Monday, February 8, 2010

Remind me never, EVER to take this road!


The video clip below shows an astonishingly narrow mountain pass with hairpin bends. I haven't been able to identify the road or the country - can any readers help? Anyway, the passing skills required of heavy vehicle drivers on this pass simply boggle the mind.





I'd hate to be the filling in an eighteen-wheeler sandwich on that road!





Peter

5 comments:

Wojtee said...

Trollstigen (troll´s steps) in Norway, IMO.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=cs&geocode=&q=+%C3%85ndalsnes,+Norsko&sll=62.448865,7.182312&sspn=0.932504,1.911621&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=%C3%85ndalsnes,+Rauma,+M%C3%B8re+og+Romsdal,+Norsko&ll=62.457836,7.677212&spn=0.058262,0.119476&t=p&z=13

In (almost) all its beauty here:
http://www.solvang-camping.com/gfx/turistinfo/trollstigen.jpg

Old NFO said...

Agree with Wojtee. We had to drive from Stavager to Trondheim a number of years ago, and I 'think' we actually went over that stretch... I was scared s**tless..

Anonymous said...

I'd bet there's whole stretches where most of those guardrails have very little paint on 'em...

Farmmom said...

Good grief! I thought Wolf Creek Pass was bad but at least it is 2 lane.

Morris said...

Wow, no room for mistakes there!

I would need my brown pants to take that one on..