Suggestion: Ridiculously Difficult Route

This trope doesn't have an image... I think a good one would be one of the so-called world's most difficult road, the Yungas Road.

There are lots of images, but I think the one featured at Wikipedia shows the concept well:

Looks good. On an unrelated note, this trope is desperately example starved.

I kinda like this one◊.

3.1 is good, although I don't think we can get a better image quality...?

I like this◊ one.

what about this

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edited 13th Jan '14 4:24:48 AM by Hammershark

Don't think it fits but it's pretty good for Death Course.

I prefer 3 to 5 because you get to see more of the road. (Ah, so many memories of friends' journeys...)

Yup.

Edit: For real life examples at least, I found a few good articles of MSN and CNN ranking the top deadliest roads in the world if that helps.

First off I find it ominously funny that I googled "deadly and dangerous pass" and the Yungas road was the first thing that came up.

Also what about image with the travelers teetering on the edge of death just to show the path means business? 1◊ 2◊, and 3◊ ^note The 200-km Halsema Highway is one of the most dangerous places to be in a vehicle. Long stretches of this unpaved roadway are lined with huge open cliffs - without guardrails. And forget about travelling during the rainy season where rock and mud-slides can block large portions of the road. Perhaps the biggest danger to motorists is the local buses that treat the Halsema like a rally stage. In addition to the fast-moving buses, overturned vehicles and other crashed cars are a regular sight. -from MSN news

edited 17th Jan '14 2:34:30 AM by Paktra

What about the highway through a war zone◊ variety?

edited 17th Jan '14 3:07:56 AM by Paktra

While I can see "war zone", "very difficult route" is hard to see there.

Agreed; the route itself isn't difficult at all, just potentially dangerous due to outside interference.

Is this◊ better?

And does quicksand count?

The 2nd one might work for a different trope.

Agreed.

It's better, but I still lean toward the mountain road.

Is that a motion for a future Quicksand Sucks thread I hope?

Also which mountain road pic? There's tons of good ones. ^note And no I'm not going to stuff another crowner.

edited 17th Jan '14 7:24:03 PM by Paktra

Go ahead and make a thread. That quicksand picture is better than the current on that.

The one I linked in 3.

Think I like 5 best.

Crowner's hooked.

Bump for votes.

This is ready to call. The new pic's up and tagged; caption or no? I was thinking "Rush hour must be a real bitch."

"Rush hour must be a real ditch."

edited 11th Feb '14 11:56:00 AM by AnotherDuck

Either works, maybe with a pothole to Pun in the latter case.

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