2017 Land Rover Discovery First Drive
A brief flash of azure sky as expansive as the Sahara assures me that I’m still upright, albeit marginally, and the 2017 Land Rover Discovery in my hands is still methodically scaling an absurdly steep shoulder of stone in the mountains of Utah. I’m reminded of Paul Bowles’ novel of existential despair, The Sheltering Sky, both because of the overarching blue and the ravine that looms to my left, deep enough to swallow a rolling SUV without a hiccup. For a moment, I don’t know whether to stop where I am and enjoy a quiet cry or go with the flow and have a blast. Just ahead stands an intrepid, gesturing Land Rover “spotter” and his calm expertise draws my attention back to the task. Every particle of my focus returns to the ascent. I go with the flow, remind myself that life is all about the journey and with the help of the Discovery’s All-Terrain Progress Control technology, and crawl to the top of the challenging incline. Exhilarated by my rock-climbing feat and existential despair a