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UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL TRANS-CONTINENTAL EXPEDITION 1960-61
The expedition team was travelling from Lima in Peru to La Paz,Bolivia when this short clip was made by Tony and Mark on 16mm black and white film. In the background is El Misti volcano 5822m in the western Andes mountains near Arequipa. The road skirts the southern flank of volcano at about 3500m and in an era of climate change leads upwards to an arid wilderness of saline lakes and more volcanoes. In 1961 the area was rain-soaked and snow lay in the highest parts. The commentary by Malcolm McKernan was added later in a television production shown by Television Wales and West in 1962 [TWW]
The team - top row, left to right, Peter Krinks, Malcolm McKernan, and Roger Tutt, bottom row left to right - Mark Howell Tony Morrison, and Donald Pilton. It was a special moment of celebration on the homeward journey when they crossed the Equator for the second time in less than six months.
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