What does everyone consider an "expedition"?

[Brian894X4]

I use the term on my website pretty regularly. I wouldn't say the places I go are particularly challenging and in fact, aren't really that far. Sometimes only a few hundred miles, but they definately involve a purpose. And that is to study, explore, research and report about remote and abandoned historical sites.

I use the name "In Search of History Expeditions" because that's exactly what we do. We go on expeditions searching out history. I think taking a vehicle, and exploring old relatively remote places and searching out previously abandoned sites probably qualifies. Even if its not in the depths of South America or Africa, but rather our own back country.

Plus "expeditions" just sounds cool. And it looks good plastered on my rig.

 

[alia176]

Expedition means to me is the exploration of uncharted territories - which we don't have too many of in this country. Wheeling far away from home and camping is just that - camping far away from home! Even if it happens to be obscure areas of this country, it's still camping!

A very subjective term!

 

[OursSauvage]

I think An Expédition is Traveling a great distance and/or Traveling to hard to reach places.
But, it is not reciprocal.

Not all great distance travel and/or all hard to reach places travel are expeditions.

Also, expedition mean specials cares and specials preps (not obligatorily for the car)

 

[ats4x4dotcom]

We call our trips I run each year "expeditions" because we are a group who get ourselves set up for the particular trip, to remote places we want to explore, that require planning, and carrying of fuel, food and water to survive, into area's we havent been before.

I organise these as part of my job, taking good cutomers out with us on these expeditions each year.

I also organise at least 3 other 'trips" a year, i wouldnt call expeditions, hard 4wding, and camping, but not as remote, and to area's we have been to previously.

 

[Mickldo]

I think an expedition should have a degree of adventure in it.

I had adventure explained to me once as an experience that has the risk of death associated with it.

For most of the true expeditions the risk of death is a real possibility if proper preparations aren't made. I think this forum is all about setting our vehicles up to minimise the chance of anything going wrong or if it does go wrong then having the resources to get yourself out.