Mongolia is not very close to the UK so the Mongol Rally explodes across 1/3 of the surface of the earth.

Since the Mongol Rally is an adventure not a wimpy guided tour we un-invented the un-route. That means you can take any path you like to reach the finish line in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. There's a place to start and a place to finish, but where you go, and what happens in between is anyone's guess.

Some teams plummet south through Iraq, Iran or Afghanistan, others rise up north through the arctic circle, still others surge straight through Central Asia and countries that don't event legally exist.

It's about getting out into the world and discovering it for yourself, so we resolutely refuse to give you a route or detailed information about what to expect. Think how rubbish it would be if we all followed the same route - like a traffic jam all the way to Mongolia or worse, like having a guide book to the Rally.

You may have guessed but this is a genuinely dangerous things to do. The website is written in a light-hearted fashion but you cannot overestimate the risks involved in taking part in this adventure.

Your chances of being seriously injured or dying as a result of taking part are high. Individuals who have taken part in previous Adventurists' adventures have been permanently disfigured, seriously disabled or lost their life.

This is not a glorified holiday. It's an unsupported adventure and so by its very nature extremely risky. You really are on your own and you really are putting both your health and life at risk. That's the whole point.