Cyclists Die on 'Road Of Death'

(La Paz, Bolivia) In the past week, a 22-year-old British cyclist, Tom Austin, and a 56-year-old Californian, Kenneth Mitchell, have died on the notorious Road of Death in Bolivia, a 40-mile stretch that descends 11,800 feet from La Paz to Coroico.

In its most dangerous section, the road is one unpaved lane hacked out of the mountainside, bordered by 3,000-foot cliffs.

A staggering percentage of its curves are blind, and a cautionary "look-out" honk is usually all the warning you'll get from the many trucks carrying bananas and other tropical products uphill.

In several sections, waterfalls crash directly onto the road, and it can be muddy throughout.

Grave markings litter the Road of Death, pointing to the hundreds of lives lost after Bolivian buses have plunged off its 3,300-foot cliffs.

Condolences to the families.