North Yungas Road Known as Death Road, is by far the most dangerous on the planet! (So I have been told!) The road covers a 70km stretch between La Paz and Coroico over a decent of 3,600m with ridiculously tight hairpins and narrow passages to navigate, all whilst trying to avoid a sheer 1000m cliff edge drop. Nevertheless, I wanted to give it a go like many other adventure-minded tourists who make the descent on mountain bikes to then boast afterwards of their brush with oblivion! It did cross my mind.. Why am I doing this?... Am I mad?! After a terrible nights sleep worrying because it had been raining throughout the night in La Paz and in the back of my mind I thought is it worth it?! Christina and I made it to Alexandra Cafe for 7am to meet out Guide Dave from Gravity. On the roads towards Death Road it was beautifully clear with a little snow on the mountain tops but we were assured by Dave that it was a beautiful day for riding. We arrived at our starting point La Cunbre 4,800m where we were given our safety briefing, kit, set up on our bikes and then gave a Challa to Pachu Mama. We were ready to hit the road! The first 11km was on Tarmac so we could get used to the bikes especially the breaks! Once we reached Unduavi the start to the 'Death Road' we were given another briefing and a heads up about the following section. The scariest thing about Death Road was that the traffic reverses so we have to pass any oncoming vehicles on the outside. Either Dave or Christof riding at the front would always give us a heads up by blowing a whistle giving us plenty of time to pull over to let the traffic pass. Typically the Go Pro died after the first 5 minutes so the normal trusty camera came out. Christina and I quickly began to loose our patience because one woman held the group up and I over heard Dave saying to her that she might have to abort the ride and jump in the bus because we were limited on time! There were couple of 'technical sections' to the ride so you just had to keep focusing on corners, cars and breaks. After four mechanicals and somebody loosing a jockey wheel half way down we made it! Overall, the ride was great fun once you got used to the bumpiness and the cliff edge you began to relax and enjoy the ride and pick up a little bit of speed! (Dont worry nana not too much) Once we all made it down to the bottom safely that's when I could message my family, who at the time didn't even know i was attempting to ride Death Road let alone I had completed it! After a congratulations drink on Gravity we visited a wildlife rescue centre that had over 100 rescued monkeys, macaws, caiman and bears. We enjoyed a buffet lunch and a hot shower before making the return journey back to La Paz. Celebratory drinks were on the cards when we bumped into Brian and Paul who also cycled Death Road and were heading out for more cycling tomorrow!