Survivor: Death Biking, Female Wrestling & Potosi Mines!


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December 3rd 2007
Published: December 11th 2007
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The moment I had been waiting for arrived! Mountain biking down the world´s most dangerous road in Bolivia is one of the things I have been looking forward to most on this trip. Safe in the knowledge that Kate would keep her promise to her parents not to go, I was released from any possible escorting duties, and I could go at whatever pace I was comfortable at (...fast). We met up in Cafe La Te... Read Full Entry



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Chewin' coca and preppin' dynamite
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Kate with dynamite and fuse, ready to go!
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Lite 'em!
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Guides legging it with lit fuses
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400 mines under the mountain, 15,000 men
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Mark and Efra, the guide, en route to the processing plant
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Chemical production. Whats that smell, cyanide?!
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Rock grinder
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Floatation equiptment
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And thats why they do it, for that fleck of silver...
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Monument of man with jackhammer and rifle



12th December 2007

What next!
Thought you and Kate were going to move into a less risky phase of the trip, but from the latest blog I see that you survived death by bike, death by boa, death by monkey spit, death from jealous husband of wrestling Cholita, playing with dynamite, rock falls, getting stuck underground, 96% alcohol, asphixiation, asbestos and cyanide. No wonder Dublin seems a bit slow....
15th December 2007

Wrestletastic!
Women wrestling in skirts is just plain wrong! As is the sight of you holding a snake Mark. Very entertaining once again guys XX

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