Skippers Road for the first few kms by MAN truck. Drone : Matt
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@kebmel86688 ай бұрын
Went up there in a bus when I was a kid to see the pub with no beer. Not only was there no beer, there wasn’t a pub either.
@kerridavis26308 ай бұрын
😂😂😂
@BradGryphonn8 ай бұрын
The conversation in the cab was pure gold! Worth watching just to hear that :)
@lindamckenzie45438 ай бұрын
My Dad drove myself and my three siblings over this road in 1958, in our wonderful green Austin A70. I sat in the front with Dad and put my trust in him, but I remember feeling a bit scared. There was much more loose gravel on the road then, and I remember serious pot-holes. Mum flatly refused to come with us, saying that she would be so frightened it would frighten her children! Good choice Mum.
@daveyboy69858 ай бұрын
I took my family in there about 25 years ago. didn't realize what it was like untill I got in there. Drove very slow and careful
@kefelonia18 ай бұрын
Been there done that hundreds of times. Ex skippers coach driver here 1970s, H@H tours. Long before the bungy.
@paul-green-photography8 ай бұрын
The unimog story isnt quite accurate. They were planning to take them in there and did do some test runs. It was all a bit too tight especially for a commercial tourism operation carrying the public. Plus locals pushed back since we didnt want the road being altered or ruined to accommodate them.
@incamoran95328 ай бұрын
My ex-partner used to drive tour coaches over the Skipper's Road back in the day. He reckoned it was the only time the Aussies on board shut up.
@brendono8 ай бұрын
My favourite memories are driving the rafting busses here. 23 seater buses with tandem trailers and 6 rafts on top. Some corners you had to take with the front of the bus over the edge. Scared the crap out of the passengers. Even had non rafters refusing to come back with me and take a helicopter back. If I spent too long having a cold swim in a side river on a stinking hot summers day, I would have to race back to the rafting take out. 22 minutes from rafting drop off to Shotover jet rafting take out. Now that was an adrenaline rush.
@rosscayley87738 ай бұрын
For a bit of perspective: the Skippers Canyon Road its a bit like any bog-standard road in northern India thats used routinely by all the trucks, cars, tuk-tuks, moto's, bicycles etc that service those himalayan regions...except the Skippers Road is in generally much better condition, traverses much more stable country, and is located above - and below - WAY smaller and less-steep cliffs.....
@CitroenDS238 ай бұрын
True enough for sure. Do those parts of India have an annual tourist population, double or more their own, that rents cars to explore the countryside and will follow a GPS signal faithfully? Imagine if you will, a convoy of the Townie family taking 10 people out for a rural picnic in 3 cars - and they turn down Skippers to find a nice spot. Or better still, in campers!
@rosscayley87738 ай бұрын
@CitroenDS23 tourism in the Indian Himalaya is beyond epic...but they mostly muddle along ok in the end.....apart from the ones that don't......
@patriciakimber43128 ай бұрын
I learnt to drive in skippers canyon , my uncle taught me how to slow down , I needed to learn to slow down But it was before the place got over taken by tourism so we didn’t need to reverse , thank god 😢
@MouseDestruction8 ай бұрын
Yeah I've seen skippers canyon be on a top 10 dangerous roads in the world, but have driven way dodgier roads in NZ (was in a 4wd club). However those are not considered to be official roads. They are like access routes for electrical companies to work on large powerlines etc. I definitely wouldn't want to be the guy driving a heavily loaded truck with construction materials up some of those roads.
@charlotterobinson13028 ай бұрын
Had to watch in 10-minute bursts, to let my heart rate come down. Loved the background banter!
@richardpeychers40768 ай бұрын
Took the family up this track in the 80's in our Hillman Hunter, and wouldn' you know it met another vehicle at Devils Gate and had to reverse up the bank to let them pass. With nowhere to turn for home we carried on through thick Mica type powdery dust with the Skippers River on our left faaar below. Further up we came to the Skippers Bridge, rusty old steel affair, we'll that was enough for the son , he hops out and starts walking while the rest of us negotiated the bridge , unfortunately the Hillman didn't have much clearance so tore the exhaust off exiting the opposite end. Spent the afternoon wandering around and found small stream that had small strawberries growing abundantly which took the kids minds off the trek. The trip out was fine but a bit noisy without the muffler now in the boot for reconnection at a later date. Back in Queenstown Next morning thought I'd give dusty old car a wash as she was looking preeetty rough when the neighbour happened by with a 'jeez mate where ya been' Skippers I replied, 'WHAT'
@shaunmccallum49838 ай бұрын
Where is this road
@MrChaza0018 ай бұрын
@@shaunmccallum4983 South Island of New Zealand, near Queenstown.
