The air was unbearably hot, the tunnels were cramped, and the atmosphere was filled with dust and asbestos generated from the blasting of rock. Together with the uncomfortable knowledge that Australian experts predicted the tunnels should have collapsed 4 years ago, I was on an adrenaline fuelled adventure deep into the silver mines of Potosi at an elevation of 4000 metres above sea level. This was no tour and there was no health and safety. I had to sign away my life in exchange for a day of extreme insanity that pushed my mind, body and soul to its limits! We first decided to get a guide from the hostel who took us to a small shed in Potosi. The guide explained how his grandfather and father who had worked the mines died at a young
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