Death Road
Mountain biked the Death Road today with Gravity Assisted Mountain Biking.
The distance between La Paz and Coroico is only 64km, but the road to Coroico starts on a summit near La Paz, 4633 meters above sea level, and heads down to 1700 meters above sea level. Not only that the road is extremely steep, but it is also narrow, muddy, and has steep drops of over 1000 meters instead of margins. And disasters indeed occurr - and that is why the road got its name - the Death Road. I heard there is one fatality every year and an serious accident every two weeks!
The distance between La Paz and Coroico is only 64km, but the road to Coroico starts on a summit near La Paz, 4633 meters above sea level, and heads down to 1700 meters above sea level. Not only that the road is extremely steep, but it is also narrow, muddy, and has steep drops of over 1000 meters instead of margins. And disasters indeed occurr - and that is why the road got its name - the Death Road. I heard there is one fatality every year and an serious accident every two weeks!
All in all it was a bit of a let down. The guides seemed to be trying too hard to maintain their company record of "no fatalities" and were too slow for me. I had much better fun biking in Peru and the cost here was alot hight at $50 for the day. I think they should have just let us do our own thing and if you fall over the edge - then its your problem!
posted by Sean at 7:28 am
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