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Lucy1978:
--- Quote from: "Drift" ---I but they couldnt have done it without the back up crew holding all the survival gear :wink:
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Try reading Cape Cold to Cape Hot by Richard Pape. He completed the first crossing from Nordkapp in Norway to Cape Town in South Africa overland by car. He did it in 1955 I think, in an Austin A8, no 4wd, no support crew, not even tarred roads in Spain at that time, yet he still managed Oslo to Gibralter in 36 hours. He crossed the Sahara in the Summer too.
That was an achievement and there's nothing Top Gear can do to even come close to matching it.
ps I've still got the scars from stacking my kite buggy on those salt flats :lol:
strapping young lad:
jupiter's travels by ted simon (on his own with a motorbike) is a good read
littlepow:
I'm getting more tempted to switch from 4 wheels to 2 for offroading.
Vehicles are cheaper and more economical.
V8MoneyPit:
--- Quote from: "climbingchris" ---Try reading Cape Cold to Cape Hot by Richard Pape.
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I've got a copy of that book. A great read. I seem to remember it was an Austin A90 Westminster. I like the section where they are literally hacking their way through the jungle in the Belgian Congo (IIRC) and they come to a clearing where a british couple had built a house. After tea and biscuits, awfully British, they carried on through the jungle :lol: Just fantastic!
The TG challenge was fun, as always. Although, I do hope they clear up their junk afterwards :D
hairyasswelder:
--- Quote from: "littlepow" ---I'm getting more tempted to switch from 4 wheels to 2 for offroading.
Vehicles are cheaper and more economical.
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Been there :wink: got the medical record to prove it :roll: :roll: ouch :shock:
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