imagine you are standing on an uninhabited Island and dozens and hundreds of slippery crawling bodies are rustling around you you start to choke with fear your heart is racing you look around and see snakes they are everywhere you look even on the trees it seems like you are in a nightmare but you are not this is just one of the scariest places on our planet and there are many more of them we have picked for you the top places you'd better never go to 15 most dangerous places in the world don't forget to like And subscribe to our channel to make sure you don't miss our videos [Music] at first glance it looks like a paradise island with palm trees and a sunny climate and the name bikini ATL surely reminds you of something yes yes the action of the famous Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants mainly takes place in the fictional underwater town of Bikini Bottom which is supposedly located under bik at all but this island actually has a very Grim history the atom bomb is here it exists we must look to the Future up until now only three have been exploded and none over the water it was here on bikini ATL in the Marshall Islands that the US conducted nuclear weapons tests from 19 46 to 1958 and just nearby on any wat at all the first Hydrogen Bomb was tested on November 1st 1952 bikini was chosen because of its remote location and spacious and easily accessible Lagoon and the inhabitants were asked to move to a neighboring atal after a council with Elders the ruler Paramount EO of bikini inhabitants agreed and 167 indigenous in inhabitants moved to ronger at unfortunately the trees and Palms of the new home were not so fruitful fresh water was not enough and there were food poisoning cases the bikini ATL's indigenous people were subsequently relocated several more times but back to the tests the operation in 1946 was called Crossroads it involved dozens of Warships and airplanes 25,000 radiation M and thousands of laboratory animals were brought to the ATL there were two tests codenamed Abel and Baker during AEL a bomb was dropped on 73 warships and the 21 kiloton Baker bomb dubbed the Helen of bikini exploded at a depth of 27 M 88. 6 ft feel what happened at that moment 2 million tons of water sand and powdered Coral exploded Ed into the air the explosion literally shredded the ocean bottom scientists who examined it 73 years later found that it had never leveled out the target ships and the ATL as a whole were heavily contaminated with radioactive material but at the time few people realized how severe the contamination would be years later the level of radiation from the impact has significantly decreased but the problem of contamination from the sunken ships remains it was just that during the tests the ships had to be left in full combat Readiness that is they still had Fuel and ammunition as a result fuel continues to leak from the Japanese Navy's Flagship nagato spreading for Miles the third bikini test code named Castle Bravo took place in 1954 a hydrogen bomb was detonated over the Aton the explosion was 1,000 times more powerful than the bomb dropped on Hiroshima up to 100 Japanese Schooners were exposed to radiation and 457 tons of tuna were spoiled 192 km 119 M from bikini radiation levels reached 1,000 row engines per hour while 600 row engines is already lethal to humans overall it was the most powerful of the nuclear tests in US history they continued for another 4 years until 1958 as a result bikini became uninhabitable the soil and water became contaminated so that farming and fishing were no longer possible more than half of the 167 indigenous people of bikini ATL died due to severe radiation related diseases the us later paid the descendants of the bikini Hall's inhabitants $83 million in compensation for damages from nuclear tests and relocation from their home Island there are now four to six caregivers living on the Aton now let's move to another Island you'd better also avoid but for a completely different reason what could be hiding there giant lizards aliens traces of ancient civilizations in in fact this place has become a Haven for people who have been called devils and bloodthirsty demons we bet you wouldn't want to encounter them after such a presentation what makes them so dangerous officially the North Sentinel is governed by India but in reality this Andaman island in the Bay of Bengal about the size of Manhattan 58. 8 s km 22.
