What is the hairiest road you've been on?

Telegraph Creek, BC. Switch backs and 20 percent grades.
But I cheated, I was on holidays driving my car.

 

YEEAH! Let's do it to it.

What? You scared?

 

It was crazy. Suppose that was green concrete.

What was really the kicker was cars following me, monkey see monkey do.

It was one of three craziest things I ever did in this world and lived. The other two I take to the grave with me. I thought I understood crazy. But to live it? whew. I was something else back then in them days.... scary.

 

Route 421 between Bristol, TN & Boone, NC.....

 

Saluda right? There is a steepest mainline in the USA once upon a time I think it's still there. But not in use.

 

That's one bad road for sure...Good thing I was empty, slid the rears on the 48' all the way fwd, hugged the mountainside, and I was still just barely able to make the switchbacks and keep from going over the side....Good thing I didn't meet any cars on that road, wouldn't have been good...

As I was coming down into Mountain City, some gal hollered to me on the radio that she didn't see many semi's on this road, yeah go figure.....

I was young then, looked on the map and saw this as the most direct path from Bristol, where I emptied out, to Charlotte, where I was picking up my backhaul, lesson learned....

 

Come to Colorado. Place called Lookout pass. 14000 some odd feet. There is a point on that two laner where you are just about hanging your right steer over 3000 feet of empty valley during a turn.

 

Had a regular haul that took me down Hwy 56 into Alabama. It's a fun way to drop down the side of Monteagle.

 

I never considered Mt Eagle. It is however a bench mark to break in virgins new to the art of running backwards.

I point you to old fancy gap, it's a 8 ton limit now.