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My eyes burn from looking at that atrocious creation.
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Why does it hurt your eyes? That's almost exactly how the '62 'vette looked... They almost have it spot on, save for some minor modern cues. I think it's an excellent job for a conversion.
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No, that is not almost exactly how the 62 vette looked. It's been chopped and shopped and not a good job if you ask me.
Making a old classic like that modern does not do anything for the car. All it does is make a couple of special editions to be auctioned off for a profit.
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I like this... Got more curves than the Pa Tpk. :)
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Very sexy..seen that kit before. Uses a C5 for a donor car I believe.
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I don't particularly care for slammed cars, but that is nice, very nice.
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I've seen more of these around lately and I have to say they are REALLY well done. The builder is using higher quality body materials than GM is using. I should have gotten one when I had the chance. CRC is now selling exclusively through a high-end dealership in Seattle because they had too many orders to handle. The price is way beyond me now.
But really, you have to see one of these bad boys up close before you can decide if you like it or not. (I don't know why you wouldn't love it...)They're a car show in themselves. I've driven one and when we stopped for lunch, everyone at the joint was coming over to ask questions. It's the best of both worlds: new tech and comfort with the graceful looks of a 1962 Corvette. You can get in and DRIVE, no guilt, no stress that you're putting wear and tear on 45 year old materials. They are amazing cars!
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Anonymous, thanks for this
I rather like these cars, too
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just a little fyi...these cars are far from being chopped and shopped and auctioned for profit. These cars aren't even "kits". They are hand built from the beginning of the process. Carbon fiber is used for the body mods, there are modified original 62 parts and everything else is fabricated in house. All of the work done is very meticulous. These cars have been featured in several magazines like hotrod, corvette enthusiast and even motor trend to name a couple. Crc has sold over 40 of these cars and sales show no sign of slowing. Ken Lingenfelter even bought two himself. Clearly mark does not know what he is looking at if everyone else who has seen one absolutely loves them
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I just wonder what somehing like this will cost.
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Wow. I wish I had kept my '99 for this conversion.....always wanted a '62 that was up-to-date.
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That is beautiful. I've always been very partial to the red and orange leaves more than the yellow ones...
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Photoshopped?
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not photoshopped at all. That's what amazing about it.
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Hi
The photos r breath takingly beautiful: I had immediately saved them up in my desktop theme folder.
Thanks
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these are absolutely stunning.
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Autumn colours in Japan really are amazing. We've been lucky enough to have a longer than usual autumn in Japan this year, so that even if we went rather late (end of november) there still was plenty of colour to enjoy
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@Avi - Not "photoshopped" as such, but surely the colour saturation turned up somewhat? People routinely do that with a lot of photographs (many Canons do it automatically in the camera, I understand) and it spoils the photos for me thinking "surely it can't REALLY look like THAT..."
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OMG it's like an orgasm for my eyes! Seriously!
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Saturation is way, WAY overdone in all of these images. Many cameras boost saturation a little because consumers like it (you can turn off artificial enhancement settings in camera menu).
On overcast days, software built in to cameras often gets confused and can especially "overcook" the saturation resulting in SCARY photos like this. I say scary because for many people, the brain rejects natural settings when they are obviously unnatural. Annoys the mind when something is obviously false.
The key is to dial DOWN the saturation in your photo editor (Photoshop or anything with saturation adjustment) when your camera freaks out in this manner. Natural bright color is much more engaging and appealing.
What is odd (or even suspicious) about these photos are the blue sky images. When the overall light is bright like on a blue sky day and you are not shooting in shade, then the in-camera software usually doesn't get this freaked out with its over saturation.
If your camera is screwing up this dramatically on bright blue sky days, you need to try shooting with color enhancement features turned off, or... buy a new camera.
Don't mean to sound like an obnoxious know-it-all with this comment, but these photos would look so much better if they were natural and not artificially over saturated. It pains me to look at these images, knowing how beautiful they could have been if not ruined with unnatural saturation.
