LEGENDARY 6 Day Off-Road Route | Overland Travel Documentary

this is burned what does the word adventure mean by definition is an unusual and exciting or daring experience a risky undertaking 15 months in 15 countries we are in the North of Argentina about to undertake our longest and most challenging off-

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to date More than 600 km through the High Plains of the Andes. All above 14,000 feet elevation. Yes, I would say it is an adventure to attempt a

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of this length and the remoteness is not something we would normally tackle alone, said our only friends in the area. The rig capable of joining us is heading north, we're not even in the cold part, but our truck has a couple of band-aid fixes due to lack of parts availability in Argentina, we may have found a break in the storms of off seon.

We are hopeful because flash flooding in the desert is no joke, combined with possible landslides and having to find our own way, it has the makings of a unique endeavor. This may be a decisive moment for us. one of triumph and completion or one of defeat and rescue, prepare the Wich St. It's halfway after our last stop to get gas for potentially the next 650 km. We are camping on the outskirts of the city to acclimatize to the altitude and for one last night with our new friends a man it is amazing to make new friends it is always sad when they leave yes we will share the high planes with the miners for the first few hundred kilometers then we will be practically alone with the immediacy of the feeling of loneliness, a landscape of salt flats and volcanoes that long for the green of a single tree was shared without words, this feels like nowhere else we have been and that is really exciting the word Keta Puna means High Land at more than 3,000 m above sea level, it is dominated by Andean peaks that rise to heights of 4 and even 6,000 m outside of Tibet, the Alti planum in Spanish, high plane, is the longest plateau on Earth .

Enter the Devil's Desert, the devil's desert. The rocks and sand here really look sunburned. This part of the route is Mars, how many other planets will we find? We break the silence of the desert with 47 years of metal and bolts. Every rattle is a reminder not only of our truck's age, but also of what holds it together. I can't believe how. The sky is blue. I had never seen the sky. This blue is like electrically blue. It's like going crazy. So beautiful. This route requires at least 650km of range, much of which is through steep climbs or deep sand - not exactly the most fuel efficient terrain, hopefully. our 160 L of Reserve will be enough hello baby very interesting things hey very strange and interesting things our Solitude is broken by our imagination as if the memories of the inhabitants of this old train station were among us a place where we can ask ourselves our favorite question why they lived here why they left and how it was all so quiet it doesn't look too bad although it's not really cold second day on the plateau trying to shake off the Ling during the elevation headache where we are breaking camp right after coffee we didn't know it yet, but the crescendo of sights and surprises would reach a sharp peak today exciting exciting exciting place I can't imagine what people do here always makes us wonder when we drive around town and don't see a single one today person that was the remote railway town of Toar Grande, most of the inhabitants of the Puna region left after the closure of the nearby Minah Hulia sulfur mine, only when it looks and feels like you are absolutely in the middle of nowhere Part of it is a mine and he said mine not only has free showers, but it also has free wifi and secure parking, it's like an OAS oasis, hot showers in the middle of the damn desert at 4,000 m, that's great and that's it.

You know what happens when life gives you. you lemons make lemonade make lemonade right lemonade lemonade I'm going to need those l we're not just squeezing lemon juice into a container here folks, we're making lemonade argentina argentina so the reason we're making lemonade is because we needed to put a leash on the dogs boos, so now we're drinking mocktails, I don't know how much, so let's make a couple of spoonfuls, oh, that went into the water more lemonade, that's really good, nice. and fresh it is very good that is impressive this is Kono de arita a cone of black lava and salt dominates the salar el arizaro which is characterized by being the largest salt flat in Argentina and the third largest in the world its name arita was given by the ancient aborigines who lived in the area in the Imara language means Sharp, my lips are cracked and very dry, very dry, but look at that with its height of more than 200 M for many it is the most perfect natural cone in the world. three on the Puna off

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route, it just keeps getting better, it seems like I really don't know how to explain this place other than I feel like a Martian, yeah, day three feels a hell of a lot better than day one, we've finally gotten air conditioning.

So you finally feel good, you can breathe a little better. The first two days are always a bit like what we're doing with our lives, but it feels good now that we're on Mars, if you're wondering what the roads are like. here well just listen to the TRU oh my god this is enough to drive someone crazy yeah I would have really appreciated those shocks right now in that Florida town despite feeling like we were in a nut washer and screws in the landscape. keeps a smile on our faces the challenges of the day are still ahead lunch time lunch time you have teeth left you have teeth left you have teeth left just a couple I'm going to get a little more air out of the front tires it doesn't look bumpy on camera, but man it makes our suspension feel stiff, man it's so pretty out here, it's beautiful, how do I do this to myself?

