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Getting Properly Lost and Generously Found Garmin adventurists

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Some plan their ventures meticulously to avoid difficulties or obstacles. Others embrace challenges and seek the unknown. For the latter, there are the  Garmin Express   Adventurists. Started by Tom Morgan, this U.K.-based company creates large-scale events where participants can escape, in their words, “boringness and predictability.”   AUTOMOTIVE       OUTDOOR       SAVED BY GARMIN In 2016, Americans Scott Gurian and Drew Gurian participated within the Adventurists’ 2016 Mongol Rally — an epic road trip that took the brothers 7 weeks to finish. They were prepared for his or her journey and endured many challenges along the way. However, they eventually made a costly mistake in a particularly remote area that put the completion of their adventure, and themselves, at risk. A “Crazy” Road Trip Scott and Drew are experienced travelers. As a journalist and a photographer, respectively, their work has taken them around the world. During their day off, the brothers wish to trav

Garmin introduces next-gen GPS dog tracking

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Today, Garmin GPS announced new capabilities to its GPS dog tracking system, including the new Astro 430, a GPS and GLONASS dog tracking handheld which will track up to twenty dogs at a variety of up to nine miles, and is capable of updating their location every 2.5 seconds. The unit is often utilized in conjunction with the new DriveTrack 70 LMT, a seven-inch touchscreen dashboard navigator that tracks dogs from inside a vehicle and navigates to them. additionally, hunters can now see their dogs’ whereabouts on any fēnix 3 or fēnix 5 watches. The capabilities reach existing Alpha tracking and training systems also. The groundbreaking, industry-standard Garmin Astro just got better. The new Astro 430 can track twice as many dogs with an update rate that’s twice as fast as previous models. and therefore the new DriveTrack 70 LMT demonstrates that Garmin has heard hound hunters loud and clear, answering their desire to trace big-running dogs from their truck on an outsized, easy-

Explore more with the Garmin Overlander, a whole new navigation experience for adventure travelers

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The Garmin Express Overlander is an all-terrain, all-in-one GPS navigator specifically designed to suit the wants of the growing Overlanding community. From navigating the intricate roads of suburbia to exploring remote regions of the great outdoors, the Overlander offers turn-by-turn, world-renowned directions from Garmin and built-in topo (topography) maps. due to this detailed topo mapping data, travelers can use the Overlander for off-grid guidance covering public land boundaries, 4×4 roads for North and South America and much more. Built for the journey ahead, the rugged Overlander features a 7-inch color touchscreen display and is preloaded with adventure-specific content like iOverlander points of interest (POIs) and supreme Public Campgrounds so it’s easier to hunt out new places to camp, hunt, or even fly fish, off the grid – no cell signal required. “What sets the Garmin Overlander apart, is that the chance it provides adventure travelers to escape modern life and make