Highest paved road in the world? Not the KKH?
Legend has it is the KKH with a top altitude of 4693m over sea level but I come here to challenge that belief.
While riding in Bolivia, I noticed my GPS was giving me readings very close to 4600m and started to pay more attention.
A couple of days ago it finally happened, I was riding from La Paz towards Coroico, set to do the (in)famous Death Road when I glanced at my GPS and it read 4705m over sea level. This is higher than the KKH's top point by 8 meters (maybe 6.5 if we removed the distance from the GPS on my bike to the ground). I have a GPS trace to confirm but I also know that my measurement is not the most precise, a moving Android phone in a tankbag can hardly be called a precision instrument.
Has anyone else observed this? Can we (maybe) declare a new world's highest paved road?
You can find the trace here
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