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TOP 5 MOST DANGEROUS ROADS IN THE WORLD [2]
1. Boliviaâ€(tm)s “Road of
Deathâ€
North Yungas Road is hands-down the most dangerous in the world for
motorists. If other roads could be considered impassable, this one
clearly endangers your life. It runs in the Bolivian Andes, 70 km from
La Paz to Coroico, and plunges down almost 3,600 meters in an orgy of
extremely narrow hairpin curves and 800-meter abyss near-misses.
A fatal accident happens there every couple of weeks, 100-200 people
perish there every year. In 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank
named the La Paz-to-Coroico route “the
worldâ€(tm)s most dangerous road.â€
Among the route there are many visible reminders of accidents,
wrecked carcasses of lorries and trucks lie scattered around at the
bottom… (read BBC article)
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The buses and heavy trucks navigate this road, as this is the only
route available in the area. Buses crowded with locals go in any
weather, and try to beat the incoming traffic to the curves. [9]
It does not help that the fog and vapors rise up from the heavily
vegetated valley below, resulting in almost constant fogs and limited
visibility. Plus the tropical downpours cause parts of the road to
slide down the mountain.
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Apparently some companies make business on the
roadâ€(tm)s dubious fame by selling the extreme bike tours
down that road. “Gravity Assisted Mountain
Biking†is one of them. (you can read one such
bikerâ€(tm)s account [16]here.) If you are nuts enough to
consider it, please be advised that you will be only adding to the
road hazards, as itâ€(tm)s hard to spot a cyclist on the
roadâ€(tm)s hairpin curves, and your shrieks (as you fall
down the abyss) will disturb the peace and quiet of the villagers
nearby. [17]
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2. Russian Siberian Road to Yakutsk [27]
This is the official federal-government highway to Yakutsk, and it
is also the only one to get there. As there are no other roads, the
intrepid motorists are doomed to wallow in this dirt, or wait in
week-long 100 km car line-ups (they say women even gave birth there
while waiting). [28]
This can turn into a major humanitarian disaster during rainy
spells, when the usual clay covering of the road turns into impassable
mud blanket, swallowing trucks and tractors alike. In the meantime the
city has to partly airlift food products.
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[36](images credit: Pasikâ€(tm)s Journal) [37]
Here is an aerial shot of this road in winter:
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The “Haunted Road†in Russia [40]
There are also rumors of seemingly quite normal 30 km stretch of
Russian country road, which nevertheless gets an unexplained amount of
car accidents; the locals suspect underground gas seepage which causes
motorists to fall asleep… [41]
This creepy tale is supported by the evidence of car crash
statistics and the tales of survivors, who do not remember anything
prior to the crash and act strangely
“drugged†afterwards. Hopefully this
will be properly investigated before the road claims more victims.
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3. Russian-Georgian “Militaryâ€
Mountain
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Sukhumi “Military†road in the
former Soviet Georgia, in Caucasus mountains, which truckers and
wine-drunk crazy “Lada†drivers
navigate with the utter abandon, typical of the local mountain
people… but we could not locate any photos of it.
Only this old postcard… If you have any more pics,
send them in. [44]
First sent in pic (photo by [45]V. Krasnogolovy [46]) - [47] [48]
4. Nepal, Tibet & Bangladesh Roads [49]
Those bound for Mount Everest will know what we talk about. There
are some hair-raising, hardly maintained roads in the area - which bus
and truck drivers have to negotiate to get to small villages. A road
in Nepal, leading from From Katmandu to Everest Base Camp: [50] [51]A
typical India-Nepal Road: [52] [53]originals unknown) [54]
5. Most Dangerous Tourist Hiking Trail (China) [55]
Not a car road, but the most hair-raising experience you can have on
your own two legs. This is a heavy-tourist traffic area in Xian
(Mt.Huashan); [56]this link [57] explains more about the area. [58]
The hanging wooden planks are a real tourist hike path, which
hundreds of daredevils navigate - with no safeguards in sight. Try to
step on them in slippery / snowy conditions… or
better not.
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And when youâ€(tm)re finally through with all this
excitement, here is an outhouse for you (but do not make any false
moves):
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