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Very Good Pictures...I really liked them much...
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These are some goodies to know about. I hope i remember them in times of need
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I believe these are old wives tales.
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I love the flat screen tv!
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fire/water... that's so awesome. I've never seen anything like this!
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these matches are creepy but cool
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The media rocking chair looks like it could hurt my back...
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i'm putting the toaster and the pot stirring contraptions on my christmas list!
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also looks like a double use for that venus rechargeable :)
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ha.. ha.. ha..
I like the idea of making flat TV,
that's very funny..!
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I like the colour changing taps very much.
P.S. The link to the fire/water thingies is dead.
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i love this!!! can there be more?
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I'll try to dig up something...
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"it was chewing up not only the scenery, but an occasional stray bulldozer"
OMG that thing is freakin enormous.
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"OMG that thing is freakin enormous."
Funny, that's what my girlfriend said!
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I don't understand the Google Earth image posted at the top of this blog entry. It looks like just a patch of ground with a red circle around it. I'm pretty sure the machine isn't as big as the area surrounded by the red circle. And I'm pretty sure the other smaller circles don't hilite the machine, because there are several circles and only one machine...
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Read the text above the image...
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It's an underground particle accelerator, with 27 km circumference. So yes, the circle does represent the size of the machine. But it's hollow in the middle :)
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This is not the biggest machine. Compare it to a Nimitz class aircraft carrier:
333 m in length
102,000 tons
powered by 2 A4W nuclear reactors
manned by 5000+ sailors
carries about 80 aircraft
which would you bet on in a knife fight?
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Oh my gosh. That entrencher is a beautiful thing. Awesome and humbling in that small-thing-in-the-face-of-very-large-thing philosophical bent and all that.
As for the chilling photos of the chewed up bulldozer, I was prepared for bloody brainmeats and carnage, not that I am disappointed that there was not. I think I just read rotten.com too often.
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OMG that thing is freakin enormous."
Funny, that's what my girlfriend said!
Funny, that is what your girlfriend said to me last night as well :O
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That is the most awsome thing ive ever seen!! WOW!! It ate a bulldozer... SWEET!
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Alright....the guy who mentioned the nimitz...that is a vehicle, which is NOT a single piece of machinery.
In any case, that would be the CERN particle accelerator.
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Hahaha it picked up a bulldozer?! That's ridiculous. I want one of those.
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Knife fight? The CERN accelerator. They've got anti-protons in that thing. Ponder on eequalsemceesquared in light of total conversion of mass to energy in a matter-antimatter collision, as opposed the the miniscule fraction of one percent conversion in either the reactors or the Hbombs on the Nim. And any Nimitz would be a little tired after sailing to Switzerland...
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To the latest anonymous: particle accelerators can only produce as much antimatter as electricity can be pumped into them, and at nowhere near 100% efficiency. To generate even a gram of antimatter takes more energy than the entire world generates.
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And why can't someone build me an AT-AT?
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“Tell me the secret code Mr. Bond or I will feed you to the Crushing Plant.”
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They could have won WW1 with this one.
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quarry lorries, quail before your lord.
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Big, but definetly not the largest moving machine of the world... USS Nimiz? meh.... Google supertanker "Jahre Viking" (over 458 meters long) and then check out http://www.f60.de/index_e.htm That thing is 502 meters long and runs on railroad tracks!!! Part of the carriage of F60 can be seen here: http://www.hfinster.de/StahlArt2/archive-Lausitz-BW-72-5-22.11.2000-en.html Have fun :)
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I suppose they used anchor chain for dental floss to get the cat out!!
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What a CAT-tastrophy!
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God, I’ve always wanted a bulldozer. I always thought, what could stop a bulldozer? Snow? Nope. Ice? Nope. Rain? Nope. Mud? Nope. But apparently the Germans figured a way.
Now all I want is a Bagger 288!
Anyone know what gas mileage it’d get?
