Sep 3, 2026 · 59 min · 11 segments
*Overland Journal Podcast* host Ashley Giordano interviews Jess and Dave of Global Traces from Lake Issyk-Kul, Kyrgyzstan, about five years of overlanding in their MAN HX60 expedition truck with their…
Ashley GiordanoHostYes, absolutely.
we're still in it five years later is probably enough of a testament to that.
Are there any pinching points where you're like, oh, like I can't even with this? I wish it was.
Yes, there are two.
Two in my head.
I'm going to let Jess answer and then there are two in my head.
Fused with size and weight?
Size and weight, yeah, basically.
Yeah.
So we love our truck.
And again, ties into the previous kind of things you just said.
It works for what we need.
But we have moments sometimes where we're like, It would be nice
if she was a little bit smaller.
Like, you know, like for example, we look at something like you guys drive and we've got, you know, friends of ours or whether that be, you know, a troopie or whatever.
And we kind of think, oh, it would be nice sometimes if we weren't quite so heavy.
Or, you know, we, for example, you know, like we couldn't do the Wakan Valley.
We're just too big.
Yes, absolutely.
we're still in it five years later is probably enough of a testament to that.
Are there any pinching points where you're like, oh, like I can't even with this? I wish it was.
Yes, there are two.
Two in my head.
I'm going to let Jess answer and then there are two in my head.
Fused with size and weight?
Size and weight, yeah, basically.
Yeah.
So we love our truck.
And again, ties into the previous kind of things you just said.
It works for what we need.
But we have moments sometimes where we're like, It would be nice
if she was a little bit smaller.
Like, you know, like for example, we look at something like you guys drive and we've got, you know, friends of ours or whether that be, you know, a troopie or whatever.
And we kind of think, oh, it would be nice sometimes if we weren't quite so heavy.
Or, you know, we, for example, you know, like we couldn't do the Wakan Valley.
We're just too big.
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