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Acomayo, Peru

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Picture by zerega
Soapbox riders in Perú, on the road from Huánuco to Tingo Maria, where the highway from the Pacific coast across the Andes finds its way towards the A... - Picture by zerega
Soapbox riders in Perú, on the road from Huánuco to Tingo Maria, where the highway from the Pacific coast across the Andes finds its way towards the Amazon lowlands. This is near the top of the last mountain pass. From there, soapbox riders can enjoy a vertical 1000 meters of gravity assisted ride.

Since these kids help stranded truck drivers along the road, they're called bomberos (firemen). They transport drinks, food and spare parts to broken trucks.


Thanks to ZU from Perú for additional info:

"I usually use that highway go to work. I saw a lot of those cases of children with their skateboard or a board with wheels (artesanal) (those wheels are metallic and they tolerate the speed) they have had many fatal accidents and some times they do it for work like "fireman", I work for this highway 4 years, most of them are poor children that don't have money neither for the bus ticket, to move from a place to another in long distances and some for "enjoy"."

Comments

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# posted by Altal on February 5th, 2012 6:05 pm
Beautiful, but dangerous! Happy Birthday.
# posted by johan slee on February 5th, 2012 1:14 pm
spectacular fantastic action shot!! Congratulation with your birthday!!
# posted by Sebby on November 18th, 2011 1:38 pm
Wow!!!!!! Good capture!
# posted by Wim Verdonschot on November 18th, 2011 1:36 pm
Beautiful action shot!!!!!
# posted by Arda Çölgezen on April 24th, 2011 2:01 pm
awesome action shot
# posted by LESLEY on September 5th, 2009 8:27 pm
Well seen
# posted by Mustafa Kemal GENÇ on August 30th, 2009 11:13 am
Very beautiful moment… Congratulations…*****
# posted by JWVH on August 13th, 2009 1:31 pm
what a stunning actioncomp, its amazing
# posted by michel voortman on July 10th, 2009 11:02 pm
woooowww!
# posted by AhmetFGunes on June 17th, 2009 9:13 am
excellent
# posted by rosa del toro on June 4th, 2009 12:10 am
crazyyy!!!5
# posted by RiSi on June 3rd, 2009 2:54 pm
awesome!
# posted by Sangam on June 1st, 2009 4:16 am
AWESOME Shot:)
# posted by aj.vitorino on May 10th, 2009 6:53 am
Upa, upa. xxx
# posted by TUZZ on February 18th, 2009 11:00 am
ha!
...great moment!
# posted by Dominique ORSONI on February 15th, 2009 5:45 pm
Great pict.
# posted by Ashley Grant on December 31st, 2008 6:00 am
Crazy boys....
# posted by B.Sugumar on December 31st, 2008 5:50 am
Very disturbing...
# posted by ypille on December 18th, 2008 6:59 pm
peligrosa pero una que gran captura! 5
# posted by M_J on December 2nd, 2008 3:29 am
oh my! that is CRAZY! 5
# posted by F. Miguel on November 25th, 2008 12:42 pm
crazy kids ... 5++
# posted by sophie monin-leroux on November 12th, 2008 10:56 am
great shot 5
# posted by BadWolf on November 11th, 2008 6:21 pm
OMG!!!
# posted by Izydor on November 3rd, 2008 7:27 pm
Why did I come across this extraordinary shot so late? Maybe there should be a 'gallery of honors' on the Woophy that is time-independent?
# posted by LUCIJA Mujanovic on November 3rd, 2008 3:26 pm
good 5
# posted by Laura C on October 23rd, 2008 5:36 pm
Fabulous motion blur! Great shot! -5-
# posted by Ema84 on October 21st, 2008 10:57 am
opala 5
# posted by Melanie Huff on October 21st, 2008 12:44 am
Yes! This is such a great shot! Fantastic!!!
# posted by Cristina Goncalves on October 19th, 2008 11:44 pm
Excellent!
# posted by Chino Lemus on October 19th, 2008 11:58 am
great. to my fav
# posted by Arlis on October 18th, 2008 5:59 am
Está impresionante!! muy buena!
# posted by Ema84 on October 1st, 2008 4:49 pm
great 5
# posted by Vixstix on August 19th, 2008 2:43 pm
I see that you made it into the street and studio show at the Tate with this beaut pic. Congratulations!
# posted by Svjetlana on August 11th, 2008 7:36 pm
Great image!
# posted by la rafale on August 11th, 2008 5:30 pm
awesome ! a great shot and a terrific story ;
# posted by Ruud~ on July 21st, 2008 2:29 pm
Great shot! I hope these kids survive their youth . . . 5+++
# posted by sensei Domi on June 3rd, 2008 5:21 pm
fools
# posted by paulo.trindade on May 21st, 2008 3:11 pm
wow...crazyyyy
# posted by Roberto Maldeno on May 14th, 2008 5:10 pm
fabulous
# posted by Chuck Trodick on May 13th, 2008 4:15 am
Great capture 5
# posted by i.e.v.13 on April 27th, 2008 1:09 pm
Excellent -5-.
# posted by Leaden on April 16th, 2008 7:30 pm
Great picture! And nice to know what they do *g* .. -5-
# posted by vitor costa on April 16th, 2008 3:53 pm
fantastica, excellent 5+++
# posted by Elwin Berlips on April 9th, 2008 12:54 pm
*****5*****
# posted by trudy tuinstra on April 4th, 2008 11:57 pm
moving! very good.
# posted by Yano4ka on April 4th, 2008 11:55 pm
Good
# posted by Marek km2bp on March 27th, 2008 6:13 pm
++5++
# posted by Jose on March 19th, 2008 2:23 pm
Exellent!!!!!!!!!5
# posted by Ruden Fretsbo on March 12th, 2008 6:59 pm
Impressive! 5* * * * *
# posted by Berin on February 23rd, 2008 12:14 am
The real survival.... 5
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