“Really, I should have turned back and bought some new tyres. But I didn´t give it that much thought. If you´re an explorer, you´re an explorer. And there´s only one way - forward.”
Stuck in the desert sand, two flat tyres and only two spares, there’s no margin if another tyre goes flat. In the days before mobile phones - and there would be no signal here anyway - Jan’s decision has life or death consequences.
“I saw men abandoning their trucks. I saw a grown man cry, lots stronger and tougher than me. You know, do I want to go any further?” says Mick Dunstan.
Stuck in the desert sand and with a Robson Drive that did not work in the heat, Jan’s only choice is to drive a little, dig himself out of the sand with a shovel, and drive a little more.
4 авг 2018
