We’ve locked the four legs end to end — Pennsylvania to the Arctic, down to Mexico, through Central America, and the long haul down the Andes to Ushuaia.
Next up: pinning down the Darién Gap crossing and the diesel/DEF logistics for Central and South America. (See the Route page for the full breakdown.)
At a glance
- Legs
- Four, end to end
- Distance
- ~30,000 miles
- Countries
- 15
- Depart
- April 2028
- Duration
- ~3 years
Four legs, one road
The shape is set: Leg 1 runs from Pennsylvania up to the Arctic Ocean in Alaska. Leg 2 comes back down the Pacific into Mexico. Leg 3 threads Central America to Panama. Leg 4 is the long haul down the Andes to Ushuaia.
Locking the legs is the easy part. The fun — and the planning that actually matters — is in the seams between them.
The hard parts we’re solving now
Two problems get most of our attention. The Darién Gap, where the road simply stops and the van has to ship around roadless jungle from Panama to Colombia — with a real catch around lithium batteries. And the fuel question: where to find clean ULSD and scarce DEF/AdBlue across Central and South America.
We’ve written both up in detail on the Route and Darién pages — and we’ll keep logging decisions here as they firm up.
Highlights
- All four legs locked end to end
- Darién Gap shipping (and the lithium catch) up next
- Diesel / DEF logistics being mapped
- See the Route and Darién pages for the detail