Golden Era Adventurers, Explorers and Heroes...

[Parallel Guy]

That husband and wife team that flew throughout Africa. Argh, what were their names?

 

[Mojito]

I always thought Captain L E G Oates had tremendous panache, even if he wasn't the most elegantly attired of men (his battered old Aquascutum was remembered long after he walked off into the white wastes):

 

[Mojito]

George Mallory certainly had style - as did Andrew "Sandy" Irvine, his companion on that last tragic attempt.

Hope they find Sandy too, some day:

 

[Smithy]

Definitely Percy Fawcett - British explorer who explored the Amazon in search of lost cities

Sir Ranulph Fiennes, former SAS soldier, mercenary and explorer

Thor Heyerdahl

and my mother, who lived in Africa for a time and used to do things such as hippo hunting up the Limpopo (unfortunately no photos as they are all in transit with the rest of my belongings).

 

[BellyTank]

That husband and wife team that flew throughout Africa. Argh, what were their names?

Osa and Martin Johnson.

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[Parallel Guy]

Osa and Martin Johnson.

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Yes! Thanks. That's been driving me crazy.

 

[Decobelle]

I'd like to contribute Max Mallowan and Leonard Woolley, British archaeologists who worked on the excavation of Ur in the Middle East. Mallowan was married to author Agatha Christie; she later wrote about their experiences at the dig sites in "Come, Tell Me How You Live" (1946), and also fictionalized them for "Murder in Mesopotamia" (1936).

Mallowan, Woolley and Christie, c. 1931.

 

[Rooster]

I'd like to contribute Max Mallowan and Leonard Woolley, British archaeologists who worked on the excavation of Ur in the Middle East. Mallowan was married to author Agatha Christie; she later wrote about their experiences at the dig sites in "Come, Tell Me How You Live" (1946), and also fictionalized them for "Murder in Mesopotamia" (1936).

Mallowan, Woolley and Christie, c. 1931.

COOL! Shorts and full hose with a sport jacket.... I might have to try that this summer!

 

[BellyTank]

Excellent "Osa and Martin Johnson" web resource!!! Loads of photos.

For those who are not familiar with this site-

http://www.safarimuseum.com/

If you want to find out more about the Johnsons and see a massive photo archive from the '20s and '30s, you must have a look here.

Enjoy!

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[Mike1939]

Geoffrey Winthrop Young (1876-1958): mountaineer, poet, George Mallory's mentor, and president of the Alpine Club from 1941-1944. Lost his leg while serving as an officer with the Friends Ambulance Unit during WW1. After the war he continued climbing with an artifical leg, retiring from the mountaineering game at age 59. This gentleman is an excellent example of those couragous adventurers that inspire me so.

 

[MrNewportCustom]

Edward Vernon Rickenbacker

Eddie Rickenbacker - WWI flying ace with the 94th Aero Squadron, the Hat-In-The-Ring Squadron, and medal of honor recipient in 1931.
Raced at Indianapolis Speedway, Managed Indianaplis Speedway, Rickenbacker Automotive design (Rickenbacker cars were the first to have four-wheel brakes.)
Combined Eastern Air Transport and Florida Airways to form Eastern Airlines.




Lee
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“Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared.” – Eddie Rickenbacker

 

[Alan Eardley]

Here's Thorkild Jacobsen, Danish Archaeologist (1904-1993) looking dapper in the desert-

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To this dashing Danish desert denizen I would like to add Jaconsen's compatriot and contemporary Knud Holmboe, whose singularly unsentimental reporting of his motor journey from Morocco to Egypt form the basis of his 1931 journal 'Desert Encounter: an Adventurous Journey through Italian Africa' (English edition George Harrap 1936). The book was immediately banned in Italy and prefigured the motorised desert exploration of Bagnold and others, but in the context of a deeply philosophical and religious world view. A great man who met a sad end - a wrong which was to be righted later. See http://www.knud-holmboe.com/

Alan

 

[Smithy]

Speaking of Scandinavian explorers Helge Ingstad should get a mention...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helge_Ingstad

 

[Alan Eardley]

Helge Ingstad

Well worthy of inclusion!

Alan