@shaunmccallum49838 ай бұрын
Iv done alot around there must keep looking
@richardpeychers40768 ай бұрын
@shaunmccallum4983 From memory it's a turn off to your left going up to coronet peak.
@samuelbroad118 ай бұрын
Bring back Hillman Hunters!
@brucet85518 ай бұрын
im glad i watched this on the screen and not from the cab.very scary.thanks Geoff for showing this.
@barbaradean64248 ай бұрын
When I was a kid in NZ during the 50's and 60's, most of the passes were similar . Buller Gorge, Lewis pass, round the Kaikoura's, Arthurs Pass. Plus the ones down south. Lots of times you had to back up, go through water courses.. down hill traffic had to give way to up hill. As a little kid in some places I would close my eyes. Loved the Lewis Pass because my brother and I could have a swim at the hot springs swimming pool at the Maruia Springs old pub, a couple of miles to Spring's Junction... so very different to now on these roads.
@annawitter51618 ай бұрын
What an awesome beautiful road!! Thank you!
@johnbell52958 ай бұрын
Na not that bad. Better maintained than our motorways. Better yet not one orange road cone.
@jmpersonal24028 ай бұрын
Have crap snow, so no skiing - mid-winter was the time to do it... June... The ruts were great.... created wide by Landrovers, so with the Suzuki Vitara, it was easy to flip one wheel in the frozen bit, let the steering loose and sneak along, particularly at the big slip... A certain nameless woman (aka, the Great Rhonzo) was screaming so loud she could be heard in Lumsden@!@! We sat her in the back seat in the middle and put her hood up so she could see nothing!!! My family had a mine at Maori Point. Well worth a visit - Great memory! The other crazy road was at Mount Cook. You could drive up to Ball Hutt. (I think) It was 50 years ago; the memory has faded a bit.
@iwanttobeamole8 ай бұрын
well I know where I'm going on my next adventure ride! Nice one chaps. Love the vids. Low key. Spot on. keep it up.
@samuelbroad118 ай бұрын
Beautiful vehicle, fantastic views, love the tussock blowing in the gale and the mist. I noticed you have a multitude of antennas.
@meref99738 ай бұрын
Imagine driving along that road when a earthquake comes. I don't even want to think about it 😅😅
@tonymckeage10288 ай бұрын
Great Video Geoff, looks like a challenging route for your truck, thanks for sharing
@Vara1698 ай бұрын
Been up this road in winter, to visit the Borrells at the Branches Station, with chains on all 4 wheels, had to cut wheel tracks in the ice at the blue slip.Try the road on the eastern side of lake Hawea, much more scary. A private road, though. It is reputed that the owner/builder Sarginson, did rock drilling tied to a rope.
@Dicastdemon8 ай бұрын
Tim's still there
@johnwaldmann52228 ай бұрын
In 1985 there was a section of the road, in a saddle, that dropped off sheer on both sides. Four wheel drive vehicles had rutted that section so badly that a motorcycle or car could not drive in the ruts. So the answer for a mad motorcyclist like myself was to put a wheel on each side, in each rut with the bike balanced on the exhaust under the engine. Then gun it with loads of counter steer to force the rear wheel to give traction. The most dangerous road in the country was justified back in those days because The centre ridge was only about six inches across at that point. And a road that is 6 inches wide is for definite pretty dangerous given the drop either side. The ruts were more than a foot deep and sloped washed out. Easier on a dirt bike, than the road bike I was riding. On foot well it would have been sit down and scramble unless you were a gymnast with perfect balance and zero fear of height. I’m watching this to see if the drovers camp, and tepee at the end of the road is still there after all these years. Being homeless at the time, I stopped there for a week or so.
@AJKPenguin8 ай бұрын
Wonderful country and great presentation!
@user-ge8cx5yx7n8 ай бұрын
My husband and I travelled this road....area, late 1980s! Beautiful!!!!Wairoa, HB😂😢😮!!!
@haydonditchburn21948 ай бұрын
We had to drive roads like that in a firetruck (very similar in size to this one) for our Fire Brigade Drivers Qualification. If you didn't drive it with confidence - you failed.
