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British Adventurer John Proffitt celebrated the 40th Anniversary of crossing four continents by Land Rover this month.
On the 5th August 1968, his expedition known as Pegasus Overland was waved off by a large group of family, friends and well-wishers outside the 'Legs of Man' Liverpool. The expedition travelled from the UK through Belgium, Luxemberg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
The expedition was unique and world acclaimed as a first as it travelled across thousands of miles of desert and unsealed tracks where it appeared geographically possible to get through. The route taken was certainly not for the faint hearted and in the event the long wheel base Land Rover had got stuck it would have taken weeks to walk out from these areas. (There was no cell phones available in those times)
The expedition took most of the food on board the Land Rover in the form of dehydrated ration packs similar to Army 24 hour ration packs.
On completion of the epic journey it became known internationally the expedition had reached its destination and the group were commended by Edmund Hillary for their achievement.
For further information on this expedition - see BBC Liverpool History "Across four continents in a Land Rover"
On the 5th August 1968, his expedition known as Pegasus Overland was waved off by a large group of family, friends and well-wishers outside the 'Legs of Man' Liverpool. The expedition travelled from the UK through Belgium, Luxemberg, Germany, Austria, Italy, Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand.
The expedition was unique and world acclaimed as a first as it travelled across thousands of miles of desert and unsealed tracks where it appeared geographically possible to get through. The route taken was certainly not for the faint hearted and in the event the long wheel base Land Rover had got stuck it would have taken weeks to walk out from these areas. (There was no cell phones available in those times)
The expedition took most of the food on board the Land Rover in the form of dehydrated ration packs similar to Army 24 hour ration packs.
On completion of the epic journey it became known internationally the expedition had reached its destination and the group were commended by Edmund Hillary for their achievement.
For further information on this expedition - see BBC Liverpool History "Across four continents in a Land Rover"
