This Footage From the 1995 Camel Trophy Shows Just How Grueling The Trek Was For Mundo Maya


This Footage From the 1995 Camel Trophy Shows Just How Grueling The Trek Was For Mundo Maya

The Camel Trophy series was a brutal test of man and machine in some of the most challenging terrain ever found on the Earth. Starting with three German teams driving Ford U50s (a Jeep CJ built under license) in 1980, the series quickly moved to Land Rover vehicles and for the next twenty years the Trophy series performed expeditions across the planet. Jungles, deserts, mountains…it didn’t matter. It was a great form of advertising for Land Rover, who supplied the tricked out vehicles, and during the events the teams, which were composed of a driver and passenger from different countries, would work to add something to wherever they were at, be it building roads, bridges or assisting the community in some way.

This footage is from the 1995 Mundo Maya run, which started and ended in Belize and traversed through Southern Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador and Honduras before wrapping up back in Belize. There was a lot to cope with as a team member: if you were lucky enough to be selected at all, you were facing one of the most physically and mentally demanding situations any person could throw themselves into. And the actual driving itself bordered on the insane, and could and would encompass any off-roading nightmare that could be conjured up. After 2000, Land Rover distanced themselves from the event and after floundering for a couple of years. No exploration like Camel Trophy has occurred since 2009.

It’s a long film, but it’s a great testament to the teamwork and strength that was needed for Camel Trophy.


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