What do you do nothing? I twisted the seat belt, I always twist it, we don't need a seat. seat belts because we are not going fast enough choosing a vehicle for an adventure like this can be a difficult task it has to be a comfortable home an off-road machine a road machine and for us a production studio Our Land Cruiser chassis may be old, but there are a big difference between worn and worn in some things, however, it has a certain lifespan, an end date, I wish we could prolong this funeral, what a strange landscape, wouldn't you say, yes, it looks like it's still driving? like sand yeah I know at 40 what oh 3900 M 3400 m00 just under 45 our misfire came back damn it so what we're hoping is that the plug wire burned through the electrical tape and we can fix it again, this is not like that. one doesn't look bad here we go, this one burned out, we put new stuff in it and we really need the spark plug wires, but you can't get them in Argentina, oh oh, you can't, you can see it right there. it's where the wires burned out so it's grounded inside the block okay still miss F okay I taped up a couple more plugs to get back to normal here we go man wires ISO spark plug, damn, seriously, it's the only way.

We can get them in Chile, we will ship them from home and shipping them from home will take weeks and a lot of money because the import tax from Argentina is crazy. Shipping is crazy so I think maybe. We'll have to go to Chile Yes, I can't get up Sunday, sorry, we keep them together with duct tape. What seemed like a victory would soon leave our trophies in the basement as our Gremlins trucks from the past join us. in the Alti Plane not everyone survives here, I can't blame her if that's what you're eating, damn he got a big enough tea to chew through all that Ro, all that Sage Brush and then suddenly there's a green Oasis with all the wakos or vaccines we are not sure exactly these are the one vun it's like a damn golf course it's so weird you are the smart ones oh look at them with their ears back oh oh we have to run, there are no more problems More problems, the truck just died while we were going up a hill, what the heck I wish we had a Toyota fuel pump?

Well we are suspect of the same fuel problems we were dealing with in Mexico which seems to be a plague of ours that has returned even with our in tank fuel pump it's the same kind of thing just it runs a little hot , we got to 208 and yeah, it was like I just died, so we'll let things cool down and hopefully move on. our way, okay, little 15 minute cool down session, let's see how we do it, done, okay, so our lesson never. I will never put a non-Toyota fuel pump in a Toyota. Also, I'll run all my fuel lines very far away from the exhaust ah well that's the third time we've stalled it could be the altitude now honestly it's most likely fine Sunday you've been here before this is like 4600 M, you've been to 49, you love it, you love the adventure you're on.

Argentina I don't know like 16 countries or something you can do this oh man we are in low range now trying to use the gears to our advantage yeah I would like to get there earlier so you can enjoy this movie. please hit the like button and subscribe if you aren't already it's free and it really helps us we did it we made it to the top in low range in low range I don't care we got here we got here yeah everything looks normal now it's okay now we're going down now we go down Sunday deserves to go down this here is where you pay your respects to The Land leaving your bottles fortunately these problems are at least familiar the devil you know is better than the devil, you don't make it to the middle of this route, we arrive at the outpost of Anagasta, the fuel station reports that it runs out of gas frequently and, although we don't need it, we put a very expensive 20 liters in the tank and now we are going to find a campsite to spend the nights.

We couldn't have expected the surprise that awaited us. Well, this is an unexpected surprise. It's a very cool black volcanic sand and volcanoes, of course, yes, fresh lemonade and shakeri. I really hope I don't fall for it too much. It's nice, though good. It doesn't seem like silly camping next to volcanoes has become a big thing for us, this feels like a textbook lava field and the exact volcano I drew when I was 4, well, it was an absolutely stellar top-notch camp. category that met all the requirements. Let's go look for another one, we find an unexpected section of pavement.

We don't know how long it is, but we're airing it, we may have to air it in about 10 minutes, we'll find out we have about 20 minutes left. of the pavement before seeing one of our favorite signs. Often these 4x4 only signs pass without incident. However, this one would prove to be more than worthy of lunar rocks. This is the worst washboard I have ever seen. We've been slowed down to 12km an hour, they're like 5-6 on corrugations, but they were obviously made with small tires so our 35's don't even fit on them, so just take a beating, we're at observation speed Of wildlife, yes, where they narrow, wow, this is it! so cool, although I can't, this is Pedro pomz formed by the wind running through the ancient pumis stone due to the intense volcanic activity in the area.

This is a testimony of nature, the main actor in the creation of unusual and rare masterpieces with color nuances that challenge the painter's palette the sun in a constant competition with the dominant Blue Horizon the dust settles and it is the turn of the Shadow of telling the story a root like this deserves a celebration this is the coolest place ever for an IPA and EPA we are at 3200 M so I hope the IPA doesn't feel so scared this is honestly crazy like yeah , this route, we just keep saying that all these similar movies should be like why isn't this a movie set like Star Wars or just like Anye?