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Something like 3 gas stations per mile.
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Let's just hope it doesn't gain sentience by being struck by lightning or something, else we're all in trouble.
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Ok, so, two errors:
- Its 240 m long, not 300.
- Its the largest tracked vehicle in the world, not the largest moving machine.
That is all.
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that's right, this is not the biggest machine, but still it can freak me.. I can imagine the noice when the machine is running..
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i guess it doesn't make extreme noise since it's powered by electricity.
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I has it's own generators to make the electricity it uses, so there is some noise. However, the grinding of the huge excavation wheel should make a lot of noise as well...
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"BURP!" ... (Excuse me.)
Krupp? Aren't these the same people who make my coffee maker?
"Yes please. Make mine black."
--- OK, from the US. I'm impressed. I would travel to Germany just to see this thing. Where is it? Can you get close? Tour it? Drive it?
--- Why don't we take to Iraq or Afghanistan? I doubt that Osama's IED's would have much effect on it!
WOWSER! My hat's off to the Germans!
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First, Germany wouldn't have won WW1 with this type of machine, as it is not really fast - about 10 meters per minute.
Second, the weight is about 13000 metric tons.
Third, it does not use own generators, but gets its power by a long cable. The power sockets are a bit larger than the wall sockets at home, of course. ;-)
Then, the coffee maker would be from Krups, not Krupp. But fridges from Liebherr share the producer with the big cranes.
And last: It is possible to visit the Bagger 288 and a few of his smaller brothers. Three times in a year, there is "Open House", where people can visit the Garzweiler open cast pit. It is located western of Cologne. You will not come really close to 288, but almost be able to touch a slightly smaller machine. There are also a few view points around the pits "Garzweiler" and "Hambach", where it is possible to take photographs.
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The U.S. government should be using this type of earthmoving equipment to trench out and securie the U.S. southern border
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good idea, haha
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You shouldn't anthropomorphize machines. They don't like it.
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beasty killing machine from 2029
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Frank says Germany wouldn't have won WW1 with type of machine. Well Frank, I got some sad news for ya, they didn't win.
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Really enormous and scary but this is the best machine for digging. Huge but very reliable.
used forklifts
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These hamsters are too cute!
...I've never seen hair quite like that on a squirrel.
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That's hilarious!
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That pic of the chicken about to take flight is hilarious!
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I've heard that chickens run around for a while after you cut their heads off, but that's a little ridiculous...
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Yes. Chickens really can run around without their heads. And it's not just few meters.
It's both scary and funny to see it.
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Truly weird stuff- however, if you think about it, do coral reef creatures which are alive today look any less weird? And since we haven't done much undersea exploration, who knows what sort of bizarre beasts lurk in the darkness of the deep still?
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Pretty interesting, those Hallucigenia remind me of sea urchins. Nice link.
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I think you mean the Wiwaxia remind you of sea urchins. The Hallucigenia is below that, and walked on its legs ;)
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Ooops! You're right. Hehe.
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Five eyes and a vacuum cleaner snout? Useful for cleaning under the sofa.
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These creatures are so cool...
However, Wiwaxia is nowadays considered an early polyplacophoran; Hallucigenia is related to present-day velvet worms and tardigrades; the sea scorpion is a pretty direct ancestor to todays land-living scorpions; and the reconstruction of Wiwaxia and Anomalocaris is a bit wrong - it is today known that they had biramous branching legs, and were early arthropods.
These are still wondrous creatures, just not quite as enigmatic as this blog (and Gould's book "Wonderful Life") suggests.
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I guess those high school math classes might have been worth attending after all...
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Call me crazy, but I think I might like to try out one of those hotel "rooms"...
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It's an Irish specification Toyota Corolla Van being removed from the dock not a Ford car. The green truck in the last photo has been photoshopped.
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The last "fishing" one looks photoshopped, but these are funny
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@ ericskiff: The last one is photoshopped, I remember seeing a movie on this, or a full story anyways. The second truck pulled both cars out.
