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Landslides, Roadblocks and Protests in South America - Wayne Kouf

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4.9915 Ratings

🗓️ 27 January 2023

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Wayne Kouf is heading to Ushuaia, Argentina. His plan is to stay off the beaten track and find some challenges like the Trampoline of Death - fabled to be one of the most dangerous roads in South America. But, Wayne and the two other riders he had met up with found the gruelling road blocked by landslides, so they changed routes and rode up high up into the mountains of Colombia. At this point, they were sort of off the map, in to what Wayne describes as the toughest, most difficult riding he has ever done. But what he didn’t expect, what he couldn’t have imagined from the thin line displayed on his GPS, was that this route would take him straight into hostile FARC Guerrilla territory, where they were stopped and held at gunpoint. And not much later in the trip he is caught in the violent deadly protests in Peru. Something that’s fascinating in Wayne’s story, aside from the events themselves, are the tactics he used to safely get them out of dangerous situations. Tactics he used for completely different situations in a real estate career. Photos and links for this episode can be found on our website at adventureriderradio.com. Adventure Rider Radio is the original and longest running adventure motorcycle and travel podcast and has been produced weekly since 2014! You can count on us to be there for you every Thursday with a new and exciting episode, we never miss a week. And we hope we can count on you for your support. Become a Patreon supporter for just $5 a month and get a sticker and ad-free listening. Make a one time donation of just $10 and we'll send you a sticker. A donation of $50 or more also gets you a shout-out on RAW. To become a supporter please head over to the Support page on our website. Thank you!

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0:00.0

Wayne Kowth is headed for Yushuya, Argentina.

0:04.0

He's riding a Triumph Tiger rally, an adventure motorcycle,

0:08.0

because that's the point of Wayne's trip

0:10.0

to find some adventure.

0:11.0

To get off the beaten track, explore areas other than the tourist route,

0:15.3

and find some challenges, like the trampoline of death, fabled to be one of the

0:20.3

most dangerous roads in South America. Now at this point Wayne is

0:24.4

riding with two other people that he's met along the way and as they make their way

0:27.9

towards the trampoline of death they find the route blocked by landslides.

0:32.1

After doing some more searching, Wayne found they find the route blocked by landslides.

0:33.0

After doing some more searching, Wayne found another route,

0:36.4

and this was to be an adventure.

0:38.4

This route didn't show up on the others GPS's, only on Wayne's.

0:42.2

This alternate route forced the three riders high up into the mountains of Columbia,

0:47.0

sort of off the map, into what Wayne describes as the toughest most difficult riding he's ever done. But what he didn't expect,

0:54.4

what he couldn't have imagined from that thin line displayed on the GPS, was that

0:59.2

this route would take him straight into hostile territory. Wayne's first clue would be when he was stopped

1:05.6

and held at gunpoint by FARC guerrillas. A dangerous, scary encounter that they were

1:10.9

lucky to escape from, yet only a while later in the trip,

1:15.0

he's caught in some violent deadly protests in Peru.

1:18.0

And what's fascinating in Wayne's story,

1:21.0

aside from these events themselves, is how Wayne used the same tactics no matter how stressful

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