Dune, real spice everywhere, it's so cool, so cool, oh sweet NE, oh ​​that's cool, you know what's cool. I think the inside of the refrigerator is the only place in the shinook that isn't Dusty, thank goodness, it's St. Do you think we'll have to go in fours? - with wheel drive today I'm going to go with no no, we went up Sand Hills last night on two wheels, yeah that was quite nice, what a nice place, if you like rocks there's no better place you could be. anywhere is like rocky paradise, yeah, so there are jumps everywhere like a trophy truck and well, that's a pretty decent sand hill we have to climb, we're going to need some HST Pur to get there, All things this sand is deep and full of furrows. pedal to the floor in second gear four wheel drive we are still losing ground at this elevation there is about 40% less oxygen for any Overland rake let alone our V6 this is a challenge wow oh man last push oh , it's so steep oh god, try to losethe Drone, you lost the Drone, come on baby, oh man, we're like sideways curing this Dune that was a grind, man did it, even though we got pushed too far to the side and had to drop to a low range, but we did it all . just down we go with a lot of highlighter, okay that's us, classic, you can't tell on camera, but that's steep and slightly off camera, once again the landscape transforms, this must be a distant cousin of the desert of Soran, now, if we are lucky, we will be. the Hidden Gem of this route Hidden Gem maybe but the best Gems are hidden in the mountains and require a lot of digging oh look at your ears oh my god you are so cute it works in no way seriously it's almost a shock oh my god That's amazing , it is an incredibly hot river.

In no way before this route did our sequence of events and happenings make us feel like we weren't where we were supposed to be. We wonder why, fortunately, in moments like this we remember the divine moment. weather the Loneliness the micro Milagros we are exactly where we are supposed to be talking about microm Milagros watching a flock of condors ravage an aunia As brutal as it is, it is surprising that these birds have wing spans of up to 10 feet or 3 m wide They are huge. Who is this little angel? Oh, that's like boiling eggs. We could boil some eggs in there.

I know one just bubbles with hot water. Look, what the hell? Yes, you could definitely sit there. Are they all crazy? Look, you know what the hell they look like beans, beans, oh yeah, a hot waterfall. Rio, what the hell have you been wanting to find a natural H during this entire trip through many countries. Jelly, look, it's nothing like seaweed, it's like that. It literally feels like Del W, look how green it is, it's so cool, it's all raw and it's all hot and it's hot, yeah, you know we're being watched by the pond gates, so the Cafe's wine is the grape of Toronto, which is the grape.

It's only grown in that region it's from La Bita which is like a little fibrous it was like hand made obviously like small batch small batch yeah oh god this smells so good it's pretty cold this morning , but what an incredible blessing to have hot water to wash dishes. We're still pretty high up, it's 3,500M here in this crazy little volcanic desert oasis. We had a crazy idea last night, since there is so much boiling water here, we thought we would try boiling some eggs. Have you ever boiled a hard-boiled egg? in a geyser, well me neither, so it's a pretty decent rock in the middle, so I hope you don't like the bumps, yeah, and I hope we can find it in the end.

Do you think here or there? No, I think right where it's boiling. Okay, you can see these Jets approaching, okay, one goes in, Good luck, little egg, oh, we're going to need our ladle to get them out. Okay, okay, we'll time what are we here for? It's 8:35. Where did that other guy go? It was like Oh, I can see it, I can see it despite the hiccups of our old platform, it looks like it has the perfect wheelbase for the steep, tight corners. You see that sand there, the Sande. Bigger than the mountains, that thing has to be 4900 4500 m.

So far we've felt totally blessed with the weather for off-season

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, but as we notice the cloud cover looming in the distance, we're recognizing that the window is starting to close. our first river crossing and a road block a road block doesn't seem like it wants to move no thanks thanks for moving thanks sorry for interrupting I know the sand is nice and soft we arrived at Las Papas the last Canyon we read in some post you have over 100 river crossings we will see something so fresh and then beach sand, yes for the few residents left in Las Papas this is their quickest route to civilization, it is easy to imagine how after a big rain this would be treacherous or impassive.

It's already hard to see how we'll see how deep these crossovers could become. Well, I can't see the clue we have to follow. The rocks follow the indication right there. It was crazy. I don't think the clues are difficult to follow. Find out now, having gone 20 sides through this junction, it caught us by surprise with the river rising over the rock slider on the driver's side, luckily Falcon Tires found traction and pulled us out easily. Filming River Crossings is so funny because you have to go. get your filmmaker sound scary are you ready yes my god you oh god yes this route has challenged our mental strength, our perseverance and our ability to find joy in being tested.

Views that feel like a reward and an ending full of internal achievements. The perfect recipe. for a real adventure so this is the proposed new dam, I don't know what it will mean for this route but I hope it stays open. Good job baby, we're out of the canyon, that took a lot of teamwork, it took a lot of work. time I'm impressed, now let's see if we have enough gas to get to the gas station yeah, this is our uh, this is the real test yeah, aha, we did it wow, that's amazing, yeah, I don't know if we should talk so soon, we haven't filled up, but sure, but that's a station that looks good, yeah, so it looks like we're going to get about 90 L, yeah, which seems strange.

I would have thought Ed would be much more than that, but maybe he was. like a little more fuel efficient than we give ourselves credit for, yeah okay since you stayed until the end you can find out if our egg was really cooked or if I'm about to eat a raw egg oh god that one is another good sign. Well, okay, you can cook a soft-boiled egg in a geyser, but a hard-boiled egg can take over an hour, sorry little egg. I hope we have already earned your subscription, this journey is far from over, see you next time.