Playground in the wop wops

**T.W.R** · 9th June 2009, 16:10

My uncle snapped these pics on a recent trip overseas, dunno if it was to rub salt in to the wounds

this just one small section of the road too

But

wouldn't it be nice to spend a bit of time playing here

just the big mobile chicanes would be a nuisance

**NDORFN** · 9th June 2009, 16:16

I could spend days there, just on that one piece of road, going up and down...

**MIXONE** · 9th June 2009, 16:21

It would be a slow crawl up there in some of those rigs.
Whereabouts is that great looking piece of race track?

**T.W.R** · 9th June 2009, 16:36

Its 'Paso Los Libertadores' the main alpine pass between Chile and Argentina and reaches a height of 3200m at the summit.
That section is 1st gear for trucks & buses and regularly gets snowed under

**Laxi** · 9th June 2009, 16:51

I know I,ve seen that road in a movie before, might be a bond film cant remember

**aer0** · 9th June 2009, 18:06

didnt the top gear boys go there?

**R6_kid:Me** · 9th June 2009, 18:36

Would probably be fun the first two times, after that it'd just get boring.

You need roads with a variety of corners, which require different speeds/lean/braking etc to keep it interesting.

**Jizah** · 9th June 2009, 19:15

Originally Posted by aer0

didnt the top gear boys go there?

Pretty sure that's where I've seen it too.

**MIXONE** · 9th June 2009, 22:36

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Would probably be fun the first two times, after that it'd just get boring.

You need roads with a variety of corners, which require different speeds/lean/braking etc to keep it interesting.

You must find racing on a track boring then!

**Skyryder** · 9th June 2009, 22:41

That lake looks like good fishing water

..............there's even a run off into it.

Skyryder

**Mooch** · 23rd June 2009, 21:35

Originally Posted by T.W.R

My uncle snapped these pics on a recent trip overseas, dunno if it was to rub salt in to the wounds

this just one small section of the road too

But

wouldn't it be nice to spend a bit of time playing here

just the big mobile chicanes would be a nuisance

With a truck every 30 seconds on average it takes the fun out of this road. Mind you the old Argentina / Chile road at the back of Santago was fun , same sort of thing, without the trucks and on gravel. 3850 meter sumit.

**Gremlin** · 24th June 2009, 01:33

Originally Posted by R6_kid

Would probably be fun the first two times, after that it'd just get boring.

You need roads with a variety of corners, which require different speeds/lean/braking etc to keep it interesting.

I'm with him... a few hairpins separated by straights?

Give me waihi to whangamata any day...

Yes... I find tracks boring too

**Mystic13** · 24th June 2009, 09:59

It looks real familiar to me too. Like one I saw in a motorcycle mag recently. After a quick look I found it in Motorcycle Trader, Feb 09, page 23 and 24 is where I saw it. Looks similar but actually different roads.

Feb and March had the Ken McIntosh story. I'd pulled it out in the last couple of weeks to take another look.