@treehuggernz8 ай бұрын
And drive it with over confidence … you died?
@ellsw7 ай бұрын
Bravo, gentlemen. A great video to watch and some great overhead drone shots. I watched it while on my indoor rowing machine so it was just like being there with you guys. Have done some off road driving in NZ but never in such a big truck nor with such steep.sides. Great to watch!
@mrmacc13128 ай бұрын
I have driven that road and as an experienced driver I was nervous!! Amazing scenery though well worth it
@jimcrawford50398 ай бұрын
Bloody awesome! Another great video! Cheers from Oz.
@chrisstaylor83778 ай бұрын
Just drove over the Napier Toupo road today ,man it’s in terrible shape ,really rough ,it’s a dangerous road
@anthonylemon90158 ай бұрын
Thoroughly enjoyable thank you for sharing. Very interesting country. Gday from across the ditch.
@nickbenfell43278 ай бұрын
I have driven this road. Scary? Just the way it is portrayed.
@mikebarton8 ай бұрын
I haven't driven that road. I think I best change that..🫡 Good video.👏
@trinityparore47218 ай бұрын
love your wagon though
@gregorybathurst71718 ай бұрын
While on holiday in 72 i was 6 my father took us up there to see his mate , who operated the greater along this rd i remember it being so dusty it being so fine it got into everything, we survived..
@anthonyclayden77178 ай бұрын
Yeah, yeah, hardly any really gnarly bits - except for all of it
@RageAgainstTheMachine.8 ай бұрын
thank you gentlemen😂 that climb was nally af🥶thank you 4 sharing. Cheers all
@klaymann8887 ай бұрын
Balls of Steel right there aye , I've taken an 11 mtr Pantech thru some dodgy roads in Oz but nothing compared to that ... luved the nervous laughter from all ... hahahaaaa
@claudiaandthomasruhl77538 ай бұрын
Great. Like watching paint dry. And the japping in the cab is the killer
@robinsmith97348 ай бұрын
What a bunch of harddoers with complimentary commentary! Roll on MAN, nice idling speed, The Nevis next?
@peteacher528 ай бұрын
Crikey!! NZ's own Bolivia Death Road! Just put another 500 vehicles or more a day on it and Bob's your uncle. Imagine driving the Skippers, Geoff, in a bus with 45 passengers, six goats and 3 tons of luggage, with opposing traffic of the same nature including fuel and LPG tankers!
@mikescudder46218 ай бұрын
The Bolivian Death road has actually been superseded by an actual 'highway' route. Now days, its pretty much just local traffic and tourists. Its hairy, especially for tourists, because you have to drive on the 'wrong' side of the road so that the driver heading descending can see where he is putting his wheels along the edge of the drop. I drove it with a Mitsubishi Minicab 2 cylinder 550cc mini van i bought in Chile 15 years ago before youtube was a 'thing'!!
@peteacher528 ай бұрын
That would be worth seeing if you have any pics. Talk about bloody hair-raising! I know the old Bolivian road is defunct commercially, but not for tourists. I just wanted to keep the comment pithy!@@mikescudder4621
@SerEnmei8 ай бұрын
Looks just as good as some of our state highways.
@confuzsays71968 ай бұрын
Thats nuts
@user-vs4lc1gb6p5 ай бұрын
I went on skippers canyon drive in my Falcon sw .what a drive.up the bank to let bus go past went Gold panning only found fools gold .awesome trip.
@user-tx6jv7gx9j7 ай бұрын
My late Aunties first posting out of teachers college was Skippers and she traveled by horse and cart
@lawrenceadams16498 ай бұрын
Wow Wonderfull
@paulricketts28638 ай бұрын
YOU SHOULD TRY THE ROAD INTO FRENCH PASS
@Dicastdemon8 ай бұрын
I used to do this every day. Thanks to Nomad Safaris. They were lucky the bus with the rafts on the back was not present.
@keithmac75968 ай бұрын
Tons of track width , cant see what the drama was about , other than its not much fun being a passenger . A blast on the horns would have been a highlight in some places . maybe next time if there's some thinking before rounding corners . And yes the South is my Island .
@ianscott36978 ай бұрын
What a safe road, ive been on worst in the north island of new zealand, a 30m bank on one side and a 30m drop on the other, no room to pass as the road bents down the hill.
