What's the Difference? Mojave Rd. vs. East Mojave Hertitage Trail

Mojave Rd vs. EMHT? Join us as we have a fireside chat with John Marnell, expert on the Mojave Rd. and the East Mojave Heritage Trail.
Back in the 1970's and 1980's, renowned desert explorer Dennis Casebier joined with other desert enthusiasts in rediscovery and mapping of The 140 mile Mojave Road. The Mojave Rd. trail became widely explored by adventurers from all over the world. Casebier soon recognized that growing crowds and overuse of the Mojave Rd. could have negative impact on the environment and set out to create a new, 660+ mile trail appropriately named The East Mojave Heritage Trail. The EMHT created a more expansive tour of the Mojave and gave explorers the opportunity to experience the most remote portions and historical sites the Mojave has to offer. By 1994, Dennis had completed development of this new expansive trail and, with help from The Friends of the Mojave Road Organization published four detailed, turn by turn trail guides for each of the four EMHT sections. Soon after, The Desert Protection Act, that created the Mojave National Preserve was passed. The DPA cut the original EMHT by 75 miles and impacted 13 sections, pretty much rendering the guidebooks useless. Casebier's hard work, personal investment and sacrifice in creating the EMHT could have quicky faded into obscurity. In came Billy Creech who (with Casebier's blessing) spent 2 years remapping the EMHT and creating supplemental guides to the original guidebooks so that we can still enjoy the EMHT today.
#EastMojave #fullsizetrucktrails #2022fordf150tremor #California4x4Trails #2022F150Tremor #EastMojaveHeritageTrail #MojaveNationalPerserve #F150Fordoffroad #overlandingusa #offroadexploration #overland #overlanding #offroad #offroading #f150fordtremor #fullsizetrails #Fullsizetruck #4x4offroad #offroadtrails #adventureoffroad #adventure4x4 #overlandingtrails #tremor #tremortrails
*GEAR WE USE *
HaloLifts Suspension
HALOLIFTS WEBSITE: halolifts.com
Halolifts Mountain Package Elka/2.5 halolifts.com/...
The Artworks Unlimited
THE ARTWORKS WEBSITE: theartworks.com
Dirtbox Overland
DIRTBOX OVERLAND WEBSITE: dirtboxoverlan...
Full Size Short Bed Canopy Truck Camper
dirtboxoverlan...
DISCOUNT CODE!! TREMORTRAILS for 250.00 off Camper
or
TREMORTRAILS5 For 5% off any Accessories
Baja Designs
BAJA DESIGNS WEBSITE: www.bajadesign...
OnX6 Plus Arc 40in Light
www.bajadesign...
OnX6 Plus 10in, Amber
www.bajadesign...
Addictive Desert Designs
ADDICTIVE DESERT DESIGNS WEBSITE: www.addictived...
Add Stealth Fighter Bumper
www.addictived...
Chapters:
00:00
00:00 Introduction John Marnell
00:36 What is the EMHT?
03:25 What is the difference between the Mojave Rd. and EMHT?
05:24 Tackling EMHT? Tips and Warnings
08:05 An EMHT Tool you can use! Always have your bearings.
10:20 Other Resources
12:38 GPX FIles
13:53 Importance of Maps
15:33 Debating Waht time of year to explore EMHT
16:39 Section design, fuel, timeframe
18:38 Conclusions

[@NigelNaughton]

This conversation with John was very interesting. He is a cool guy and his passion for this area shows. This is a nice format addition for your channel. I have to make it out there for part of that EMHT for sure.

[@TremorTrails]

He's a great dude!

[@john59347]

Hey TJ, thanks for inviting me to tag along! Fun adventure.

[@TremorTrails]

Loved having ya! I learned alot