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Know your gear ^ŽůĂƌ ƉĂŶĞůƐ͕ ďĂƩĞƌLJ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƌƐ͕ ƐĂƚĞůůŝƚĞ ƉŚŽŶĞƐ͕ 'W^ ƵŶŝƚƐ͕ ƉŽǁĞƌ ĐŽŶǀĞƌƚĞƌƐ͘ dŚĞƐĞ ĂƌĞ ũƵƐƚ ƐŽŵĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ƚLJƉŝĐĂů ŝƚĞŵƐ ŽĨ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ͘ DĂŬĞ ƐƵƌĞ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ĞǀĞƌLJƚŚŝŶŐ ǁŽƌŬƐ ĂŶĚ ƚŚĂƚ ƚŚĞLJ ĂƌĞ ƐƟůů ŝŶ ǁŽƌŬŝŶŐ ŽƌĚĞƌ͘ &ŽĐƵƐ ƐƉĞĐŝĮĐĂůůLJ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ĂůůͲŝŵƉŽƌƚĂŶƚ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ʹ ŶŽƚ ŽŶůLJ ĚŽĞƐ ŝƚ ƐƵƉƉůLJ ƉŽǁĞƌ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ĨƌŝĚŐĞ ĂŶĚ ŽƚŚĞƌ ĞůĞĐƚƌŝĐĂů ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ͕ ďƵƚ ŝƚ ĐĂŶ ĐĂƵƐĞ ƐŝŐŶŝĮĐĂŶƚ ƉƌŽďůĞŵƐ ŝĨ ŶŽƚ ĚŽŶĞ ĐŽƌƌĞĐƚůLJ͘ dŚĞ ůĂƐƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ ŝƐ Ă ďƵƌŶƚͲŽƵƚ ǀĞŚŝĐůĞ ĚƵĞ ƚŽ ƉŽŽƌ ǁŝƌŝŶŐ͘ ůƐŽ͕ ĚŽƵďůĞͲĐŚĞĐŬ ƚŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŬŶŽǁ ǁŚĞƌĞ Ăůů LJŽƵƌ ůŝŐŚƚ ďƵůď ĨƵƐĞƐ ĂƌĞ ĂŶĚ ƉĂĐŬ Ă ĨĞǁ ƐƉĂƌĞƐ͘
tŚĞŶ ŝƚ ĐŽŵĞƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵƌ ĚƵĂůͲďĂƩĞƌLJ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͕ ŝƚ ŝƐ ĞƐƐĞŶƟĂů ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ĐĂƉĂĐŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ŝŶƚĞŶĚ ƚŽ ƵƐĞ ŝƚ ĨŽƌ͘ >Ğƚ͛Ɛ ƐĂLJ LJŽƵƌ ƌĞĨƌŝŐĞƌĂƚŽƌ ƵƐĞƐ ϰ ĂŵƉƐ ƉĞƌ ŚŽƵƌ͕ LJŽƵ ŶĞĞĚ to make sure your solar panels can restore (put back) triple ƚŚĂƚ ĂŵŽƵŶƚ͘ /Ŷ ŽƚŚĞƌ ǁŽƌĚƐ͕ LJŽƵ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ŚĂǀĞ Ăƚ ůĞĂƐƚ Ă ϭϲϬ tĂƩ ƉĂŶĞů͘ dŚĂƚ ǁŝůů ŐŝǀĞ LJŽƵ ŽŶůLJ ϴ ĂŵƉƐ͕ ƐŽ ƚǁŽ ƉĂŶĞůƐ ǁŝůů ďĞ ĞǀĞŶ ďĞƩĞƌ ďĞĐĂƵƐĞ LJŽƵ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽ ƉƵƚ ďĂĐŬ ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ƵƐĞĚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ ƚŚĞ ŶŝŐŚƚ͕ ǁŚŝůĞ ƐƟůů ĚƌĂǁŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƐĂŵĞ ƉŽǁĞƌ ǁŚŝůĞ ŝƚ ĐŚĂƌŐĞƐ͘ dŚĞŶ ǁĞ ŚĂǀĞ ŶŽƚ ƚĂŬĞŶ ĐůŽƵĚLJ ĚĂLJƐ ŝŶƚŽ ĂĐĐŽƵŶƚ͘ /Ŷ ƐŚŽƌƚ͕ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ ŶĞǀĞƌ ŚĂǀĞ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ƐŽůĂƌ ĞŶĞƌŐLJ͕ ĂŶĚ ŝƚ ŝƐ Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŝĚĞĂ ƚŽ ŚĂǀĞ Ă ƉůĂŶ ƚŽ ĨĂůů ďĂĐŬ ŽŶ ƐŚŽƵůĚ ƐŽŵĞƚŚŝŶŐ ŐŽ ǁƌŽŶŐ ǁŝƚŚ LJŽƵƌ ŵĂŝŶ charging system. Overlanding rookies tend to pack too much or carry unnecessary equipment. Arrange your equipment so that ǁŚĂƚ LJŽƵ ƵƐĞ ƚŚĞ ŵŽƐƚ ŝƐ ĞĂƐŝůLJ ĂĐĐĞƐƐŝďůĞ͘ /Ĩ ĞƋƵŝƉŵĞŶƚ ŝƐ ƚŽŽ ŵƵĐŚ ĞīŽƌƚ Žƌ ƉĂĐŬĞĚ ĂǁĂLJ ƚŽŽ ĚĞĞƉ͕ LJŽƵ ĂƌĞ ŵŽƐƚ