@MikeJD8 ай бұрын
We have done it in 4x Honda City AA 2 years ago, piece of cake
@kefelonia18 ай бұрын
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@MeBeingAble8 ай бұрын
I think its just the vehicle giving you guys a rough ride, otherwise i dont see a problem
@stephenmiller62138 ай бұрын
My family went all the way to the end and over the bridge in about 1967. the trip was in a VW Combi mini bus , it was summer time. Ive never been back since . BUT there is a good book about the early family the lived out there. Oh don't forget you have to turn around at the old home stead and travel back on the same road. I dont think private motorist are alloud on tis road now a days.
@carolking63558 ай бұрын
As a 10 year old went with my dad in 1953. Road worse then. A woman drove us in a small bus. Barefoot and quite fast. We went to the top where she lived with her husband. We all - about 8 - had a cup of tea. Some years later her husband driving home at night after drinking in Queenstown went over the side. Is there nothing at the top now ? This trip didn’t make it all the way. Disappointing.
@user-uw7ey6zt4u7 ай бұрын
Done the Takaka hill, the whangamoas, the road to Akaroa, French Pass etc... But FM I am NEVER doing that road. NO WAY!
@braveworld27078 ай бұрын
When are you showing _The most Dangerous Road in NZ?_ 🤷♂
@robinhodgkinson8 ай бұрын
Yeah she’s a road that heightens the senses. Especially when you meet a truck coming the other way. I and the family went on probably that same 4x4 in the video. I remember the driver was way too relaxed to inspire confidence and security. That kind of nonchalance gets you on the news - “fatal accident on skippers canyon road…”
@rodcollins29788 ай бұрын
Much more interesting on fast forward
@THEchiQ8 ай бұрын
You know it’s bumpy when a pack of truck-adjacent men are burbling constantly about the ride 😂
@tracywoodfield67618 ай бұрын
It’s not that bad we’ve done it in a Kingswood station wagon - it’s the coming back that road that sucks 😅😅
@pierredugae10898 ай бұрын
Dam I didn't realize that we had road like this. Orsim 😮plus no way u would catch me driving a truck on that road but I might be a passenger
@AuthorWayneMoore8 ай бұрын
Lees Valley road from Oxford is more dangerous, cliffs descending a long way down. Has Beautiful river Valley half way.
@chrisbird66098 ай бұрын
Oh come on, it is not that bad. Obviously you are not used to driving on our back country roads!
@AuthorWayneMoore8 ай бұрын
@@chrisbird6609 I felt this was less safe.
@Brandubh19658 ай бұрын
Went through mum, dad and the boy in the 90's in a toyota 1600 front wheel drive, had to high speed up from the 'town' to get out. wife tried first. got stuck 1/2 way up and jumped out leaving me and the boy in the back seat!!!
@kennymilsom8 ай бұрын
Well done . Now try it again after a few Speights .. lol
@MENDNZ8 ай бұрын
This is like most roads in Nepal
@user-zs5nr8dd1z8 ай бұрын
Huh? How many roads have you driven on in NZ? In my experience Skippers is a pussy compared to many others I have driven in the North and South Islands.
@alderpet79868 ай бұрын
You guys turned around missing the best parts of the track with the road cut into a vertical cliff face and stunning view through the valley
@tonywoodham37608 ай бұрын
I don't think I would bother, struggle with self preservation 😅😅😅
@neilrobertson13458 ай бұрын
Pretty tame
@robertfranc23658 ай бұрын
Guess it was constructed and maintained by millions of elves in tonka trucks.
@p.n.gwynne8 ай бұрын
reminds me of the motorways
@adamlauina4918 ай бұрын
Yeah i was going to mention our road in Gisborne but nah. This is scarier. All the swearing was definitely warranted lol
@ColinDaviesNZ8 ай бұрын
yeah, plenty of roads around the east coast, way more dangerous than this. Also you can meet logging truck trailers on high speeds on them.
@JohnMaioha8 ай бұрын
That is very tame compared to the dirt roads over the mountains in Oman. It took me four hours to drive 60 km over one road in a Toyota Landcruiser during which time I saw only two other vehicles.
@davevanderzwet12098 ай бұрын
and then there is Macetown Road
@fecnde8 ай бұрын
Going into skippers is nothing. Not dangerous. Heading off that road and going into The Branches - that’s bloody scary
@tgapete018 ай бұрын
I once went there in my 4wd to fix their satellite dish. Road seemed a bit thin at times! A few years later I had to go again for something different, but the road was washed out so got flown in. Great views through the canyon.