P.S. The car in fishing is not a Ford, it's a Toyota Corolla.
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They all're Irish - that explains a lot. The ingenious car "fishing" with two cranes drowned could only happen in Ireland, and nowhere else in the world! )))
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Those guys installing the air-conditioner look like they have done this before. Very creative plan they had there
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Let's see the Lexus LX tackle this!
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U just need a good driver, the car in no.2 in the equation.
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That's not a road to me.
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Let's see an X5 "magically feel" its way down this road...
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i don't think a land rover could do this....(and you all know how much i love land rovers).
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Holy shit!!! Nothing can tackle this. Not even a Land Rover.
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Did you see the 9th picture?? Hilarious!
Here's the link:
http://static.flickr.com/121/295090600_7d78481e51_o.jpg
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The Lord is my Shepherd.....
I will be having nightmares about this tonite. Kinda takes me back to my years growing up in the Caribbean.
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Disagree......
Detroit. Los Angeles. DC.
Very nice pictures though, I won't complain so much when 95 is backed up again.
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Wait isn't that a LandCruiser in the 3rd picture.
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So... where does the hole from the outhouse lead? I mean, how careful do you have to be as you climb up the mountain?
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More photos of biking down the World's Most Dangerous Road in Bolivia can be found here: http://www.gravitybolivia.com/gallery/
PhotohighlightsfromtheWorldsMostDangerousRoad
This is a regularly scheduled biking tour (when its not rainy season) and actually not that dangerous if done with a reputable tour operator.
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#5 made my testicles go up into my pelvis.
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U.S. Highway 60 through the Salt River Canyon outside Phoenix, Arizona, provides some pretty striking views. But the two-lane highway is paved and has guard rails, though there are some scenic views with unprotected walking trails. I almost slipped down one myself.
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Ashpalt?
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I've seen some roads in Peru that are just as dangerous as the ones shown here from all over the world. You need nerves of steel to drive through those.
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Yeah I've been on some of those roads in Peru, but these seem a little bit worse....
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Perhaps you want to take a look at 'el caminto del rey' in Malaga, Spain : http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey
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Wow that was the most amazing set of pictures ever.
I'd be SCARED
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El Camino del Rei, in Spain pictured
here should get a look-in on this list. It is a 2 foot wide cement catwalk, travelling along high cliffs, with no barrier, previously used by engineers to service a hydroelectric scheme. Absolutely lethal, especially since huge sections have collapsed.
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And I thought the Prekestolen ( Norway ) was quite an adventures trail...
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I went down the Bolivian Death Road with a public bus about two years ago. It was very foggy in between and all people were scared to death. The bus had to reverse several times (one time one of the wheels was hanging over the cliff) and the locals were screaming. Quite an experience. Especially because you could see a lot of crashed cars, busses an trucks when you were looking down the cliff.
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The Bolivian bike trip is amazing, and Gravity Assisted is the most reputable company to go with. Even flying along at 30-40mph, I never once felt threatened or unsafe.
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Makes me want to fire up my Triumph Tiger and go for a spin.
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A friend of mine had an accident while biking down the Bolivian road, and had to undergo surgery in a bolivian public hospital: you might want to reconsider your positive opinion on how safe the ride is.
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Very Nice! I live in the Himalayas, and relate well to the pictures.
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I get scared just looking at this roads and I am a veteran of car accidents in China (twice in one day!) and Russia. Glad to be sitting in the office today.
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I was holding my breath the entire time just sitting here looking at the pictures...Yikes!
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Super Fotos !
Da soll sich bei uns noch mal jemand über schlechte Strassen aufregen !
Conni
www.ii-tv.de/2 Bikes
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A very Interesting Web seit ,specially for thos who want travel in dangerous roads safly with websurfing from there office.
B.Majnonian
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Whoa! This is fantastic!!
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Great blog... Some of this roads goes direction to Tarragona, in Catalonia?
Thanks!