7 s Mi is a real thing in itself its inhabitants are the most isolated tribe in the world unwilling to embrace civilization yes yes they don't know what the dollar global warming and online movie theaters are the Sentinel Le forbid Outsiders from coming to their Island and kill those who try to get to them the last time their ferocity was brought up was in 2018 that was when a 26-year-old American missionary John Chow who arrived on Sentinel without permission from Indian authorities tried to land on the island to convert the natives to Christianity Chia brought a Bible and souvenirs the indigenous people made signs ordering him to get out but the young American did not give up and next time he persuaded the fisherman who had brought him to leave him on the shore it ended tragically Chia was shot with an arrow and the fisherman who saw the guy's body being dragged along the shore were arrested for having brought him there illegally but even before Chow encounters with Islanders ended badly in 2006 for example two fishermen went to the Sentinel to catch crabs they wanted to negotiate with the Islanders but they killed them immediately The Sentinel Le were not even afraid of the helicopter that came for the bodies and showered it with arrows this hatred for the iron bird words can be explained 2 years before there was a severe tsunami and the local authorities decided to help the indigenous people they dropped off Food Supplies and Essentials while accidentally killing one of the Sentinel Le with a sack the issue is Complicated by the fact that no one knows or understands the language of the Islanders it is not even known what they call themselves nor is it known how many people live on the island this makes the North Sentinel one of the most mysterious places on the planet now India is trying to protect the Islanders from outside Invasion by law it is forbidden to approach the North Sentinel any closer than 8 km 5 miles Indian researchers believe that the Sentinel Le should just be left alone and allowed to live the way they do another reason is that the Islanders have no immunity to diseases that are common in the rest of the world these diseases can simply kill them but the island and its inhabitants are very interesting for the tourists who visit the neighboring tribes so can they be protected in the age of globalization we don't know but we'd better stay away from them for now meanwhile staying away from the next subject of our top 15 is not so easy at least for the locals at the end of August 2010 the cabong Strat volcano woke up after 400 years of sleep the giant with a height of 2,460 M 8,070 ft is located in the north of Sumatra island in Indonesia people have been settling near it for ages not realizing how dangerous it is Indonesia is located on the tectonic faults of the Pacific Ring of Fire and ranks first in the world by the number of volcanoes there are 147 of them in the country of which 130 are active and as many as 9 million Indonesians live close to active volcanoes that is within 10 km 6. 2 M from them since cabong came out of hibernation it has erupted almost every year sometimes several times a year as result airplanes flying through the region have to change their routes each eruption is accompanied by the evacuation of between 6,000 and 20,000 locals but sometimes things end tragically in 2014 for example this fire breathing monster took at least 16 lives because people living within 5 kilom 3. 1 mi from it were allowed to return home when they thought the eruption had stopped but shortly after the volcano erupted again a journalist who wanted to take a closer shot was killed as were four children from a local school along with a teacher who decided to observe the eruption in 2016 the volcano killed seven more people and seriously injured three others and it was an epic show when it woke up a column of Ash and smoke Rose to a height of 3 km 1.
9 Mi 12,000 residents of surrounding Villages had to be evacuated from their homes but that proved to be just the beginning in the evening of the same day the outbursts continued at the same time an earthquake struck affecting an area within 25 km 15. 5 mil of the epicenter a few more days later cabong fired a a third portion of Ash the sound of the explosion could be heard at a distance of 8 km 5 m in 2021 the volcano erupted as many as five times starting in January and ending in July last time in addition to a 4. 5 km 2.
8 M High column of dust and gas there were also pyroclastic flows destructive streams of volcanic debris that spread 1 km 0. 6 miles from the mouth of the volcano they outpace even airplanes in speed reaching 700 kmph 435 mph and their temperatures reach 800° C 1,472 de F which is deadly to any living creatures in the vicinity but we've had enough of high temperatures let's move to the coldest in inhabited place on Earth the pipes freeze here so most toilets are out buildings with no water supply the ground also freezes and there are very few plants so you would have to eat mostly Meat and Fish sometimes in Frozen form vegetarians this is not the right place for you the engines here freeze so fast that they are not turned off sometimes even at night and when you walk on the street your eyelashes get covered with frost it's a place where Winter is Coming all the time welcome to oaan a remote yakoot Village in eastern Siberia near the Arctic Circle in 1924 the temperature dropped to a record low of - 71. 2 de c - 96.
