The Most Dangerous Roads in the World The world's most dangerous roads have a few characteristics in common. They're frequently the only way in or out of a place humans need to get to. They often resemble a wet spaghetti noodle flung at an unforgiving chunk of the Earth's surface. And nearly all of them lend new meaning to the word "road." The treacherous and impenetrable lanes that make this two-part list from A Thrilling Wonder qualify for all of the above. The Russian Siberian Road to Yakutsk should really be called the "nearly impassable gulley of mud." Bolivia's North Yungas road, a collection of hairpin curves and vertical drops, could be reclassified as "a deadly scratch in the mountain's side." And the road leading from Katmandu to Everest's Base Camp deserves some best-selling adventure descriptions of its own. Thinking it's safer to hoof it? Behold China's Xian hiking "trail"—otherwise known as "a string of planks bolted to rock far, far from terra firma." (in Travel)
