Tuesday, 16 March 2010

Welcome to Ruta 40


This is what it is all about. Ruta 40 is the main south- north road across Patagonia. The trip follows it north until we cross the Andes back into Chile. As you can see it is not all tarmaced. The gravel is well compacted in narrow strips where the cars and trucks have driven. If you follow these it is OK as long as no one comes the other way down the same track. Then it is time to get into the "loosey goosey" and find another way. Counter intuitively, you need to apply more power in the loose stuff to keep control.

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