2 de F the average winter temperature is -50 ° c - 58° F The Village itself was founded in the 1920s here Shepherds used to water their reindeer from the thermal spring in Winter during the shortest days of the year the night in oon lasts 21 hours every March the village hosts the pole of Colt Festival which is the name given to the areas with the lowest temperatures according to beliefs the festival is held by ch G the yakoot spirit of cold he looks like something between Gandalf and the ice queen from Frozen In Summer the temperatures in oay Aon can reach 35. 5 de c 96° f however the daily temperature swings are large and it can be 15 to 20° C 59 to 68° F cooler at night than it is during the day no wonder that the pole of cold has become become a point of Attraction for record lovers in 2019 for example oaan hosted the world's first ever race in record low temperatures at the time of the start the temperature was- 48° C- 54. 4 de f it lasted 4 hours and during this time Runners covered several different distances the participants were from France India Italy Austria and Taiwan a resident of Japan also dared to do an extreme act he bathed in oaan in the river at a temperature of -60° C - 76° F the man ran out of the van in his underwear plunged into the water several times and came back his photo was later posted on YouTube and gained over 200,000 views it's chilling to even look at isn't it this one one of the most dangerous places in the world has also become one of the most romantic ones at the same time Swiss Patrick Bowman proposed to his French girlfriend an sine bouard the couple came to oaan specifically for this purpose and made a movie about it however an couldn't put the ring on because of the frost I hope you didn't get too cold here because we're moving on back to one hot place if you are looking for an adrenaline rush this is the place for you the donil desert stretches over 136,50 km 52,800 the afar people who inhabit this area have been mining salt for centuries it was used as currency in Ethiopia until the 20th century its thick deposits in some places up to 800 M 2,625 ft deep and the Petrified corals that have been found here suggest that there used to be an ocean on the place of this desert and imagine you are standing under the ruthless Sun feeling the Sun brought by the wind on your lips and inhaling the air filled with poisonous gases yes yes even breathing in the donil desert is harmful that's because the air contains high concentrations of poisonous sulfur Vapors therefore researchers believe that even a short stay in this desert can impact Health the temperature is no less dangerous during the day it exceeds 50° C 12 22° F and generally it rarely Falls below this Mark there is only 25 mm 1 in of rainfall per year no wonder it is one of the hottest and most lifeless places in the world part of the desert is the dakil depression one of the lowest places on the planet it is 125 M 410 ft below sea level on winter mornings the temperature here may well fluctuate around 37° C 98.
6 de F and the overall maximum temperature is 63° C 145. 47 studied whether microbes could live in reservoirs of boiling water found in the donil desert this way they wanted to find out whether similar organisms could survive on Mars and it turned out that these organisms could survive in such a harsh environment but you wouldn't like these Hot Springs their water has an average pH of 0. 2 which means it's about as acidic as battery acid the donil desert is also a volcanically active area here just in the depression there is a dormant volcano aelu and active volcanoes delal and ear T who knows when they will decide to erupt all this increases the risk of staying in this place adding points to its dangerous reputation nevertheless tourists actively strive to come here despite the dangers or maybe just because of them in the next place of our top 15 breathing is no less difficult if you decide to stay here for longer than 10 minutes minutes you can get heat stroke and your lungs can fill up with fluid no you are not on the edge of a volcano but in the cave of the crystals in Mexico the place resembles Superman's Fortress of Solitude the cave was discovered in 2000 a mining company called industrias penoles in the Mexican state of Chihuahua pumped water out of it and two brothers miners Juan and Pedro Sanchez were amazed when their flashing lights caught the glow of Giant Crystals no not Swarovski out of the darkness but they were no less beautiful it was selenite a crystallin variety of gypsum these were real columns you could walk on many crystals were 4 to 6 M 13.
