reuben
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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2015 8:55:23 GMT -8
...you're on a dirt road in a huge desert at 14,000ft, you come to a fork in the road and the sign simply says that Argentina is to the left and Chile is to the right.
It was a "main road", so it actually had a sign. Most are just nameless tracks in the desert, which is why you get a guide.
So the northern desert part of the trip ends, and the southern backpacking part begins. It'll take me a few days to get down the re.
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Post by Lamebeaver on Nov 20, 2015 9:30:45 GMT -8
Just curious - What method are you using to access the internet from such a location?
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2015 9:53:02 GMT -8
Beav, I didn'the have any access out there. I'm back in SPA, having a late lunch and a beer before my bus to Calama tomorrow morning. There's WiFi here, and I finally broke down and got a smartphone before I left.
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desert dweller
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Post by desert dweller on Nov 20, 2015 10:33:37 GMT -8
Any pictures of the sign? You got a smart phone. Might as well put it to use taking selfies.
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reuben
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Post by reuben on Nov 20, 2015 10:44:24 GMT -8
No pic of the sign. I just wanted to get my tired dusty body to a shower and a bed. No easy way to upload pics for the forum from here, so you'll just have to take my word for it til I get back. Found one some guys on a motorcyle trip took. Dont swe how to link to it from.my phone so you'll have to copy and paste placesbeyond.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/02/P1040176.jpg |
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Post by Lamebeaver on Nov 20, 2015 12:18:01 GMT -8
Looking forward to the trip report when you get back.
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Post by Lonewolf on Nov 20, 2015 18:21:31 GMT -8
Naw. Can't be too remote if there's an actual government produced sign.
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Post by BigLoad on Dec 6, 2015 17:56:07 GMT -8
Was there another sign that said "Fun starts here"?
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Post by balzaccom on Dec 6, 2015 18:05:15 GMT -8
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Post by Lonewolf on Dec 6, 2015 18:59:31 GMT -8
One of my favorite signs is on Highway 12 from the MT border west through ID (although it is a paved road) that says "Winding road next 77 miles".
But there are 2 in YNP that are kind of funny. There's one sign for "pedestrian crossing" with the figure of a person near a campground and another just a little ways off that says "Beware of bears" with a figure of a grizzly. If you pull off in just the right place, the signs line up so the grizzly is "chasing" the human.
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