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You forgot a coastal road in south-eastern Maui. It curves its way around bends and ridges, just like many of the roads described, similarly without any edging or protection for a slipping or sliding car. However the worst part of this road is that it is 1 lane. It is a few miles long, and if you happen to meet someone head on in the middle of this road, one of you (one who's closer to their end) has to back up and navigate this road in reverse!! Only locals and insane tourists go there. none of the rental companies will come rescue you on that road, a taxi cab won't go to pick you up, and 911 (except for extreme emergencies) will not respond. Rental insurance also does not work there. Something happens on that road, and you pay for the whole value of the car repair or replacement out of pocket.
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riding your bike on the World's Most Dangerous Road was one helluva experience....
check out the blog from the ride!
World's Most Dangerous Roadhere are the
fotos from it
cheers
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I get butterflies in my stomach just looking at some of these roads, great pictures.
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I've been on one of those! Number 3 to be exact. I'm from the Rep of Georgia, and I've been to Sukhumi on that "military" road. It is indeed insane, but I've seen worse in Georgia as well.
It's especially fun when rocking a lada with doors that swing open on turns. hahahahahahhaha
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that is soooo interesting!! and scary.... suddenly the windy cliff roads back at the ol' family farm don't seem so bad!
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"No sane road from Kathmandu to Everest would go near Tibet, since both are in Nepal and there are very large mountains between. I think the entry on Tibet needs some modification..."
Mt. Everest creates the border of Nepal and Tibet. The South side is in Nepal, and the North side is in Tibet. There are no roads to Everest from the Nepal side. If you want to reach it, it's about a 10 day walk up a few mountains from the closest road (I've hiked it.. in the winter..)
If you want to drive to Everest, the only way to do so is to cross the border into Tibet, and reach it from the other side. That's the road shown in the picture. And it's nowhere near as steep as that one in Bolivia. But then again, there's the ice. :)
I have pictures from the drive here:
http://photos.00ff00.com/tibet/drive/
Another neat fact, China boasts that this road is the highest elevation highway in the world.
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Thats awesome collection...
I like to travel in these roads once...
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i think i know the last photo with the toilets, it is actually in Slovakia, High Tatras (not so dangerous, but still great place for treking)
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I'm oficially terrified of driving as of today! I thought I'd seen some dangerours roads before, but some of your pictures are simply too cruel...
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Wow that road in Nepal/Tibet... you know the one in the mountains, gave me shivers. Sorta reminds me of the location in the beginning of Batman Begins.
And I agree, that's not really a road, its more a suggestion on where to go.
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Well seeing those sunken cars will make me think twice next time I'm stuck in traffic on the I95.
Hahha imagine being stuck in traffic and suddenly your car starts to sink into the ground.
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HAS ANYONE DRIVEN THE MT WASHINGTON ROAD IN NEW HAMPSHIRE?
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Some of those pics looked like the roads in the country in Jamaica. I always wonder how they do it.
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I've been through Toroko Gorge highway several times. It isn't as bad as the old Suao-Hualien Highway or "Death Highway". 2000 foot drop directly into the ocean. One lane, constant mudslides and the bus drivers and truck drivers drive way too fast, (they toss "ghost money" to appease ghosts and improve their luck and feel more invulnerable than they should).
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I got vertigo from looking at some of those pictures! I'm glad I live near sea level. :)
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I went on the extreme mountain bike ride along that road. Pretty scarey in some ways, especially because I was really hung over, it was pissing it down and you had to stay on the left (ie. right next to the edge) because cars were coming at you. A few days before I did it, an Israeli girl had gone over the edge and died. Although I can see it happening, it would take quite a concentration lapse or extreme fatigue to go over the edge...reckon she just killed herself.
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wow...!! I do not have a nerve even only for walking at that roads..