1 to 19. 6 Ft long and the largest were 11 M 36 ft they were about 1 M 3. 2 ft ft thick how did this amazing natural Masterpiece form the crystals grew for at least 500,000 years at a depth of 300 M 984 ft beneath the Sierra de Nika tectonic fault lines run through this area about 26 million years ago magma began to move through them and eventually the mountain was formed and the cave itself is a U-shaped cavity in the Limestone Under the Mountain for tens of thousands of years it was filled with groundwater it contained the mineral and hydrite the magma beneath the cave kept the water hot but eventually its temperature dropped to just under 58° c 136° f and the anhydrite began to break down in the new conditions decomposing into calcium and sulfate the particles began to slowly form a crystalline form of gypsum otherwise known as selenite the cave began to fill with selenite crystals they stayed underwater and grew steadily of course they didn't turn into Giants overnight for example it takes 500,000 to 900,000 years for a crystal with a diameter of 1 M 3.
2 ft to grow by the way this cave with selenites was not the first one discovered in 1910 another cavity was found 120 M 394 ft above the Cave of the crystals at a depth of20 M 394 ft it was called the cave of Swords because its crystals resembled these cold weapons but the selenite outgrowths in it were much smaller no more than 2. 5 M 8. 2 ft long most probably the reason for this is that the cave of Swords cooled down much faster and the crystals simply did not have time to grow larger however this beauty can also be deadly it is rumored that one guest to the Giant Crystals cave was literally impaled by a satellite Spike from The Vault when he tried to break it off the atmosphere itself can kill you here the temperature in this wonder of the world is around 47.
1 de c 113° f and the hum humidity is almost 100% therefore it is impossible to stay here for long without special clothing in 2017 the pumping of water stopped so the crystals can start to grow again mere mortals are still not allowed to enter this place well we are going to move to another hardto reach and harsh place and don't be surprised if you notice suspiciously many dead animals and birds here this place in cam chatka is called the Death Valley and it really deserves this name the bodies of wolverines foxes Stellar sea eagles lynxes wolves Gophers mice hairs and Hermes have been found in this area and the list is only growing in fact the Death Valley is a small area at an altitude of 800 50 m 2789 ft at the foot of the Kik pinage volcano in the kronotsky Nature Preserve it is about 2 km 1. 2 M long and 100 to 500 M 328 to 1,640 Ft wide this place becomes a trap mainly for small mammals and birds a full chain begins first sparrows die then foxes that come for for them then Wolverines and bears that come for foxes and the birds include crows and golden eagles what kills the animals and birds is there some kind of mystical phenomenon here in fact the reason is a high concentration of gases hydrogen sulfide carbon sulfide and carbon dioxide they float right above the ground killing first of all small animals gas jets rise from great depths these places can be distinguished by sulfur plaque especially many hazardous volatile substances accumulate in Cloudy windless weather in natural niches there are not so many of them in open terrain so they are not dangerous it all starts in late spring the snow on the thermal sites melts and the bare ground attracts Birds they search there for seeds or insects and become victims of poisonous gases that have a nerve agent action and living creatures die within seconds and then the already mentioned chain starts but sometimes even large predators are at risk when heavy poisonous gases squeeze the air to a height of up to 50 cm bodies are preserved for a very long time because bacterial activity is suppressed in the poisonous atmosphere researchers have estimated that since 1975 that is since the valley was discovered about 255 Bears have died because of the gas concentration and between 1975 in 1983 Reserve staff collected more than 200 animal bodies there were 12 species of mammals and 15 species of birds among them by the way herbivorous animals die much more rarely here because the slopes have no vegetation and therefore do not attract them and how would these gases affect you you would feel pain and heat in the back of your neck dizziness it would be difficult to breathe and there would be a bad taste in your mouth but once you could stand in a ventilated area you'd feel better again pretty soon but you would definitely not feel good anywhere near the next object in our top 15 steep paths on its slopes are dangerous sulfur gas gases are poisonous and occasional gas releases have taken the lives of many miners we're talking about Asian volcano on the island of java in Indonesia it is a whole complex consisting of more than a dozen volcanic SES around a Cera that is a hollow these are stratov volcanoes craters volcanic cones here you can see an amazing show the volcano slopes are enveloped in blue flames how does it happen hot and flammable sulfuric gases are emitted from ferals I. E cracks they temperature reaches 600° C 1,112 de F when they come into contact with oxygen in the air they ignite and begin to burn with an electric blue flame some of the gas condenses in the atmosphere and forms streams of molten sulfur which also burn with blue fire you can admire the unusual landscape at night in the daytime it is little noticeable also in the Caldera there is a sulfurous lake Kawa Ean the water in it is of turquoise color although sometimes it changes its shade during the day this color is caused by extreme acidity and high concentration of dissolved Metals this is the largest acid lake in the world its pH is only 0.
