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El Camino de la Muerte (AKA The Road of Death)

  • 27-12-2009 11:07pm
    #1
    AugustusMaximus
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,044 ✭✭✭


    Anyone watching the Top Gear special would have seen this earlier.

    The bit where Jezza had to pass a larger jeep (Toyota Landcruiser) and he was inches from the side of the cliff was crazy. The best episode of the series by far.

    Anyways, has anyone ever driven a road like this ? I know these sort of roads are all over the Andes. Can remember Michael Palin doing something similar in a previous series.

    I'd imagine it would be an expierience, if you're into that sort of thing.

    muerte5.jpg
    450px-bolivia_yunga_road.jpg


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  • #2
    ashleey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,005 ✭✭✭ashleey


    Great programme. Sort of makes the self congratulations of our elected look a bit silly when they open part of a road between two towns here and then you see the pacific highway in chile. Imagine building that


  • #3
    Absurdum
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    I cycled it last year with Gravity Bolivia, it was one of the most amazing experiences of my life! I wasn't scared on the mountain bikes, but on the drive back I was ****ting myself!! Two days after I did it, a LandCruiser hit a cyclist and crashed down over 600m, killing 7 people.


  • #4
    Lauder
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 523 ✭✭✭Lauder


    drove the pamir highway this summer, as part of the mongol rally, totally mountainous, quite nerve racking in parts, in particular when you are driving after a mud slide hit and you have no grip, cannot stop and in over a foot of wet wet mud.

    like this

    Transport-dush-khorog.jpg
    480x480.jpeg


  • #5
    Pdfile
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,115 ✭✭✭Pdfile


    AugustusMaximus wrote: »
    Anyone watching the Top Gear special would have seen this earlier.

    The bit where Jezza had to pass a larger jeep (Toyota Landcruiser) and he was inches from the side of the cliff was crazy. The best episode of the series by far.

    Anyways, has anyone ever driven a road like this ? I know these sort of roads are all over the Andes. Can remember Michael Palin doing something similar in a previous series.

    I'd imagine it would be an expierience, if you're into that sort of thing.

    muerte5.jpg
    450px-bolivia_yunga_road.jpg



    thanks for ruinin it.


    spoiler tags for the Newb op ? :mad:


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