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Worst roads competition 2023

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        Not quite the worst road surface, but as a road requiring stamina this took some beating: 1126km from Nizwa to Salalah skirting the Empty Quarter in Oman, 1982. There was a sort of asphalt road in adequate condition, but my job was to find water supplies at intervals along it, so I spent most of my time criss-crossing the road and disappearing over the sandhills on either side looking for 'features ' that might help me. My only guidance to the water prospects, beyond a rough geological map, was Wilfred Thessiger's Arabian Sands, written when he crossed the area in the late '40s - he recorded a lot of valuable detail. This is my Subaru 4WD (packed with several spare tyres, jerry cans of fuel and water, sand ladders, shovel etc), and the only two trees in that whole route. Some surveyor found it before me and planted a concrete post next to them. I spent a couple of days on the trip, but only got stuck in the sand once and had to dig myself out with sand ladders - hard work on your own. I picked three locations for wells; when they were drilled, all three produced water, but two were too saline for drinking without treatment - a good result for the times and place! 

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          vor 15 Stunden schrieb LocalHero1953:

          Not quite the worst road surface, but as a road requiring stamina this took some beating: 1126km from Nizwa to Salalah skirting the Empty Quarter in Oman, 1982. There was a sort of asphalt road in adequate condition, but my job was to find water supplies at intervals along it, so I spent most of my time criss-crossing the road and disappearing over the sandhills on either side looking for 'features ' that might help me. My only guidance to the water prospects, beyond a rough geological map, was Wilfred Thessiger's Arabian Sands, written when he crossed the area in the late '40s - he recorded a lot of valuable detail. This is my Subaru 4WD (packed with several spare tyres, jerry cans of fuel and water, sand ladders, shovel etc), and the only two trees in that whole route. Some surveyor found it before me and planted a concrete post next to them. I spent a couple of days on the trip, but only got stuck in the sand once and had to dig myself out with sand ladders - hard work on your own. I picked three locations for wells; when they were drilled, all three produced water, but two were too saline for drinking without treatment - a good result for the times and place! 

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          Thank you for the photo and the interesting story behind it. Now I know how you got your nickname 🙂

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            39 minutes ago, 01maciel said:

            Thank you for the photo and the interesting story behind it. Now I know how you got your nickname 🙂

            The first decade of my career was spent finding water in various dry and remote places, which I very much enjoyed. Then I met a 60+ year old Brit who was a tropical rice culture specialist - condemned by his career to never return home. It coincided with the prospective arrival of our second child, and I took a career diversion to make me employable in this country.

            I still miss the appalling roads, floods, mud, sand, bridges about to collapse, and makeshift river crossings!

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                State Highway 73 through Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand. Just past Death's Corner. The new viaduct has replaced the most dangerous part on a scree slope but this section is still vertiginous with rockfall hazards. It's also right on the main alpine fault. M10/2.8 90 Elmarit-M.

                 

                 

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                vor 7 Stunden schrieb NZDavid:

                State Highway 73 through Arthur's Pass, South Island, New Zealand. Just past Death's Corner. The new viaduct has replaced the most dangerous part on a scree slope but this section is still vertiginous with rockfall hazards. It's also right on the main alpine fault. M10/2.8 90 Elmarit-M.

                Thanks for showing. I remember the road as I drove along it towards Christchurch many years ago. A spectacular area and road indeed.

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                  Perhaps no "worst" road than one that has vanished and that you regularly relied upon.  This Central California back country road existed before the recent very heavy rainfall, the detour is 50 plus miles now.  M10r+90mm f4 ME.

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                    On 3/12/2023 at 7:58 AM, m410 said:

                    Perhaps no "worst" road than one that has vanished and that you regularly relied upon.  This Central California back country road existed before the recent very heavy rainfall, the detour is 50 plus miles now.  M10r+90mm f4 ME.

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                    Is there any other way to reach the city? It looks scary.

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