Nomad Overland Rally 2022 – The Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally 2022

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Nomad Overland Rally Highlights: Week Ten

Week Ten of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally was the final …

Challenge: Wilderness Skills

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2022 Leaderboard: Week 10

1st: 4,899 points

2nd: 4,541 points

3rd: 4,534 points

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Highlights from Week 10

Week Ten was a crescendo of activity as Teams hustled to get in a few more activities or photo quest items before the competition closed. Some of the Teams that had been slow to start pushed through to a strong finish. The top Teams completed all 12 Stages, with six Teams passing the 4,000+ level. This week we highlight the those six teams: Team 136 Anderson and Team 104 Swenson, both exploring around Northern California, Team 111 Potter in Colorado, Team 132 Kienlen in Washington, Team 116 Tembreull in Michigan and Team 122 Norton in Kansas.

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The 2022 Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally ended on August 14th. The next edition will be held over the summer of 2023. Early Registration is now open. Meanwhile check out some of the 2022 highlights from the Teams’ social media posts in this gallery.

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CONGRATULATIONS to the winners of the 2023 Nomad Overland Rally! #nomad23 #nomadrally #nomadoverlandrally #treadlightly #onxoffroad @offroadite @podroze_agi @raelynnroderick @mzhydeadventures @treadlightlyteam

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What kind of information do you leave for your family and/or friends before you take off into the wilderness? Curious minds want to know! 🤔 #nomad23 #treadlighlty #whereareyou #leavebehind #its8oclockdoyouknowwhereyourkidsare

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Aug 12

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Nomad Teams were busy out on the trails during Week 9 of the Nomad Overland Rally. The final week of competition ends this weekend! #nomad23 #offroad #overlanding #nomadrally #onxoffroad #treadlightly #onxoffroad #adventuretime

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In addition to Valley Forge, I also visited First State National Historic Park in New Castle, DE. Always pretty cool to walk in the steps of history! #nomad23 #delaware #firststate #historicalpark

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Aug 4

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Out on the trails exploring all around the US during Week 8 of the Nomad Overland Rally. Only two weeks left to the competition! #nomad23 #offroad #overlanding #nomadrally #onxoffroad #treadlightly #onxoffroad #adventuretime #nomadoverlandrally #discoverearth

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Enjoying some trail time in northern California 📸 @roxy_4x4runner Team 105 Storey #nomad23 #explore #nomadrally #toyota #adventuretime #offroad #overlanding #onxoffroad #treadlightly #discoverearth #nomadoverlandrally

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It may not look like much, but I attempted to drive on some rocks when lesalisa27a and I went to Globe. I was heading to the overlook where she could get a good view of the Magma Mine structures, but an area that's super easy in a jeep was less so in a full sized pickup! #nomad23

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It’s always fun when Nomad Teams get to work together during some parts of their adventures. Team 123 Roderick and Team 103 Chasse connected for two Overland Stages in Arizona 📸 @raelynnroderick Team 123 with @jessica.greyst Teamm 103 #nomad23 #explore #nomadrally #adventuretime #offroad #overlanding #onxoffroad #treadlightly #discoverearth #nomadoverlandrally

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While eating dinner in Globe, lesalisa27a and I decided to see what ghost towns were nearby. We discovered the history of Mcmillenville and decided we had to see if we could find it.

After finding the Historical Marker missing, we took a few pics, then headed back to the Phoenix valley.

Per Wikipedia: Silver ore was discovered by chance in 1876 by Theodore H. Harris and Charles McMillen, and the town formed around the ore deposits. On March 26, 1876, Harris and McMillen were heading 28 miles northeast of Globe on a prospecting trip. While traveling through the White Mountains Harris got off his horse as he was too hungover to proceed farther. He went to sleep so McMillen stopped, dismounted and sat down on a nearby ledge. Boredom led McMillen to drive his pick into the rock and discovered silver. The pair founded the Stonewall Jackson mine which eventually turned into McMillenville, named after McMillen who discovered the silver. The town grew fast and a year later on November 12, 1877, a post office was opened. At its peak, 1,000 settlers lived there. The town soon was bolstered with several adobe saloons, dance halls, boarding houses, casinos, as well as homes for hundreds of people, public buildings and the mining structures. The town's first bloodshed came in 1880 over a mining claim dispute. Jack Brown the founder of the claim established a camp which another prospector intended to exploit. After Jack Brown and his killer had a long argument, the two met on the main street and fought a duel. Both men fired their revolvers true and they both died from a gunshot wound seconds later. McMillenville's peak was in 1880, the original five-stamp mill was replaced with by twenty-stamps. A new hoisting mechanism was erected for lifting ore out of the shaft. Silver ingots here taken about 100 miles to Casa Grande. The town was booming until 1882 when Geronimo's warriors attacked; it became a ghost town by 1886.[2][3][4]

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Some fun on the trail during Week 7 of the Nomad Overland Rally as Teams continue their adventures around the USA. #nomad23 #offroad #overlanding #nomadrally #onxoffroad #treadlightly @onxoffroad #adventuretime #nomadoverlandrally #discoverearth

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Water crossing on Chowchilla Mountain Rd. #nomad23 #watercrossing

The 2022 inaugural edition of the Nomad Overland Virtual Adventure Rally began on June 6th and continued for ten weeks, ending on August 14th. The announcement of the official winners took place on August 22nd. The full recap of the 2022 edition lives on this site, for information about the Rally go to the the main site or to lock in a spot for 2023 Register Now!