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Show This Week Oct. 2 to Oct. 8 'A Weekly Supplement to The Park Record, The Wasatch Wave, The Summit County Bee and The Morgan County News. ' - 1 . 'Ti r? r i !! .. si c sp Park s adventurous trekker -- long enough to share her ' to her sense of adventure. The purpose, she exexperiences with the first American Women's Hiipala-ya- n plained, was to travel byNanChalat Audrey Stevens has been traveling to the far corners of the world for the last four years and now she says that she is ready to stay home for awhile. She has taken a full time job, but her ruck sack is still packed. The contents are damp from last weekends river trip and it is clear that her idea of staying home doesnt mean that 10 months in Africa has diminished her sense of adventure one bit. Last time Park City's notorious trekker breezed into town, she was already talking about her next adventure. Audrey stayed Audrey Stevens Expedition to Anna Africa overland." Puma I. In an slide show at the Kimball Art Center, Audrey shared her excitement in being part of the support group that made it possible for Irene Miller, Vera Komarkova and- two Adventure Africa advertised just such a trip and the rate was right.. .51,500 for four and a half months, plus $10 a week for food and plane fare to South Hampton, England (the point of sherpas to achieve the 'departure). It was an econsummit of the tenth highest omy package which Audrey mountain in the world. found to include traveling in With the confidence gain- an old. ed from this first expedition, ' Bedford Army truck, outfitAudrey decided to tackle ted with discarded bus seats. Africa. She found a small, The unconventional mode family-ru- n which of travel, said Stevens, company offered an expedition suited created an esprit de corps awe-inspiri- - unair-condition- ed . ' Restaurant Qaida Classified flds among the 19 travelers which was tested too often under unfortunate circumstances." Still, it seems as though Park City's expeditioner thrived under the tenuous situations created by their unreliable vehicle and a continent given to radical extremes in climate. The trip began with a foreboding breakdown at Le Havre. France. The group, a mixture of seven Americans (three from Salt Lake, one from Park City), one New Zealander, two Australians, nine Britishers, one driver cum mechanic and one old leader, spent 26-ye- ar three days collecting visas, camped on the banks of the Seine. They perfected a technique for push starting the truck and se out for Alicante, Spain from which point they were ferried to Oran. Algeria. Audrey swam in the Mediterranean along a beach strewn with old tanks left from the Algerian war. The plan then was to head south through the Sahara. "Only Adventure Africa would send a group of tourists through the desert during the summer," she laughed. Continued to Page 5 Entertainment Qalde |