AnOther Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 Frenchie, valB, you simply MUST must try THIS drive sometime, looks like soooo much fun [:D] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 I have two friends who have ridden the Road of Death on BMW GS motorcycles. They vowed never again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnOther Posted December 22, 2007 Author Share Posted December 22, 2007 Is that what it's known as ?Their names aren't Ewan and Charlie are they [;-)] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DerekJ Posted December 22, 2007 Share Posted December 22, 2007 [quote user="ErnieY"]Their names aren't Ewan and Charlie are they [;-)][/quote]I shouldn't think so... they wouldn't be able to get all their support crew through that road. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 [quote user="Bugbear"]I have two friends who have ridden the Road of Death on BMW GS motorcycles. They vowed never again.[/quote]Tell your friends that I said that they are wusses!I did it (downhill) on a borrowed pushbike in 2004, excellent experience especially when your brakes run out before getting half way down and when meeting oncoming lorries but I question whether it really deserved its name (then) as the worlds most dangerous road, I certainly came across other equally dangerous ones in my travels but they werent promoted as a tourist experience.From memory we descended over 10,000 feet in not very long at all but we were giving it some.I have a friend who cycles from Sidcup to Canary Wharf and back every day, I think that he is experiencing far more risk than I did.EdittedI have been racking my brain and I am pretty sure that the village at the bottom of the road was called Coroico. We also rode under a waterfall at one point! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted December 24, 2007 Share Posted December 24, 2007 There is a road up from Nairobi toward the Sudan via Lake Naivasha. No big cliffs, no holes through rocks, did a deal with my houseboy for the trip North for one at Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bugsy Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 [quote user="J.R."] [quote user="Bugbear"]I have two friends who have ridden the Road of Death on BMW GS motorcycles. They vowed never again.[/quote]Tell your friends that I said that they are wusses![/quote]You can tell them yourself JR, they'll be knocking on your door any day soon..................[:P] edited, thanks Anton. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted December 25, 2007 Share Posted December 25, 2007 Suspect 'door' was omited from the above post. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chancer Posted June 26, 2009 Share Posted June 26, 2009 Its an old subject but as all the posters are still current forum members I thought that I would let you know the the "death road" to Coroico will be featured on FR5 tonught at 20.45 in a program called "les routes de l'impossible"It also features some impressive and dangerous tyrolean slides used by Andean hill farmers to bring in the harvest, very similar to many of the river crossings that I used but more virtigeonous. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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