Mongol Rally

The Poles of Inconvenience Rally explained in 90 excellent seconds. Registration is open for the 2023 edition. Seek out inconvenience in gloriously unsuitable vehicles. Info and sign up: polesofinconvenience.com

"One of the worst roads we've ever been on between Turkmenistan & Kazakhstan. 24 hours involved being chased out of a resort by immigration, 40 degree heat, dirt, sweat & a genuine fear of not making it out before our Visas were up. Take me back." Kev Brennan, Mongol Rally 2016

Is he excited? Shitting his pants? Looks a classic combination of adventuring joy and fear of imminent injury. With a side salad of breaking a few laws. This is Archie from Team Pandamonium on the POI Rally last summer. 2023 rally open now. #polesofinconvenience

The origins of the Mongol Rally on BBC World Service Sporting Witness. Listen to the episode on BBC Sounds: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/w3…

The Champions have been chosen. The overall victors of the #PolesofInconvenience Rally 2022 are Tim and Jordan, Team Going Nowhere. They'd never met before teaming up to drive 17,300km in a 954cc Citroen AX, bagging 11 poles in 38 days on the road. theadventurists.com/updates/total-…

The wheels fell off. An actual fire melted a bunch of wiring. The engine had to be replaced twice. It broke down almost every day. Today we crown Team Gear Knobs worthy winners of the Poles of Inconvenience Rally Best Car Award 2022. Full Report: theadventurists.com/updates/best-c…

796cc engine powers Dutch team to runner up prize in POI Rally. Adventure report: theadventurists.com/updates/796cc-…

Announcing the joint runner of the Poles of Inconvenience Rally 2022 - Team Red Hot Jazzapenos. Full report on our blog: theadventurists.com/updates/poi-ra…

Okay...we take it back. Maybe team 'Going Nowhere' on the current #PolesOfInconvenience win the youngest mechanic award. To be fair, we've seen worse mechanics over the years. #MongolRallyOfficial #TheAdventurists

Meanwhile...in somewhere or the other... The chaps from 'Hardhat Racingos' on the #PolesOfInconvenience find possibly the youngest mechanic yet... @theadventurists

Our teams on the #PolesOfInconvenience love a bit of arsing around. Here we see Tim from 'Going Nowhere' in all his unbridled glory. Just lovely. theadventurists.com/poles-of-incon…

Will the Morris make it back to the UK? We bloody well hope so. Catastrophic engine failures, a fire, a new clutch and god knows what else couldn't kill it. "If nothing has gone wrong then everything has gone wrong". In which case, these chaps are bang on. #PolesOfInconvenience

Swings and roundabouts a bit for the fine gentlemen from legendary #PolesOfInconvenience team 'Gear Knobs'. Their clutch shat itself in Turkey but they did their usual magic to get it back on the road. Then they rescued a puppy. Now they've broken down again. Doing it right.

The chaps from #PolesOfInconvenience team 'K-squared' enjoying the views in Montenegro. Not that they had any choice as they'd broken down, but still, worse places for it. theadventurists.com/poles-of-incon…

The Monte Carlo casino has never looked so good. The chaps from team 'Yes We Khan!' adding a bit of class to an otherwise fairly dull thing. #PolesOfInconvenience #TheAdventurists

Mr Nick from #PolesOfInconvenience team 'Yolo Polo' shared this vid of the infamous D915 in Turkey. It's one of the most dangerous and challenging roads on the planet. Perfect for dragging a piece of crap vehicle up then. #TheAdventurists

Team 'Les Bestiaux' hitting Pole #50 yesterday. Up a mountain in Turkey, in the middle of bloody nowhere. It's great to see the teams embracing the #PolesOfInconvenience with such gusto come rain or shine. Bravo, folks.

“That’s when all went to complete shit…” Twan and Thomas got very, very stuck in Tunisia heading for POI 32 in the middle of the Sahara’s largest salt pan. Car was stuck there for 2 days. Read this marvellous story of chaos on their Insta: instagram.com/p/CgjqhqFjE3Q/

Inconvenient Journey found POI 24 blocked: "Hike 17km into wilderness where we could get mauled by bears or turn back, heads held low in shame.⁠ ⁠Fuck that. We walked with the thought of celebration & glory in mind & endured a bloody toe, bee stings & a 4 hr round trip." ⁠

"Instagram Vs Reality... Aidan wasn't as graceful driving onto the salt flats." Team Genghis Grom are riding tiny 125cc Honda bikes. A lesson to all future teams on prioritising adventure over luggage. Bravo. 📸 Brian Ó Céileachair 📍 Tuz Gölü, Türkiye 🇹🇷 #polesofinconvenience