5 while while the normal value is 11 to 15 times higher that is the Lake's acidity is like that of a battery and if you rinse your mouth with water from it your teeth will fall out the reason is the inflow of gas saturated hydrothermal water from the hot magmatic Source below the lake is 200 M 656 ft deep and 1 km 0. 6 M wide its Shores are large natural deposit of natural sulfur when sulfur containing gases burst from ferals they ignite only if they are hot but the temperature is often so low that the sulfur condenses falls to the ground as a liquid flows and solidifies this eventually creates a renewable sulfur deposit locals mine it and deliver it to a nearby Factory this is one of the top paying jobs for Country residents they they earn $ 12 to $17 a day for it but it is also extremely dangerous the smell of sulfur smoke is very strong it smells a bit sour and sometimes resembles the smell of fried eggs if it gets into the mouth or nose a person begins to suffocate that's why locals use respirators experienced miners make carry a load of sulfur much heavier than their body weight to get the job done they have to climb up a steep mountain side and then walk down dangerous Rocky paths to make it easier to collect the sulfur miners have installed pipes that capture the gases from the numerous ferals and direct them to one place but sometimes even this does not help in the last 40 years 74 miners have died because of smoke that suddenly escaped the cracks in the Rock the next place on our top 15 list has no no sulfur but many other threats do you think Beauty cannot be deadly this statement is refuted by the Death Valley National Park in California this is one of the most popular places among tourists and yet it Harbors a lot of dangers this area got its name in 1849 during the Gold Rush at that time a group of settlers wanting to get to the gold mines faster decided to to take a shortcut through the desert but one man never made it to the destination the others crossed the valley hungry and thirsty and decided to call it Death Valley despite the fact that only one person died here it was a tragedy for the rest of the people so the name quickly caught on so what are the dangers the first is the temperature Death Valley is the hottest and driest place in North America just imagine this place gets less than 5 cm or 2 in of rainfall per year and the highest recorded temperature is 56. 7 de c 134° f such extreme temperatures have claimed the lives of many people in 2023 alone a 71-year-old man died here due to heat stroke in Winter the valley is no less dangerous temperatures drop to zero and below low and snow and ice can cause sudden flooding on the valley bottom wouldn't that stop you from visiting then let's move on the next danger is wild animals of which there are many in the park so it's best not to check any suspicious places with your hands and feet poisonous rattlesnakes with sharp black widow spiders and scorpions can lurk there you may also find desert rabbits desert tortoises large lizards doglike coyotes and wild sheep in general though the valley is home to many species of birds mammals and reptiles another danger is haav virus which causes Haus pulmonary syndrome it has been found in Java mouse deer and Cactus mice it is a severe respiratory disease that is fatal for humans it is spread by rodents or their excrement so if you decide to travel to Death Valley stay away from the huts and mine buildings there are plenty of rodents there another danger is the mines and tunnels you may stumble upon don't enter them we've warned you there could be explosive gas foul air or dangerous wild animals in there well last but not least we cannot forget to mention the flooding that happens when the rain finally comes the National Park is surrounded by valleys so flash floods are likely to occur in 2022 flooding here caused all roads to be closed and hundreds of people were virtually stuck inside Death Valley National Park but let's move to an area that is no less formidable where people also have to get used to extreme conditions would you risk tasting radioactive octopus or bathing in radioactive water and some have no choice on March 11th 2011 a nine magnitude earthquake struck Japan in the waters of the Pacific Ocean Northeast of Tokyo it was the most powerful Earth Tremors in this country in the history of modern observations they triggered a tsunami monstrous 30 to 40 m 98 to 131 ft high waves demolished houses cars and airplanes at airports the two disasters killed nearly 20,000 people and more than 2,500 are reported missing the earthquake deenergized the Fukushima daichi nuclear power plant and the tsunami flooded basement with diesel generators emergency cooling systems at the plant failed and nuclear fuel melted in the reactors of three units this eventually led to a series of explosions and the release of radioactive substances into the atmosphere the area remains contaminated to this day the exclusion Zone reaches for 20 to 30 km 12 to 19 Mi the accident did not outstrip Chernobyl but it was the worst nuclear power plant disaster of the 21st century but it could have been avoided Fukushima daichi was built by TECO it was their first nuclear power plant the initial mistake was building the plant too close to the ocean and the second mistake was that the maximum designed load was a seven magnitude earthquake and and a 3.
