WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS: EPIC DRIVE ON PERU HIGHWAY 8B (this was crazy!)
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Welcome back to Hourless Life where we are driving around the world!
In this episode...
🚗 ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST DANGEROUS ROADS!
Join us on an unforgettable journey as we take on the treacherous Highway 8B in Peru's stunning Andes mountains. Brace yourselves for heart-stopping moments, dizzying heights, and breathtaking landscapes.
🌄 Highlights:
Highway 8B is a narrow, one-lane, two-way road that winds through the Andes, reaching jaw-dropping elevations of 14,000 feet. Get ready for a rollercoaster ride with cliff faces and hairpin turns that will leave you on the edge of your seat!
🏰 Exploring Cajamarca: After the adrenaline-pumping drive, we make our way to the enchanting city of Cajamarca, Peru. The parades here are so much fun!
🛣️ Road Trip Tips and Tricks: Along the way, we'll share insights into how we prepared for this daring adventure, tips for navigating challenging roads, and the must-see spots that made our journey truly extraordinary.
👨👩👧👦 Family Adventure: Join us on this incredible family adventure as we create memories, conquer fears, and embrace the beauty of Peru's Andes mountains. Buckle up and get ready for an adrenaline-fueled ride that will stay with us forever!
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🗓 Date: August 28-September 1, 2023
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We’re Eric + Brittany + Caspian Highland, and we’re driving around the world! We left the United States in October 2021 and have been exploring South America since November 2022. Over 10-15 years total, we intend to drive across all six habitable continents. We started traveling full-time in February 2014 and have never looked back.
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Great job team! I love the idea of designating this highway an "Overlanding Badge of Honor". I think you're on to something, Eric!
There definitely should be an International Overlanders Badge of Honor. I can think of quite a few roads that would be worthy of this title! This one would be near the top of the list. Glad you enjoyed the video BoCo! ~ Eric
I loved the commentary along the way while watching those incredible views. A road of a lifetime. Glad for the view from the comfort of my home...to yours.
It is one of those things that you are completely freaked out when you are actually doing it, and once you are done and through it, you look back and marvel at. But during the drive itself, it is tense. So glad we were able to share it with you. ~ Eric
Beautiful video
I love the mountains in the background of the drive.
Great job on that road Eric.🎉
Thank you Wayne! So glad you enjoyed it. ~ Eric
Awesome video as always Hourless Life. 8B is one epic and spectacular roads y'all have been on but it was sketchy times ten in some places thank God y'all made it safe through it. Good luck on the rest of y'all's journey around the world.
Thanks Christopher! Definitely one of the most nerve wracking moments on our journey so far. There have been many, but not many that lasted 7.5 hours. This was next level for us. Essentially, we leveled up. Glad you enjoyed the video, and there's plenty more coming! ~ Eric
Omg terrifying…..great job driving this road…..
Thanks Whitley. It was pretty intense.~ Eric
I like the cool spontaneous things you get to see like the parade.
brettelizabethspore, they happen literally all the time everywhere we go. We love them too. ~ Eric
Thanks again for the video. I miss my travels from back in the day but I travel with you guys each and every video. Safe travels.
So glad you get to enjoy this again with us. We appreciate you being here and the experience that you bring. ~ Eric
Great episode! 8B definitely looks like an adventure!
You guys... it was crazy and incredible. So I think that makes it crazy incredible. ~ Eric
This made me so tense! I never saw the scenery when I drove it because I was so focused on the road. Stunning.
Haha mtn.munchkin1648, I didn't see as much of it as I would have liked either. Brittany kept telling me how beautiful it was. ~ Eric
So happy that I got to meet you 9/21 in Montrose, CO at the RVE. You said what you are going to do and I could not wrap my head around it! I am enjoying the journey - it is grander than I could envision!
Glad we got to meet you too. Such a great event filled with amazing people each in their own right. I've always said that there are two types of people in this world. People who talk about doing things, and people who do them. You will always find me in the latter group. My hope is that people would be spurred to follow their own dreams whatever they may look like. ~ Eric
Absolutely incredible! Thanks for letting me ride on Dauntess’ s bumper Peru’s mountains are gorgeous. 8B took great stamina. Caspian was wonderful, as always.
So glad you enjoyed it Debi! You are welcome to ride on DAUNTLESS' bumper anytime you like. The mountains were stunning, but the drive was tense. It is one of those things that you look back on in awe, but during the moment you are solidly in prayer. Caspian is such a trooper. ~ Eric
Amazing adventure & thank you for sharing it. Tip for the bug bites. Find a cigarette lighter that uses the little electric popper for lighting the flame. Pull the electric igniter from the lighter. Now when you squeeze it’ll snap a small shock/spark. Use that and shock on & around the bites. On many different bites the electric shock will breakdown the stuff causing the itch/pain.
I just read your reply to Brittany, and she was like, "Who is this person? Must be some sort of hardcore British Special Forces or something!" Haha! Love it. That's pretty hardcore. ~ Eric
I am in awe of the beauty of your journey. Nerves of steel to drive 8B; thankful to ve watching from home.
I saw more of 8b’s beauty in the video. During the drive my eyes were locked on the road most of the time. 😬 Glad you got to enjoy. ~ Eric
Well done Familia. Very impressive drive. Buen Camino.!!
Thanks Joshua. Obviously we didn't share the entire 7.5 hour drive, but we saw countless crosses along the highway where folks had lost their lives on this road. It was a grim reminder of caution. ~ Eric
Love the video! Thank you for sharing your travels. That road is crazy!
So glad you got to see a glimpse of what this is really like. ~ Eric
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Thank you kwjr. ~ Eric
I wonder if there's an understood etiquette on mountain roads like that. Like down hill traffic has right of way, so uphill pulls over or something.
Josiah, you would think so. But that is not the case. Even if it is, it isn't followed by anyone. I actually asked about this too. It's kind of go and when you find yourself in a situation figure it out together. ~ Eric
Did you ask locals if there was a rule about right-of-way in the single lane areas? In shipping lanes such as the Detroit River, boats going upcurrent are to yield to boats traveling downcurrent as the former has more rudder control. It would make sense from a braking safety perspective that those going downhill would have right-of-way to avoid additional braking.
I actually did. The short answer is no. They don't have an unwritten code,, and no laws that are followed regarding it.
And there are so many things that don't make sense to us culturally, and from an "order" standpoint. They really just don't live that way down here. Not in the cities, and not in the remote areas either.
Laws are but suggestions, and everyone kind of does what they want. Having said that, they are very polite, although their actions on roads can come across as self-serving especially in the cities.
Having said that, on these roads, everyone knows the level of risk, and more prudence is exercised here than in the cities. As a general rule. But not always. ~ Eric
Per your forum post regarding the battery issues on the Gladiator, it's super simple to bypass the aux battery and to run the system without it.
Here's the video I made on the process. The only thing that Is erroneous in the video is that this does not disable the ESS (Electronic Stop Start) system.
You can ignore that part of the description.
Why do this? Because it cuts your chances of having a catastrophic battery failure in half. The two batteries are as one most of the time, so if one begins to fail it will cannibalize the other in attempts to constantly recharge. So instead of losing one battery, you lose two.
This simple process eliminates that condition.
Good luck!
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I really appreciate it. We're definitely considering this in the future. Thanks @Lunentucker ~ Eric
31:41 this looks like something they do in Taiwan
Never been to Taiwan so I can't say. But someday...someday. ~ Eric