What is it about the Darien gap that draws people to it or at least the idea of it.

Is it the bot flies, the venomous snakes, the bandits, or the extremely rough terrain?

I mean, there's options for getting around it.

You can go by boat or by plane, and then you won't risk your motorcycle or your life by choosing

the alternate route, at least not to the extent you would trying to go through it, yet there's still

those that are fascinated by it who want to conquer it.

Wayne Mitchell and a group of ex-military friends planned a trip from Alaska to Argentina,

but they didn't want to go around the gap, they wanted to go through it.

Yet after just one day of pushing their limits in the jungle, one of their team was forced to turn back.

And that was just the beginning. What was supposed to have been the dry season in the Darien

turned out to be a monumental challenge, with torrential rains, deep mud and broken down motorcycles.

And even a few years after the fact, Wayne still feels strongly about the Darien Gap experience.

It was a tremendously fun trip.

I mean, I enjoyed it a lot.

With the exception of the Darien Gap,

I will never go back into the jungle again.

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