Road to Death #3

Road to Death #3 Some other bad road predicaments:

This road in Sahara is totally beset by drifting dunes: they change location and are hard to get rid of, considering the desert is all around it:



Potholes from hell:






(image credit: Roussos)

This is pretty extreme, I'd say:

Stelvio Pass Road - redefining switchbacks - A Scenic yet Dangerous Road!

Height - 2757 meters

Location - in the Italian Alps, near Bormio and Sulden, 75 km from Bolzano, close to Swiss border. (The road connects the Valtellina with the upper Adige valley and Merano)

Claim to fame - "the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps, and the second highest in the Alps, after the Col de l'Iseran (2770 m)"

The Pulpit Rock Hike - if you fall, it's 1000 meters down

This place is indeed so spectacular, that we are going to write a special post about it. For now, just to give you a taste of some scenery - a few shots of people definitely having fun (not forgetting thousand-meter drops at every turn)


(image credit: Globosapiens)


(image credit: Susi Varming)

We finish with a scenario which might not have a happy ending.