& I Thought The Adirondack Roads Were Twisty...

Greeneyezz · 01-31-2010, 07:01 PM

Some AMAZING Photos!

http://www.waze.com/blog/the-19-most...-in-the-world/

#10 Guolian Tunnel road, China KILLS ME!!

Enjoy!

~ZZ

jan · 01-31-2010, 07:14 PM

Thanks for that Greeneyezz. I thought the Road to Hana in Hawaii, and the Kaiser Pass Road in the Sierras were bad. Gee, what a wuss I am.

Greeneyezz · 01-31-2010, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by jan

Thanks for that Greeneyezz. I thought the Road to Hana in Hawaii, and the Kaiser Pass Road in the Sierras were bad. Gee, what a wuss I am.

And a Wuss I am as well! OMG! I actually got dizzy just looking at a couple of them. Amazing!

Walter · 01-31-2010, 08:02 PM

I've been on a road in the mountains in Taiwan that looks a lot like
#10 Guolian Tunnel road, China.
The scary part was looking across the valley and seeing several hundred feet of old road clinging to a cliff -- the rest fell off the mountain in an earthquake.

ADK88 · 01-31-2010, 08:16 PM

Wow!! some of those look super exciting!! Thanks for sharing!!

hobbitling · 01-31-2010, 10:19 PM

I've been on some pretty sketchy road while doing relief work in Honduras. Single lane dirt road with no railing and a 200 foot drop to some of the best white water rafting I've ever seen (the Rio Cangrejal, and yes there is at least one rafting company, owned by a couple of crazy Germans).

The joke was that it was safer to ride in the back of the pickup, so if the truck goes over the edge, at least you can bail out.

but still nothing like the roads on that list. yikes.

02-01-2010, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by ADK88

Wow!! some of those look super exciting!! Thanks for sharing!!

I can only be glad to ''see' them in the comfort of my work station! tx,G.E.

looncry

Rick · 02-01-2010, 02:37 PM

I thought for sure some of the scary roads in the Italian, Swiss and French Alps would be featured- Especiall the main road out of switzerland into Chamoniox.
However - I almost blew it when I saw #14 in norway. That sent Terror and tremors down my spine. that road looks so terryfiing!!!!

qam1 · 02-01-2010, 03:35 PM

Yeah those roads are scary, but how many of them have crazy French Canadian Logging Truck Drivers racing up & down them at 80+ during heavy snowstorms?

Greeneyezz · 02-01-2010, 07:06 PM

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Originally Posted by qam1

Yeah those roads are scary, but how many of them have crazy French Canadian Logging Truck Drivers racing up & down them at 80+ during heavy snowstorms?

That sounds like you're speaking from experience.

Do tell...

Greeneyezz · 02-01-2010, 07:10 PM

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Originally Posted by hobbitling

The joke was that it was safer to ride in the back of the pickup, so if the truck goes over the edge, at least you can bail out.

Smart move.

Btw- just wanted to let you know..

Don't take this the wrong way but...

..You've got the freakiest eyes I've ever seen! I don't know whether to laugh or to look away!!

~ZZ

AdRegion · 02-02-2010, 03:15 PM

I rode that Taroko Gorge road back in 1989 when I toured Taiwan by bike.

It was very remote and undeveloped at the time. One of the longest and most interesting downhills I've ever had. The scariest part was going through some really long unlit tunnels.

qam1 · 02-09-2010, 12:11 AM

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Originally Posted by Greeneyezz

That sounds like you're speaking from experience.

Do tell...

Just drive on the Northway during any snow storm,

Often the snow will fall so hard and there 's so few cars and they a'int plowing the roads until 9 AM, that the snow will quick cover the road to the point you can't even see where the lanes are (the only way you know is when you drift out and hear the rumble strips) and you end up plowing through several inches of snow on the road.

In a car or even SUV you have to slow down to 50 or even 40 or in real bad conditions even lower.

But while you in your car or truck have to slow down, even a foot or more of snow isn't going to stop a loaded 18 wheeler and they know that no trooper is going to get out of their nice warm & cozy patrol car just to give them a ticket so they really ratchet up the speed, like 80+ mph.

This is especially true in Clinton County where the Northway is more flat & straight and they can race to and from the border.

There's no more nerve racking feeling, when you going 30 - 40 mph and are fighting just to stay on the road and there's a big 18 wheeler bearing down on you at 80+ and when they pass you they bury you in snow as they zoom by.

Go through that a few times and many of those roads in your link will seem like a piece of cake.

01-31-2010, 08:16 PM	#5
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01-31-2010, 10:19 PM	#6
hobbitling spring fever Join Date: May 2006 Location: Albany Posts: 1,960	I've been on some pretty sketchy road while doing relief work in Honduras. Single lane dirt road with no railing and a 200 foot drop to some of the best white water rafting I've ever seen (the Rio Cangrejal, and yes there is at least one rafting company, owned by a couple of crazy Germans). The joke was that it was safer to ride in the back of the pickup, so if the truck goes over the edge, at least you can bail out. but still nothing like the roads on that list. yikes. __________________ He found himself wondering at times, especially in the autumn, about the wild lands, and strange visions of mountains that he had never seen came into his dreams.

02-01-2010, 02:37 PM	#8
Rick Bad Seed Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Glacial Erratic along Finger Lakes Trail 2005 Posts: 344	I thought for sure some of the scary roads in the Italian, Swiss and French Alps would be featured- Especiall the main road out of switzerland into Chamoniox. However - I almost blew it when I saw #14 in norway. That sent Terror and tremors down my spine. that road looks so terryfiing!!!! __________________ Rick The measure of your ignorance is your belief in tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the end of the universe, the master calls the butterfly... ...unknown...

02-01-2010, 03:35 PM	#9
qam1 Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Posts: 225	Yeah those roads are scary, but how many of them have crazy French Canadian Logging Truck Drivers racing up & down them at 80+ during heavy snowstorms? __________________ : : Qam1 http://www.lowerwolfjaw.com/qam1 - Everything & Anything on the Adirondacks : :

02-02-2010, 03:15 PM	#12
AdRegion TourPro Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Plattsburgh Posts: 296	I rode that Taroko Gorge road back in 1989 when I toured Taiwan by bike. It was very remote and undeveloped at the time. One of the longest and most interesting downhills I've ever had. The scariest part was going through some really long unlit tunnels. __________________ Adirondack Base Camp Adirondack Trailhead

01-31-2010, 07:01 PM	#1
Greeneyezz Syracuse OranZZe ROCKS! Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Syracuse, NY Posts: 300	& I Thought The Adirondack Roads Were Twisty... Some AMAZING Photos! http://www.waze.com/blog/the-19-most...-in-the-world/ #10 Guolian Tunnel road, China KILLS ME!! Enjoy! ~ZZ __________________ . (Click on Greeneyezz) "The soul that can speak through the eyes, can also kiss with a gaze." ~Gustav Adolfo Becquer

01-31-2010, 07:14 PM	#2
jan Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Posts: 255	Thanks for that Greeneyezz. I thought the Road to Hana in Hawaii, and the Kaiser Pass Road in the Sierras were bad. Gee, what a wuss I am.

01-31-2010, 08:02 PM	#4
Walter Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 14	I've been on a road in the mountains in Taiwan that looks a lot like #10 Guolian Tunnel road, China. The scary part was looking across the valley and seeing several hundred feet of old road clinging to a cliff -- the rest fell off the mountain in an earthquake.

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