
great adventure !
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks for helping make the trip happen, my friend. Perhaps when you come back over for SEMA we can get you out on some trails!
@thehighwayman22143 ай бұрын
Great video. Want to do the traverse one day myself.
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks! It's worth the trip!
@TaraAndJodyDoIt26 күн бұрын
I'm going to try and hit some of the this trail on the way to the Fall Adventure Vehicle Roundup next month. I haven't explored Georgia yet.
@DefiantOffroad26 күн бұрын
It's definitely worth heading out there and exploring the area!
@Jade_Overland3 ай бұрын
Cool video! I was just up there myself doing the traverse and filming. If you liked this route, you should try the Smokey Mountain 500 next.
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Thanks! The 500 is on the list!
@Jade_Overland3 ай бұрын
@DefiantOffroad let me know if you'd like a map. I followed the map available online, but added a ton of camp spots with pictures, gas stops and where you can expect cell signals.
@DefiantOffroad3 ай бұрын
Yeah hook me up! will@defiantoffroad.us
@jku4488-eh3kd2 ай бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyed! Do you ever make it onto a trail early? 🤪