El Camino de La Muerte -The death road-
by Moe
I was watching the boob tube yesterday and I encountered a show that featured a report of a 40 mile downhill. The catch? It is in Bolivia. It is dubbed the ‘Death Road’ because of how many people have died transversing the road. Here’s a little excerpt from the touring company the reporter dude used:
# Incredible scenic variety and a spectacular descent of more than 3,600m/11,800 feet, from snow-covered high-altitude plains and mountain ranges down to the steaming Amazonian Jungle. Part of the ride is on the dramatic and scenic “World’s Most Dangerous Road,” dubbed such by the Inter-American Development Bank in 1995.
# 64kms (40 miles) of downhill riding with only a few small uphills and a couple of flat bits!
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Just one more thing to put on my “Bucket List”
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The ride is more than amazing!!! but be sure to take a good company, I read in Lonely Planet was the best out there, and I was sure of booking there and while I was on a Touristic Street in La Paz I reicived a flyer of another company called Vertigo Biking,I decided to visit their office and they convinced me because of the equipment, the bike and of course THE PRICE (20 bucks less than gravity), at night I was re-thinking my decition but since the payment was done I had nothing to do!
The day of the ride from the begining the service of this company was gr8! the picked me up from my hotel, and the equipment was very proffessional(at first I thought it was overneeded, but when I saw an accident in a cheap company I Understood their mean of real SAFE), During my ride I saw a Gravity group, their equipment was not asgood as mine and their bikes looked very old, and the had more than 15 in ONE GROUP (only two gudes), in my grou we were 6 and our guide (one of our 2 guides) told me they only accept 8 per DAY!
MY RIDE WAS EXCELLENT, THE COMPANY WAS AWESOME, THE GUIDES BRILLANT & MY T-SHIRT COOOOOOOOOL AND I GOT A CD WITH PICTURES N VIDEOS OF MY RIDE (INCLUDED IN THE PRICE)
well I promised this guy that I will recommend them so I do!
their website is http://www.vertigobiking.com
AND LEARN, not everything you read is true! GRAVITY is not a bad company (I saw really bad ones on the death road) but comparing to VERTIGO they SUCK!