the celt
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Hola Lads & Ladies,
I was going to tell you all about the fantastic views in Chile its Volcanos and lakes and the like, and about how Ive decided to go back onto ruta 40 Argentina and complete a few more miles on it, when about 4hrs ago this happened.........
I had stayed the night Bardes Blancas a small wind swept village on ruta 40 in the middle of the desert to visit some caves the next day, so up early to visit the caves and then back onto ruta 40 to Malargue. I was about 30km into the road from the caves, the road was mostly soft sand and I was taking it easy as my tyres wont take must more, in the distance I see a cloud of dust coming towards me down the mountain, so I knew something is coming at speed, so I slow up to about 20-30 mph. The next thing this truck comes round a righthand corner far too fast he starts to loss it and is heading toward the edge of the cliff, he pulls it back but then losses it, the truck starts to flip, lands on its cab and starts rolling towards me it turned about 3 times and stop about 100yards from my front wheel. I ride up and the driver is laying in the middle off the road and five people he was carrying are laying about the road, the drivers cab is flat and he looks in a bad way, one off his passengers is walking wounded so I unload my bike and take him to the last place I'd seen peolpe, got him there and the people went in thier jeep to get help, I returned to the crash site and there was now two other vechiles had arrived, the driver still looked in a bad way, as there was no more I could do I drove on the warn other drivers of the crash ahead and maybe find more help. I have never rode a road no slowly in my life, my mind was full of "What IF's" I warned a few drivers and police car of what had happened. I am now in Malargue and I am think about maybe taking I break on some beach for a few days. I know I wanted an adventure but this is unreal.
regards
jose
I was going to tell you all about the fantastic views in Chile its Volcanos and lakes and the like, and about how Ive decided to go back onto ruta 40 Argentina and complete a few more miles on it, when about 4hrs ago this happened.........
I had stayed the night Bardes Blancas a small wind swept village on ruta 40 in the middle of the desert to visit some caves the next day, so up early to visit the caves and then back onto ruta 40 to Malargue. I was about 30km into the road from the caves, the road was mostly soft sand and I was taking it easy as my tyres wont take must more, in the distance I see a cloud of dust coming towards me down the mountain, so I knew something is coming at speed, so I slow up to about 20-30 mph. The next thing this truck comes round a righthand corner far too fast he starts to loss it and is heading toward the edge of the cliff, he pulls it back but then losses it, the truck starts to flip, lands on its cab and starts rolling towards me it turned about 3 times and stop about 100yards from my front wheel. I ride up and the driver is laying in the middle off the road and five people he was carrying are laying about the road, the drivers cab is flat and he looks in a bad way, one off his passengers is walking wounded so I unload my bike and take him to the last place I'd seen peolpe, got him there and the people went in thier jeep to get help, I returned to the crash site and there was now two other vechiles had arrived, the driver still looked in a bad way, as there was no more I could do I drove on the warn other drivers of the crash ahead and maybe find more help. I have never rode a road no slowly in my life, my mind was full of "What IF's" I warned a few drivers and police car of what had happened. I am now in Malargue and I am think about maybe taking I break on some beach for a few days. I know I wanted an adventure but this is unreal.
regards
jose