@StuWNZ8 ай бұрын
SH1 is the most dangerous road in NZ.
@nigelspiby57268 ай бұрын
Where is this road?
@ironclay39398 ай бұрын
So reassuring of the driver "It Won't be Like This All the way" - what exactly does that mean, "This is Sweet it gets Worse"? or "There's a nice sealed road coming up with a white dotted line"? - I don't think the driver should "Write Marriage Vows" for a living ""It Won't be Like This All the way"" is to say the least "A Bit Lose"
@gerrybeckingsale99738 ай бұрын
Private cars can travel this road, but their insurance doesn't cover them.
@gregorymiller78288 ай бұрын
when was this road built?
@patricialloyd8668 ай бұрын
sorry seen worse roads filmed overseas, they lucky no one else is on the road
@dodgie19518 ай бұрын
Where is this
@juliaforsyth83328 ай бұрын
Road down to Skipper's Canyon. Gold country.
@CauliflowerMcPugg7 ай бұрын
That's SH1 isn't it? 😂
@rickpenhall45048 ай бұрын
Have you driven kiwi Rd in taranaki?
@cr100018 ай бұрын
Good nomination. I think it's narrower and tighter than Skippers.
@rickpenhall45048 ай бұрын
I drove it with my traffic truck. My worker was worried. I loved the drive up to the tunnel. After the tunnel it just becomes a normal gravel rd
@cdalesupersix8 ай бұрын
Sweet vid. But I argue not the most dangerous road. You have full control over how you operate on it. Add other drivers, then you have a dangerous road. Unpredictable, dumb decisions, which affect you, then it becomes dangerous.
@PaulG.x8 ай бұрын
or until a bellend comes around the next corner and your control of the situation goes out the window
@cdalesupersix8 ай бұрын
@@PaulG.x exactly, the road is safe until that clown arrives.
@Lazydaisy6468 ай бұрын
I refused this road too 45 years ago , not for this faint hearted lady
@honahwikeepa21158 ай бұрын
Kia ora from Sydney. No wonder I miss home.
@mohork8 ай бұрын
Where is this road.
@barryskilling96168 ай бұрын
Took my Honda Goldwing in there fun ride
@iamie1538 ай бұрын
"It won't be like this all the way" - no most of it is worse. 🙂
@simonallan99418 ай бұрын
So waiting waiting for the dangerous parts??
@europanzz8 ай бұрын
arghhhhh!!!
@simonallan99418 ай бұрын
That road is obviously very well maintained, why is it considered dangerous?
@trevordavis12788 ай бұрын
Does not say we're in N.Z i seen a lot worse in the back country Taranki and King County
@cr100018 ай бұрын
It's Skippers Road, north of Queenstown. Agreed, there are a lot tighter/narrower roads than that.. The Nevis road, from Cromwell down to Athol, and the road down the east side of Lake Benmore, are said to be quite exciting, though I haven't had the chance to try them myself.
@piricarroll8 ай бұрын
I've been along a few gnarly country roads at the coast in King Country. This video with it's huge pot holes, and rough narrow roads definitely triggered those terrifying memories. One road we had to navigate had half dropped away. We had to crawl along what was left of the road, and partially inside the dropped away part. Would never recommend! Those coasties know how to drive I can say that much!
@bazzman70568 ай бұрын
Try that in winter.
@10_rds_Fire_For_Effect8 ай бұрын
Great conversation inside the cab: "aauwe f**k me!" and the driver saying "don't mention f**k unless there's something I need to do!" Fantastic bloke talk. Surprised KZfaq's Woke PC algorithms didn't restrict it in case some delicate sod got offended.
@kevinwilson7528 ай бұрын
not really that dangerous - I think the camera angle makes the perspective all wrong
@trinityparore47218 ай бұрын
most dangerous road in nz is state highway 1
@mattyallen33968 ай бұрын
Worse roads up the East Coast
@user-rl6gp9nk2l8 ай бұрын
this is hardly a "dangerous" road... simply a smooth metal road up a hill..... any old vehicle can make it up this hill.... dangerous.... what a crock!
@richardhawken65867 ай бұрын
Meh I took an 8 wheeler twin steer and trailer up to porter's ski field easy peasy