A World Odyssey - the Epic Voyage of the Sand Ship Discovery Loren and Patty Upton drove one American-made vehicle, a 1966 CJ-5 Jeep, around the world on a north/south course from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, to Punta Arenas, Chile, including the first ALL LAND crossing of the notorious Darien Gap of Panama and Colombia by motor vehicle that put the Uptons in the 1992 Guinness Book of Records. The Darien was 741 days, 125 miles of no roads, only dense jungles, tortuous rivers, rugged mountains, and swamps.