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WOW!! I saw the Bolivia road either on the National Geographic tv show or the Discovery Channel, and seeing the still pictures of this horrific road had my hairs standing up again, just like static electricity. I drove through,well, as a passenger and not on purpose, on the Cordillera Central's road in Puerto Rico. This road runs right smack the center of the island, and it is not nearly as high, only 4,389 feet, but let me tell you, bring a barf bag and wear a heavy duty pamper. It is very curvy and very narrow, and no guard rails. Yes, the view is beautiful, mango trees down below, which clearly will stop your car on the way down the cliff. I guess is less intimidating because is like a forest, but I'll keep on the freeway, thank you very much!!
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Fantastic Webpage, the most interesting site I have ever been to, even beats the porn sites !
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These comments have been invaluable to me as is this whole site. I thank you for your comment.
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I've been to the most dangerous Chinese hike and it's not true. That dangerous hike in China is actually just a side trek off the main walk. That trek takes you to some of the temples build by monks whom use to live up there. The mountain mention is Hua Shan near Xian.
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I just wanted to mention that I made a listening comprehension resource based on this road and a video on youtube. Please feel free to check it out at: http://www.jamesabela.co.uk/intermediate/TV.html
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I'ts a very nice places,but I don't think I like the higher places, cause I'm afraid!!!!
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kart1 said...Wait isn't that a LandCruiser in the 3rd picture.
Well yes it is, You can tell it isn't a Patrol, if it was a Patrol, it would have been pulling the trucks out not just a van !
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holy crap !!!
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someone was so impressed, he felt the need to let his own readers about it... without credit..
http://thecontaminated.com/the-most-dangerous-road-in-world/
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To drive on these one must complete his will first.
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i can't beleive it. Fantastic roads. Awesome really...
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This is wicked stuff. There's a post similar to this but more comprehensive which you might find interesting http://www.juicemag.co.uk/40-most-dangerous-roads-in-the-word
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I was just in bolivia and did the gravity assisted bike tour. It was the most fun adventure I've ever had. But it's really not as dangerous as the books make it sound. A bypass has been constructed so cars and trucks no longer use that road for routine travel. It's basically just tourist craziest enough to mountain bike down the road.
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WWWWWoooooWWWW, Great collection man.
No one can believe these roads. Fantastic road gallery, really great collection ........
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I wonder how many car fall over the edge? No second chances on these roads...
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sukhumi military road:
http://www.radiosoma.com/mil_road/road.htm
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Most Dangerous Tourist Hiking Trail pictures very scary. Even for $ 1 million to go there:)
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i know Yakutsk. a very cold place.:(
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wow thats real scary i'd never drive on those roads
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What the name of that dangerous road in Russia? I'm very curious about this road. I'd be content for as much information as possible! Thanks.
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i dunno what it is but it is cute and fuzzy! ^__^"
AWWWW, it's a baby bunny :)
It's a young rabbit, photographed from a low angle.
I think "thing #2" must be a snake of some sort.
animal 1: Looks very baby-bunnyish to me! What a sweetie pie!!!
Looks like a baby bunny to me too, and oh, so cute! What is it?
it is an infant dwarf rabbit.
Oh, and you're absolutely right. ADORABLE!!!!!!
Then again, it could be a squirabbit ;-)
Sweet little critter whatever it is. Does anyone recall the rabbitcat that was found some years ago and put in some newspapers? I kept the picture of the rabbitcat for a very long time but can not recall any other details about it.
Looks like the Netherland Dwarf Bunny I once had...
#2 is most definitely a New Caledonian Crested Gecko...great lizards to own.
#1 does resemble a young Netherlands Dwarf Rabbit, ive had one myself, but could it be a chinchilla instead?
It's a Chinchilla...but it is a baby. CUTE!
http://www.babyanimalz.com/images/baby_chinchilla6.jpg
#2 is a crested gecko :)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhacodactylus_ciliatus
#1 is a photo of an approximately 2 week old chestnut colored netherland dwarf rabbit
Rabbits.. ok, cute, but lousy pets. Don't believe me, get one for a pet.
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