The Rover-Landers of BC

On 5 May 1958 the three women climbed into their long-wheelbase Land-Rover in London, and drove through ten countries in six weeks, then walked for 21 days to Padam, the capital of Zanskar, in the highest inhabited region in the world.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/education/ma ... lorers.xml

Very interesting.

The film is here: http://www.ovaltine.co.uk/en/article.asp?chco_id=37

Thanks for the links guys, very cool! I got a good kick out of the reading of the newspaper report, "Not the old hags one would expect among these mountain climbers". Seems to be a common thread running through these old exploration videos that those who undertake such trips and complete them successfully do so through initial foolhardiness and a spirit of adventure rather than careful planning. I like it!