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[Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] [Music] the Condor the Incas considered this bird to be a messenger from God a guide who accompanied the dead on their journey to the afterlife five centuries on the legend continues in the Peruvian Andes lies the cotahuasi canyon a gaping valley three and a half kilometers deep more than one driver has lost their life to this ravine but the Condor was there to guide their souls [Music] polenta's Caminos [Music] [Music] blah blah [Music] none of the passengers dare to look out the window the strategy which helps them to stay calm in any case they would rather face their fears than face exhaustion only a few years ago people still traveled these 35 kilometers on foot for a second [Music] this implication as he came to tell Rico Philippines equation to switch the curricular raucous sample offense in the cotahuasi canyon no one forces their way through the smaller vehicles give way better not to rush [Music] this is exactly the philosophy for truck driver rose enduro for him patience is key to survival the taranta tenemos que star sinker at arava who mess those messes if very well we won you are the term of the pasar P it is mini Kira in value Massimo total planet came a Camilla Boca del Rho del Diablo vaca came up with a pot of oil for centuries the devil roamed the Andean mountains in the form of the conquistadors cruelly enslaving the Incas they were the first to travel these mountainous paths carrying gold and silver on their backs [Music] Peru may be a country abundant with precious minerals but the descendants of the Inca see it differently a rich country full of poor people whose attempts to earn a living often come at a dangerous price but in Peru gold takes many forms like bird droppings one of the best fertilizers in the world harvesting it is a painful process [Music] my horas you know Peru is developing rapidly but at what price road building between the villages is often rushed meaning the residents have to suffer the consequences even if it makes their lives easier [Music] so see enthusiasts parody Gareth amo I read cuatro horas yeah the autonomous guitar Time Machine by remember over the course of time Peru has gradually become country of strongmen the conquistadors made no mistake when they founded the city of toil its climate between 22 and 30 degrees all year round makes it the city of eternal spring but this is not its only asset constructed at the border of the city its coastal location allowed gold and silver minded the Andes to be quickly sent over to Spain nowadays these mines continue to be exploited a good source of income for Consuelo and a husband Lucho this enterprising couples supply the miners with bricks soft drinks beer flour and other goods 20 tonnes to transport despite the perilous route sean consuelo leave at dusk to keep their vegetables out of the midday heat they are 373 kilometers away from the mining town of the Reta mas 20 hours of driving on the edge of a precipice they hope to arrive late afternoon on Saturday the best time to sell their 500 cases of beer [Music] the couple will never be millionaires but their business allows them to send their two children to school fifteen-year-old Liz net is always sad to watch them leave bethe second [Music] [Music] mr. Bloomberg era yeah [Music] Lucho is the designated driver he doesn't plan on making any stops that 20 hours behind the wheel would be impossible without the help of a stimulant passed down from the Incas only to Japan Lucho isn't just battling against the road at certain points like on this hill leading up to a 3500 meter high pass his truck crawls along at 20 kilometers an hour he could relax but instead he's doubly vigilant [Music] the solids from our operation having reached the top of the passage and with danger averted Lucho puts his foot down he accelerates and begins to take risks [Music] [Music] but his need for speed causes him to forget one small detail his truck is weighed down with 20 tons of goods second much brain itself dispatch where's concern aurita prep me Yoda yeah yeah the one with the liver India and so the precious minutes gained on the way down are lost but bigger troubles await Lucho he and his wife have fallen asleep now they have overslept by an hour an hour that they must now make up for at the crack of dawn no time for a coffee they set off as quickly as they can [Music] [Applause] [Music] focus is essential on these roads there is no room for error if you fall there is no coming back although some drivers have a stroke of luck this truck fell more than 30 meters after landing in the bushes its driver escaped unscathed hit the bridge of a devil of terrible uses for Ian Severus Devon dilute them [Applause] [Applause] if they managed to retrieve the truck their next mission is a matter of more than just cleaning up with an average salary of 370 euros in Peru replacing a vehicle is not a feasible option indeed Lucho is now having to pay the price for having bought a set of second-hand tires once I got the notch Illinois's no no Moses Nadia no no not again business is not looking good for Lucho and Consuelo especially is the most dangerous part of the journey is yet to come the Moran Yana River Canyon driving through the Andes requires good sense and self-control these roads claimed the lives of dozens of people every year yeah Rose andrew is a winemaker his vineyard is at the other end of the cotahuasi canyon it is a 35 kilometers along the region's most dangerous path [Music] Rose and Rho is one of the few locals who owns a car the bus only comes twice a day so he willingly volunteers as taxi driver while he's driving Rose Andrew takes no chances but despite the chasm below he's