Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road

Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by exue on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @12:12AM (#6806553)

Tangentially, Road Fever is a pretty epic read about two roadtrippers who get from the Tierra del Fuego, Argentina to Prudhoe, Alaska, in 24 days. Border crossings, mechanical issues, weather, the Darien Gap, all covered. (They took a ferry I think). Looking at the pictures and the intensity, 90km has to feel like an eternity on actual land

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Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by idProQuo on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @02:14AM (#6806927)

I believe you mean 90 megameters.

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Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by umami on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @05:26AM (#6807416)

The crossing of the Darien Gap is about 90 kilometers (from the article). I assume @exue was referring to that part.

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Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by na85 on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @04:49AM (#6807319)

I don't believe he does mean 90 million kilometers (a tenth of the circumference of earth's orbit around the sun)

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Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by phaemon on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @08:55AM (#6808009)

"mega" means million. 90 megameters is 90,000 kilometers, or 90 million meters.

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Re:Darien Gap: The Most Dangerous (Absence of a) Road by na85 on Wednesday November 27, 2013 @02:06PM (#6810331)

Whoopsies.

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