Death Road Survivors
As you will gather from this blog entry we survived the “Death Road” and now have the t-shirts to prove it. It was a terrifying decent starting from an altitude of 4,650m (in the snow next to a glacier) finishing at an altitude of 1,350m (in a tropical forest) almost entirely down hill on a gravel track road riding a mountain bike with front and rear suspension and hydraulic disc brakes. The package included a photographer but as we were all wearing the same safety gear and riding identical bikes we can´t tell who is who in the photos (if I can make us out I will post one!). This wasn´t as terrifying as the ride back to the hotel in a minibus though where we were aquainted with the Bolivian custom of ignoring red traffic lights.
We´re touring salt flats for the next couple of days then camping for five nights so the next blog entry may be some time away.
Tags: Travel
rob.dulcie
Hydraulic disc brakes? If I was attempting the same feat I would insist that the bike be equipped with the aforementioned brakes, plus a parachute, airbags, and if possible an anchor…nrnrGlad to see you made it down the hill OK 🙂