confident in his driving abilities and his trusty 20 year old the pickup truck is approaching 40 kilometers an hour peligro so mera pehla Grossman yeah then Travis Momina intro I identify small kids funa community entropy chauffeur pays de xalapa costello salvo personnel first opened a real pro marriage in the metro [Music] okay okay a puzzle [Music] you [ __ ] all the fizzy lockers a fair dream but an unlikely one the road is just eight years old the diggers are not ready to come back still this is already a step forward for a resin drop before it took him two days to get to his vineyard on the back of a mule the biggest problem is the cliff face as the rock crumbles easily todo lo y cosas luego yo da Posada entonces Yauch okoma Dario kalisto CSUN Puente possible Carson day [Music] [Music] dynamite man studying Estes is the secretiveness [Music] que es muy adentro cuidado cuidado cuidado cuidado cuidado Mira tetapi Erica entropy ya know Salazar in disguise the cotahuasi canyon is worthy of his nickname The Devil's mouth vivido en La Boca del Diablo decision yes mr. Peroni nueva vida del Rio festival reopen a car pace car tomorrow new chair a serial rapist are startled iranian-american are named la tierra como la [Music] it's not Eurasia the miss Paris was part a movie dystopia porque ya the canoes a tomahawk many years ago the conquistadors arrived in this region and cultivated grape vines razandrich continues to tendus plants using 16th century techniques at harvesting time he still presses the grapes with his feet terrace sample iranian psyche karappa river follows penis without the use of any machines rose enduro produces 5000 liters of wine each year when you're exported el vino Pilatus Porter hora que trabajar e the repent a poder exporter of car Mercado Pago Pago making ends meet in Peru requires hard work and a strong will conditions are often bleak so imagine what it is like when the only way to make a living lies in the middle of the desert [Music] this man's work takes him as far as the para cos desert this vast expanse borders the Pacific Ocean not with a beautiful beach but with a hard cliff edge if he wants to earn some Peruvian solos shikaka will have to climb down it [Music] give me another door Oh a 60 meter descent without any safety measures well apart from shawarma reporte where's Caliendo rental in Louisville correspond Saguna it's a corner control lieutenant mojito Kocher is perhaps the only fisherman Mountaineer in the world [Music] [Music] Columbus's formerly of Columbia Louis Agassiz Tokyo [Music] so why take such risks in fact this place is a natural reserve teeming with fish net fishing is forbidden only fishing rods are tolerated consequently Shikoku has almost no competition we go my you click on nothing you think a heap remembering a venial tuna-salad are maybe baby on average the fisherman catches close to 20 kilograms of fish a day but today he catches none the strong waves along with his sea lion friends seem to have scared off some of the fish money that will make itself shikaka x' days not wasted however he also sells seaweed at the market but yet again a meager harvest at 66 years old this exercise is becoming increasingly difficult shikaka spends weeks at a time in the desert he does not have the means to waste petrol driving 35 kilometers home every night hey Cassandra para mañana in therapy car was a gay are becoming a [Music] rumor they devalue unisol think a gigantic I pick out she were a parent area mask Kim or Veronica but up where you are a couple of Amelia is a look at it without due to the overheated brakes and a flat tire Lucho and Consuelo have now lost nearly half a day Retta mosque the city of gold miners are still another 60 kilometers away the couple are expecting to sell 500 crates of beer over the weekend but the journey has not got off to a good start even if he were to speed up lucho faces a major problem he's about to take on the most dangerous part of the mountain a winding road full of dust that flies up into the air often blocking the drivers view [Music] [Applause] there's a bee [Applause] I got a better [Music] lucho slows down it's just as well as it takes him a couple of attempts to get around these hairpin bangs [Music] [Music] by the time they arrived in Retta mas Lucho and Consuelo have been on the road for 26 hours 26 hours of danger and exhaustion for nothing the night is well underway in the streets of Retta mas are almost empty it will take them four days to sell their 500 crates of beer two days longer than planned far away from their daughter at night the streets of this city of gold look just like mining tunnels [Music] by day the image of rata mass is less enchanting a construction site cluttered with huts topped with tin roofs the town lives purely for its gold mines for centuries miners have been picking the Andes to pieces [Music] Carlos struck gold 14 years ago at the time he was slaving away in the coffee and cocoa plantations earning almost nothing nowadays he continues to work hard but the pay is better almost $600 a month twice the minimum wage in Peru he decided to get his brother involved in the venture and more recently his son and nephew the small family works in a mine abandoned by the industrialist who originally exploited it as it was not producing enough profit each working day is a risk as the mine crumbles around clima first set up Ryu now let's go affirmative yes present American under help to communicate with the outside world 70 meters above them the workers use an ingenious system taken straight from their childhood gamez los almos otra vez de estos communica Mo's during the time of its industrial exploitation the mine produced hundreds of kilograms of precious metals nowadays the family mines just one and a half kilograms