1 M 10 ft High tsunami this was despite the fact that seismologists warned of the risk of a massive tsunami in the Fukushima daichi area back in 2002 more than 10 years after the accident Fukushima is gradually recovering residents of the hastily abandoned towns are returning home and tourists are already traveling to the local exclusion Zone but if you think that's the end of the problems with Fukushima daichi you're wrong in order to avoid even worse consequences of the 2011 tsunami the shutdown nuclear reactors had to be cooled down additionally heat is released from them because of this as much as 170 tons of tritium contaminated water is generated every day as a result about 1. 3 million tons of radioactive water has accumulated in the plant's tanks this volume could fill 500 olympic sized swim swimming pools since the tanks were full the water began to be drained into the ocean before doing so TECO filters it to remove Isotopes other than Trion which is difficult to separate this water is then diluted with seawater they plan to discharge about 460 tons per day discharging all the water from the nuclear power plant will take about 30 years but the country's authorities claim that the fish caught in the vicinity of the nuclear power plant are safe for human health Japan's prime minister and several ministers even tasted Seafood caught off the coast of Fukushima would you risk it visiting the next location on our list is also risky and yet it is extremely popular on this island you can get hurt due to various factors car accidents drowning broken neck due to diving in shallow water and snake bite also great white sharks are often seen close to the shore of the eastern part of the island an additional danger is posed by the strong currents you are on Fraser Island or kagari as the locals call it with 500,000 tourists visiting the island every year it's hard to believe that it has so many dangers when you look at its idealic beauty alas Beauty and danger go side by side here Dradful tides are a regular occurrence here but it's the local Wildlife that's the most dangerous there are small blue bottles living around the island these are jellyfish which have a distinctive blue color they sting 10,000 people each year across Australia when they sting they release a poison that causes severe pain fever and even death blue bottles often come in groups and can sting even if they have been washed ashore the irui jelly jellyfish are even more dangerous these are the smallest jellyfish they are only 1 cubic cm 0. 06 cubic in in size but are extremely venomous their toxin causes a condition known as irui syndrome it sends over 50 people to hospitals every year with the threat of fatal brain hemorrhage another dangerous inhabitant of the island is the wild dingo dog these animals look very cute but it's important to remember these are ferocious creatures not cute puppies from your neighborhood there are over 200 dingos on Fraser they have attacked tourists several times there was a case of a young boy who walked away from his family and was attacked and killed by several dingos in 2001 plus the island is home to 18 species of snakes a third of which are venomous and extremely dangerous to humans these include the eastern brown snake which is the second most venomous snake in the world it kills 50 to 60 people a year where else would you find such a Heavenly place with so many dangers now let's move to another continent to the peak the risk of avalanches ice Falls simple Falls hypothermia extreme fatigue and exhaustion and illnesses associated with very low oxygen content this is what the Brave Hearts on Everest face of all deaths of foreign Mountaineers while climbing Everest 35% were due to Falls 22% due to exhaustion 18% due to altitude sickness and 133% due to hypothermia in the vast majority of cases climbers have bad luck during The Descent either after successfully reaching the summit or after turning back before reaching the summit the culprits here are extreme fatigue or prolonged exposure to extremely low oxygen conditions the sherpa I.
