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Photo by Alessio Corradini, on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia, of two locals

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Photo by Alessio Corradini,
on the Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia,
of two locals



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Old 23 Dec 2009
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Any chance this guy is a Hubber?
Water crossings are one thing, but this? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yjIJ8ibOs8&feature=player_embedded
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I'm sure that's the bridge into Bernd Tesch's meet at Malmedy.......
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The liberal use of the editor's "Beep" pretty much sums up how I would feel about it!!

Probably would not help that I would be on a Ural...
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Of course he is.

He is riding an older model small BMW, modestly equipped to do the job, doing it himself without apparent support vehicles, helpers, etc.

Now if he had new mega large R1200 GS, enough aluminum pannier space to store provisions for a year, two support trucks and about 15 other riders he would be from ADRider
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His vids are actually fun, and easy going and he seems to travel with a very good attitude. Bookmarked to watch on rainy Sunday afternoons....
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Just stumbles across this thread, and I can own up to being the fella on the bike in that video. I am indeed a hubber but I try to contribute useful information that I've been unable to find on this fantastic site. I'm back on the road in North Argentina heading towards Paraguay and Brazil.

I'm glad some of you have found and enjoyed my video reports form the road.

Happy riding to you all.

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Great clip, and it must have been a strange feeling with the river running so fast.
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Mr. Styles
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http://www.brainrotting.com/
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...I can own up to being the fella on the bike in that video...I'm glad some of you have found and enjoyed my video reports form the road.
Great video, looks a bit scary to say the least!

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He is riding an older model small BMW, modestly equipped to do the job, doing it himself without apparent support vehicles, helpers, etc.

Now if he had new mega large R1200 GS, enough aluminum pannier space to store provisions for a year, two support trucks and about 15 other riders he would be from ADRider
, typical pretentious HUBBer comment.
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That was freakin AWESOME!! So, i wonder what he found on the other side?
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Insane !!!!

Brown trousers time for sure. Imagine doing that on a fat 1200GS ! Those planks looked slippery as hell too.

Mucho Kudo amigo !
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Of course he is.
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Now if he had new mega large R1200 GS, enough aluminum pannier space to store provisions for a year, two support trucks and about 15 other riders he would be from ADRider
But, the panniers make great flotation devices...
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Great Videos!

One nit to pick:

In episode 12 you state Che Guevara was executed by a CIA agent. This is not the case.

The CIA agent on scene was Cuban Exile Felix Rodriguez and he had instructions to bring Che back to the US alive.

The Bolivian President insisted upon Che's death and he was executed by Mario Teran, a sergeant in the Bolivian Army.
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Took the same bridge on my XT600, I nearly lost it when the bridge started swinging, madness. Might have **** myself only the bike seat was holding it all in. Great fun but if I do it again I'll take a different approach.
Great video though G!
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