Bolivia’s “Death Road” plummets 12,000 feet over a 40-mile stretch from a mountain pass near La Paz “to the balmy resort town of Coroico,” said Ethan Todras-Whitehall in The New York Times. The “grim ...
In the course of dropping nearly 12,000 feet in less than 40 miles, Bolivia's "Road of Death" poses a number of challenging questions to mountain bikers. Here's a sample: c) Find God, quickly. Looking ...
LA PAZ, Bolivia — A packed SUV collided with a group of cyclists on Bolivia’s “Highway of Death” on Thursday, killing nine people — including a British man who was the second foreign tourist to die ...
The infamous Death Road, high in the Bolivian Andes, attracts cyclists from around the world. Twenty-two people have died making the 40-mile ride. Photo: Noah Friedman-Rudovsky for The Wall Street ...
The abandoned roadway began to attract wildlife, including vulnerable and endangered species. Olivia Rosane is a freelance writer who focuses on environmental issues. Her work has appeared in EcoWatch ...
LA PAZ, Oct. 27 (Xinhua) -- At least 16 people were killed and 36 others injured on Monday after an interprovincial bus veered off a steep mountain road and fell more than 600 meters in Bolivia's ...