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Paralympic gold medallist Ellen Keane and six-time All-Ireland Camogie star Ashling Thompson travel to Bolivia to the start of the fabled ‘Death Road’ to meet Ray Goggins. This hair raising descent of the world’s most dangerous road is just the start of an incredible seven day challenge, trekking close to 100km through the dense cloud forest of Bolivia. The trio will have to negotiate raging rivers, punishing terrain and wild jungle as they climb ever higher into the Andean mountains.
As the trio climb higher into the mountains, the altitude starts to affect them all. Ray is suffering from a bad cough and his lungs are rasping. On the fifth day the majestic peak of Huayna Potosi is revealed. This is the final, most brutal of challenge of them all. In two days, the group will need to traverse sheer ice walls, snow fields and mountain glaciers as they to attempt to summit the 6088 metre peak. It will be the toughest test of their lives.
Ellen Keane and Ashling Thompson ep 3 Uncharted with Ray Goggins RTÉ
