We made it to the bottom of the WORLD!

[HourlessLife]

You guys we did it! Our family straight up drove to the bottom of the world. It is still surreal to us.



Normally I don't post about our journey as separate individual posts, but this is the FIRST major milestone in our attempt to drive around the entire world. It feels so huge to us that I wanted to celebrate it!

You guys we did it! If you've never watched one of our videos, give this one 15 seconds.. and just celebrate this moment with us.

Africa is next for us. We plan to be there in January of 2026 as we continue the drive.

For those who are interested in the entire trip down, we have a very long thread which covers the past 3.5 years here: https://www.jeepgladiatorforum.com/...n-our-jeep-gladiator-we-call-dauntless.46927/

If anyone has any questions for us, I'm happy to field them! ~ Eric

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[hdinsect]

Very cool!

 

[DavenFla]

Holy Bat Glacier Robin!

Next year it's the Arctic Ocean for me.

 

[HourlessLife]

Holy Bat Glacier Robin!

Next year it's the Arctic Ocean for me.

That's awesome Davy! I am genuinely excited for you and your upcoming adventure. Thanks for celebrating this milestone with us. ~ Eric

 

[Outer Rim Expedition]

Congrats Chief! Amazing to see where you have taken your love for adventure and passion for living life to the fullest.

 

[Rusty PW]

Congrats to you and your family. I've been watching your video.

 

[WestwallNF104A]

Congratulations on an epic journey!

 

[HourlessLife]

Congrats Chief! Amazing to see where you have taken your love for adventure and passion for living life to the fullest.

Really appreciate that! The strange thing is that it never stops feeling surreal.

Just the other day we were going over some logistics for Africa.. and I had to pause.. and was like.. Africa? This is really happening.

People tell us all the time that we're one of the few... but I'll tell you what, if you had told me we'd be doing what we're doing now just ten years ago, I'd of told you that you were absolutely crazy.

Now I'm realizing that we are the crazy ones. ~ Eric

 

[Butch-R-Vols]

WOW.......What an awesome trip and experiences yall are getting, especially Caspian.

 

[yoda13]

Pretty cool!

 

[KX L]

What outstanding adventurers, partners, and parents you are. Question, what languages do each of you speak?

 

[OffGridJT]

Congratulations to you both. Your Gladiator Alu-Cab build, and your incredible journey have been an inspiration to me and my husband. Our Gladiator Alu Cab Mod Cap Family tent build is just beginning. We learned a lot off of your videos. I still have lots of questions on the build but I guess that is where the fun and learning begins on everyone's build. Makes it yours. Huge thanks to you both. Debbie and Matt

 

[smlobx]

Really appreciate that! The strange thing is that it never stops feeling surreal.

Just the other day we were going over some logistics for Africa.. and I had to pause.. and was like.. Africa? This is really happening.

People tell us all the time that we're one of the few... but I'll tell you what, if you had told me we'd be doing what we're doing now just ten years ago, I'd of told you that you were absolutely crazy.

Now I'm realizing that we are the crazy ones. ~ Eric

Good luck with Africa. It is truly an amazing place. We’ve made three trips there. If I can offer a bit of unsolicited advise skip Algeria and Tunisia and focus on the Southern part of the Continent. We absolutely loved Botswana and Namibia!

 

[HourlessLife]

WOW.......What an awesome trip and experiences yall are getting, especially Caspian.

I think about this often. The impact on Caspian.

Right now we are resting and recovering from the long haul to the end of the world in Mexico. We'll be here till the end of the month.

Then we'll be in the USA touring around the entire southern USA for 4 months from California through Denver to St. Louis, down to Florida, then over to Texas and up to Denver again. After that we head to Europe for a couple weeks, and then to Africa to start the next leg of our overland adventure around the world.

Tonight in the uber on the way back from dinner here in Mexico, I was telling Caspian (who is 8) that whether he realizes it or not, out of the roughly 8 billion people on this planet, for his age he is one of the most well traveled people on the planet. That he has been traveling since he was in "mommy's tummy" and that because he has never not traveled, he is experiencing something really special.

He sat and contemplated that for a while. Then he said, "Daddy what we are doing is pretty special isn't it?" I said, "Son, you are very blessed to be a child who has seen so much for your age. Someday, maybe you can take what you've learned and make a difference in this world."

He sat and looked out the window and thought some more. I could see the reflection in the window of his eyes. It was a humbling moment.

 

[HourlessLife]

What outstanding adventurers, partners, and parents you are. Question, what languages do each of you speak?

Thanks so much! Appreciate the encouragement.

So I speak Engish and Spanish fluently.

Brittany speaks English fluently, she's conversationally fluent in Spanish now, and she is tackling French on Duolingo in preps for Africa and Europe. I think she's been doing it every day for 4 years. So she's picked quite a bit up but hasn't been able to use it in conversation.... yet.

Caspian is fluent in English, conversationally fluent in Spanish now, and he picked up an amazing amount of Portuguese in our short time in Brazil. Both Brittany and I were astonished at how fast he picked up the language. We were cracking up because we'd go places and someone would say something to us, and we'd break out our phones to translate, and Caspian would say, "Daddy he's just asking if you want to order any appetizers and he's recommending the shrimp." Both Brittany and my jaws dropped the floor. He did this on multiple occasions to the point where we'd just ask him what the person was saying. It was honestly amazing, but I think he's just at that age that all kids are at when it comes to languages that he picks them up like a supercomputer. It will be interesting to see what he picks up as we continue to travel.

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