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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 12:38 PM
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I am thinking of the High Sierra again. Will be trip number six.
Before any of you plan something like this, read 'Gods Middle Finger' by Richard Green.




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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 12:59 PM


I've never read that. But i did lots of motorbike trips over in that part of Chihuahua.
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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 03:00 PM


Quote: Originally posted by lencho  
Quote: Originally posted by pacificobob  
I've never read that. But i did lots of motorbike trips over in that part of Chihuahua.

Have you gone down to the Pacific from there? That route has always intrigued me, but last time I was in Álamos, I was told there's a problem with the route going through narco territory on that side of the Sierra.


I detoured a couple of time from Mex22? (don't have the map handy). Did not drive the southern route from the south, Took the train instead. Wow!




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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 03:31 PM


I went in 2020 during covid for 3 weeks. We had a great time. We came in from the north east and exited out west to alamos. We got shut down by the narcos on a couple of routes we wanted to take but they weren't scary or intimidating (but their cuernos were).
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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 06:48 PM


I was in my VW Amarok plus friends in a Jeep, Tacoma and a 4x4 Ford van.

I'm not sure of the product but I assume both. They said there was gonna be movement on those routes and they didn't want us to get mistaken as rival raiders.
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[*] posted on 10-14-2023 at 08:41 PM


That area is a lot more tame these days. I entered from the west, north and south through Durango. Lot of single track to be done. Areas where Spanish is a second language. Some Villages are not on maps. The road system has grown at a rapid pace.
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