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TAR 23 EP 2 "Zip It Bingo" Santiago, Chile
Vitoko:
--- Quote from: SteKay on October 03, 2013, 08:12:56 PM ---That's a good stretch of a cycle after a 24h bus journey.
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You got it backwards. Detour before bus ride to Santiago.
--- Quote from: Chateau d If on October 03, 2013, 07:50:18 PM ---Based on this bit of information provided by Vitoko:
--- Quote ---Route Info: "Irland 3 Salt Mine"
Teams took taxis from the museum to "Kilometro 21" (they might call it differently) from where they grabbed a bike and ride it to the abbandoned Irland 3 Salt mine, they were followed by a 4x4 pickup truck with camera and sound crew.
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and this picture of Team Bingo riding the bikes:
I was able to find a likely location for the Detour. The solar altitude indicated by the nose shadow says it is about 9:30 am. At that time the sun was shining from azimuth 74.5 degrees. Sincre the sun is exactly at his left we know the roadway that he is riding on is pointed with azimuth 74.5 + 90 = 164.5 degrees. That helps to find the right stretch of roadway. Looking within one taxi ride from Iquique I found a road with exactly that angle! It's the A-750 south of and inland from town.
From Kilometro 21 it is a 3.6 km ride to an abandoned salt mine. Thanks to Vitoko, I believe this is the location of the Ireland 3 Salt Mine and our Detour. :conf:
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OMG Chateau you are awesome, you need to teach me how to get those numbers sometime (it would actually help me a lot)
georgiapeach:
:tu Chateau!! That is awesome!! What a team we have!! :yess:
stekay:
Oops my bad :groan:
Slowhatch:
Wikimapia is calling it Salina La Isla, but take that with a grain of salt (:funny:......sorry) because even the commenters can't agree on what "oficina" it represents.
Vitoko:
--- Quote from: Slowhatch on October 04, 2013, 09:28:32 AM ---Wikimapia is calling it Salina La Isla, but take that with a grain of salt (:funny:......sorry) because even the commenters can't agree on what "oficina" it represents.
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I guess I could do some research with local historians and stuff like that but is not really worth it. To be honest I didn't knew this thing existed before June and I've live here my entire life, I honestly don't remember where I found out about the name of Irland 3, it's been a long time since I got that information... :umn:
Also that wikimapia says that the closest city is Tacna, La Paz and Arequipa... Not Iquique, Arica, La Tirana, Tocopilla, Alto Hospicio... so yeah... blahblah
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