E nepes Mountain guides are more likely to die on the lower parts of the climb because they spend a lot of time preparing the route and get injured why do people take such risks let us remind you that Mount Everest is the highest peak in the world its Summit is 8,849 M 29,000 32 ft above sea level May 29th 2023 is the 70th anniversary of the first successful Ascent of Mount Everest but 2023 was also one of the deadliest years in the history of Records a total of 12 climbers died and several more went missing and that's despite the fact that almost all people climbing Everest undergo special training and prepare for physical psychological and technical difficulties such preparation can take months or even years they acclimatize sleep in tents at altitude or train in Chambers that simulate a low oxygen environment they also climb other Summits exceeding 6,000 m 19,683 m 26,000 ft is called the death zone there is little oxygen there so climbers feel drowsy disoriented and tired and things feel heavier in other words despite extensive training the risks are still there and climbers die every season according to the Himalayan database more than 310 people have lost their lives on Everest in a 100 years from 1922 to 2022 during that time span 16,000 nonera climbers attempt attempted to ascend the summit more than a third of them 5,633 people succeeded by the way on their way up they all had a terrible sight waiting for them the bodies of their less successful fellow climbers in total there are about 200 bodies on Everest which serve as a grim warning to others it is dangerous to try to remove them several Rescuers died trying to do so so most climbers lie where they fell speaking of Falls we cannot fail to mention the next place year after year people die here some seek Adventure some depend on this road but it's a risky trip for all of them the road of death or formerly Camino Las yungas is a section of Road between the cities of laaz and coroo it is narrow and Rocky averaging 3 2 m 10 ft in width there is a cliff on one side and a terrible Abyss on the other Travelers on the road of death experience Steep serpentines and sharp turns it is dangerous to drive here at any time of the year in summer there are often rock falls and dust reduces visibility the rainy season is from November to March water erodes the clayish surface making it slippery and unstable some places are difficult for even one car to pass and virtually impossible for two there are no guard rails or deceleration Lanes that's why cars stop drivers get out and agree how to pass one another however not only cars but also bicyclists are at risk here even excursions are dangerous at least 18 tourists have died here since 1998 this path has been officially recognized as the most dangerous in the world an average of 26 buses and cars have fallen here each year killing dozens and even hundreds of people the most terrible case occurred in 1983 residents of laaz were returning home after the holiday in coroo there were many of them and the driver boarded the bus with twice as many passengers as it was supposed to carry as a result the vehicle tilted on a narrow curve and fell off a cliff the road of death then took 100 lives it is also creepy to drive on this road because there are crosses at every turn in memory of the Dead bolivians call them warning signs the breaking point was in 2007 when an alternative Road a modern safe Highway was opened between laaz and coroo now the old one is hardly used for its intended purpose it has become a tourist attraction and a source of a adrenaline but let's leave this dangerous road and move to another risky elevation it looks like a modest peak in the northeastern United States but it has actually claimed more lives than any other mountain in the country that's 160 people since recordkeeping began in 1849 Native Americans call it the home of the great spirit so why is Mount Washington so dangerous to begin with it is far from being the highest mountain in the US its height is only 1,917 M 6,288 ft nevertheless it is popular among tourists it is visited by up to 250,000 people a year this is in spite of the extremely unfavorable weather on it which is often called the worst weather in the world in 1934 The Observatory registered a record wind speed speed of 372 kmph 231 mph that's faster than high-speed trains nowadays hurricane winds blow on the mountain roughly every 4 days another factor is the low temperatures it often reaches - 45. 6 de c -50° f at the summit therefore tourists often get hypothermia and Frostbite in addition to winds there is abundant precipitation the mountain gets 711 CM 280 in of snow annually it can cover the trails even in July rain and fog are also common occurrences here you wouldn't be able to see your own feet or an outstretched arm in such weather the matter is Complicated by the fact that even with terrible weather at the top it can be warm and sunny at the foot of the mountain so unprepared tourists dare to hike they end up getting tired and exhausted very quickly staying dehydrated and stressed out in the everchanging weather conditions so the next danger after weather is being unprepared for hiking and proximity to Urban centers doesn't help here for example you may well wake up in Boston at 5:00 a. m.
