| If you want to take yourself to the extreme, | | | | where the temperature can reach sub-zero |
| nothing will get you there faster than | | | | digits through the mountains of La Paz to the |
| gravity assisted mountain biking. Gravity | | | | road's end in the warm jungle village of |
| assisted mountain bike tours have become more | | | | Coroico, which is set at an altitude of 3600 |
| popular in the recent years, and the special | | | | feet. |
| on ABC's Nightline about Bolivia's Death Road | | | | |
| has gotten even your grandma wondering what | | | | While "only" 8 mountain bike riders have |
| gravity assisted mountain biking is all | | | | fallen to their death since 2003, an average |
| about. | | | | of 26 vehicles per year take the plunge; |
| | | | making the trip back up Death Road almost as |
| Imagine the thrill of plunging 11,800 feet in | | | | heart-pounding as the ride down. |
| a mere 40 miles as you navigate your mountain | | | | Unfortunately, motor vehicles do travel the |
| bike down some of the most treacherous, | | | | one lane road during the bike tour, so |
| winding hills in the world. Sounds like every | | | | mountain biking enthusiasts need to take |
| extreme mountain biking enthusiasts dream? | | | | extra precautions as the follow their bike |
| This dream can become a reality by taking a | | | | tour guide through Death Road's 200-plus |
| bike tour down the aptly named Death Road in | | | | turns. |
| La Paz, Bolivia. While gravity assisted | | | | |
| mountain biking is offered in many other | | | | And speaking of motor vehicles, it is |
| places around the world, you will never beat | | | | important to remember that the passing laws |
| the experience of Death Road. | | | | that are common throughout the rest of |
| | | | Bolivia are thrown out the window on Death |
| Mountain Biking down Death Road is not for | | | | Road. Vehicles with the driver closest to the |
| the weak at heart, however, and should be | | | | 3000 foot drop edge will pass on the edge - |
| attempted only by more experienced mountain | | | | possibly to remind them of how close to death |
| biking adventurers. La Paz offers bike tours | | | | they actually are - so you will want to pay |
| down Death Road which hurtle riders from the | | | | extra close attention as they pass. |
| starting altitude of 15,400 feet in La Cumbre | | | | |