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Title: Just an average mountain road
Post by: pappy19 on February 28, 2015, 02:06:13 PM
This made me pucker up-

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=skC8u4Ok0Kg&feature=player_embedded
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Post by: Jeff on February 28, 2015, 02:21:07 PM
I can't hardly watch that. My stomach is twisted already.
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Post by: ellmoe on February 28, 2015, 02:57:57 PM
I don't need to get to anywhere that bad!
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Post by: drobertson on February 28, 2015, 03:12:53 PM
Just a bit hair raising for sure,
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Post by: sawguy21 on February 28, 2015, 03:30:08 PM
That looks like the old Fraser canyon road in BC. A mistake would definitely be the last.
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Post by: coxy on February 28, 2015, 04:49:24 PM
would be a little more hairy if it was raining and had a little mud  ;D
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Post by: red oaks lumber on February 28, 2015, 04:53:42 PM
wow, thats crazy  :)
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Post by: beenthere on February 28, 2015, 05:18:40 PM
I'd be walking, rather than riding with someone else.
:o
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Post by: petefrom bearswamp on February 28, 2015, 05:53:15 PM
I would have to wear my brown pants.
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Post by: WH_Conley on February 28, 2015, 08:43:08 PM
They would have to put a new seat in that rig for sure. The old one would be full of holes.
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Post by: Mooseherder on February 28, 2015, 10:24:26 PM
Wouldn't even want to walk that road.  :o
We drove up Mt. Washington one sunny 70 degree summer day.  It was a terrifying white knuckle ride to the top and I was the driver.  No way that I could be a passenger.  It was freezing up on that hill. 
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Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on March 01, 2015, 12:03:06 PM
I din't think a Goat would walk that route.  :)
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Post by: goose63 on March 01, 2015, 12:46:21 PM
Your buddy the mountain goat would :D
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Post by: Autocar on March 01, 2015, 01:43:42 PM
I couldn't do it ! I could walk it but no way in a truck or car. Dangerous road for sure.
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Post by: gspren on March 01, 2015, 09:15:25 PM
   Does anyone know how or when that "highway" was carved in? Would have been a challenging dozer job.
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Post by: Magicman on March 01, 2015, 10:02:31 PM
I don't wanna go.   :o
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Post by: justallan1 on March 04, 2015, 07:28:32 AM
I wouldn't drive it if I didn't have to, and I certainly wouldn't/couldn't be a passenger.
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Post by: okmulch on March 04, 2015, 11:12:16 AM
I wouldn't drive my truck down it but I would drive my RZR!
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Post by: 21incher on March 04, 2015, 02:24:54 PM
I would hate to meet a car coming in the opposite direction. Some roads are best left untraveled.
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Post by: Jeff on March 04, 2015, 02:31:12 PM
I couldn't even walk it.
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Post by: BradMarks on March 06, 2015, 12:33:00 PM
No thank you! x a million
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Post by: AdirondackMill on April 02, 2015, 11:21:21 AM
The pucker factor was definitely over 9000.
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Post by: starmac on June 02, 2015, 01:45:58 AM
My kind of road, great scenery and very little traffic.
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Post by: mesquite buckeye on September 08, 2015, 12:13:03 PM
That's mighty purty. ;D ;D ;D

Worst one I ever did was in southern Sonora in the mountains above Alamos. Big drops to the side and very skinny. The worst spots were left side almost rubbing the wall and right tires half on, half off the edge.

The best part was when the drug guys showed up with guns drawn high in the mountains. Touch and go to get home. :-X :snowball: :snowball: :snowball:

Experiences like that will make you kiss the ground when you get back to the good old USA.  ;D 8) 8) 8) :snowball:
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Post by: terrifictimbersllc on October 31, 2015, 05:40:19 PM
sometimes a site visit is good before taking the mill
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Post by: Kbeitz on November 06, 2015, 08:23:14 AM
This will get your gut also...

El Camino del Rey

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fcczjFRcVcU

If that doesnt do it for you maybe this will...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU7WyuC8Hy8