Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/08/19
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Jon, I read through the whole presentation and though travels to Africa are covered, they don't mention Theresa Wallach. Pity. She sounds very interesting. They had a blurp on the exhibit on "Euronews" (a CNN knock-off from Dubai) and that's when I caught the display of the Leica used by one of the women. They have her pictures on display too. I'm going to look for "The Rugged Road". It's a pity ... you really can't make that trip anymore. You could as late as the mid-seventies, but now it's just too dangerous. Thanks for the tip! Daniel On Thu, 19 Aug 2004, Jon wrote: > Daniel, > > Very interesting. I wonder if there is anything on Thersa Wallach...she and > another woman rode the entire length of Africa (7500 miles) on a Panther > motorcycle in 1935 w/o a compass and a gun. Her description of the ride is > in her book "The Rugged Road" Theresa finally gave up riding her > motorcycle > in 1997 at age 90. I knew her in the 60's when she had a BSA shop on the > South Side of Chicago. Very exciting life. Jon > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >