Death Road
The death road is not so killing anymore since it was replaced by a new official road, so there are no buses anymore. A full suspension is not necessary.
14.12.2008 - 14.12.2008
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Mart:
I did it. With a nice hardtail bike, our guide, two gentle New Yorkers, a sick Canadian, and a Spaniard on a business travel, I went up to 4700 meters just to go 3500 m downhill.
Up on the pass, it was raining, then we entered into clouds and thick fog before getting to see how deep the fall actually would be. As we were such a small group, we made the tour in less than three hours, being the quickest this month. But of course I took good care :D Crazy views, but mostly I would just get a glimpse of the canyon 30 cm next from the tyre, before concentrating on the road again. The others, Jesse, Andy, Jeff, were actually on a moto bike trip from North America to Tierra del Fuego. Nice thing to have done, really nice indeed. Now we are in Coroico, Cris came by bus, we are staying in a jungle cabana and go to Rurrenabaque tomorrow.
PS: Being above 3000 m is so nice, without moskitos!
Posted by crismart 14.12.2008 12:52 PM Archived in Bicycle | Bolivia
