What you do need is:-
Some offroad driving practice - 4x4 is only as good as the driver.
Get hold of a copy of The Vehicle Dependant Expedition Guide by Tom Sheppard - you won't beleive what you dont know.
Develop a light foot - wheel spin in sand, mud and snow will result in vertical decent and every second spinning will take several mins digging - spin your wheels in a unimog and your going to be digging all day especially if you get stuck using difflocs.
Buy a shovel
A small trip (couple of weeks) in a small camper van to see if you like it.
If you want to keep the size down there are various 4x4s with pop tops or if you want to convert it your self then something like this might be the answer as you will get full 4x4 freedom.
Chris Scott prepped a merc 190 and took it to Morocco - search around his site for a good writeup.
I would have chosen a 300TD but it made it.
more random thoughts later
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Chris
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"Never have a stupid argument with an idiot - he gets a lot more practice than you"
there I go again
not too hard really
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