per year extracting the gold with the pickaxe would take too much time so the main use explosives levena Mita yes a desolate amante toesik Assam Osaka na preparados bastante peligroso a severe no preparan cantidad de Moura mas o menos and Osama new toes para que [Music] the dynamite releases toxic gases during the explosion and there is so much dust that the air is unbreathable [Applause] one hour later yes a little cheese Peduto Carlos and his family extract around five tons of minerals every month in order to produce a hundred and twenty five grams of gold it's not a huge amount but it's enough to get by Bulgaria mastered superiority enormous are canceled in area per se motivo nuestros hijos cicada Nacional in La Ventana mom's diciendo [Applause] Tellis Energia sand as well yes guess one car kalamos diario veces maybe Carlos every year in Peru almost a hundred and seventy-one tons of gold and 4,000 tons of silver unlined the country is rich in many other minerals as well as oil and gas this tremendous source of income maintains a strong economy and poverty has decreased by 50% in 10 years but despite all this infrastructure is still developing going to the town to stock up on supplies is always a source of concern for eleuterio [Music] yes Konami Mona his village is at the edge of the Amazon rainforest an 80 kilometer journey along a path that's barely wider than the vehicle itself [Music] [Music] luckily she saw Joseph arrow but I first asked you got a bundle area this stretch is only a few months old although it's extremely dangerous it has changed the lives of all those living in the mountains yanaka minimis comments coming arms coming on the sauciest resi espera de queretaro mama comprendo slim inspiratory and paraca alright cuatro horas y vamos vamos in Toyama the road is not yet completely finished there are ten kilometers left to build but the machines can only work at a rate of four kilometers per year and that's not including landslides and other road collapses [Music] de la cartera por la carte area you probably okay hello cheerio travels the rest of his journey on foot his village is a two-hour walk away construction is always a dangerous operation on the roads in these mountains building this road has already cost one worker his life because Uniqua come along any Moses in querido yet er no para que estas en los cielos estamos presented santa's beard Senora King gear economist amusements lugar cuidado Senor to take a little man I mean [Music] Oh [Music] Kisame ruin Imola vergis Ebola at 66 years old eleuterio is not lacking in energy full steam ahead for the two-hour journey home [Applause] [Music] for a long time to come this journey will remain the only way to access his village he's not expected that the new road would reach here but its proximity is enough to ensure that these residents are no longer isolated this is the coca-cola Yuka this Parrilla Pina Mossad sombrero solamente para comer economist yeah para poder when dennis quaid even during na de la carga this jacket I Amba bent solely la ropa por de silva Masuka lyokha entire most events oral Aruba event Solis el transporte de hermano Lee no silly Ababa mientras oi pork on carro y el carro de Cobra Rosales prayer over cambio la vida y mano y la cartera life is improving in the Andes little by little the mountain men have developed a certain resilience to these rustic conditions [Music] [Music] they are practically the only people who are able to endure one of the most grueling jobs in the world this work takes place on the island surrounding the peruvian coast such as asia island those who come from the city don't last long edwin - there's almost we musta wantin these extreme workers earn double the minimum wage but at what price the working day begins at 5 a.m. [Music] [Music] this digital fingerprint reader is the only modern-day concession the rest of the time the menus centuries-old equipment you can move around a little bit [Applause] they are all here to harvest guano that is to say bird droppings it's one of the best natural fertilizers in the world pelicans gannets cormorants millions of birds flock to the Peruvian islands it takes between 10 and 15 years to dig out a 2 metre thick layer of dung harvesting is done by hand as machines are forbidden the good reason they would scare off the birds and damage their natural environment they would be very useful for the workers however working conditions are terrible the smell of the decaying bird droppings is almost unbearable [Music] not my honest Yamba sifting is a real ordeal the dust is constant but there is a fair system in place nobody escapes this task [Music] the usual case is one over to Tina pluma he met Peter Potamus obstinance kiss election are loving this look stars Terezin lipstick on a yellow polo Serena yesterday yesterday Laguna basic we are embarked our Messiah the main harvest 50 tons of guano a day [Applause] and no wonder each bag weighs approximately 50 kilograms what's the no no resistance the trabajo en trabajo in casa de la Costa estaba customers the tipo de trabajo y como en la Sierra star was a CP : but all her single chuckling these men might be more able to cope but at what cost the island is swarming with ticks carried over by the birds same chassis he sadly pushed to most common material he the Ministry of Agriculture in charge of the guano picking does provide workers with masks but nobody wears them [Applause] the only advantage for these workers is that they're able to save on expenses they are fed and housed but conditions are extremely tough there's no fresh water on the island a tanker comes weekly to deliver it [Music] the precious liquid is rationed only 8 litres a day to wash and do laundry the trick is to put your clothes on the floor as you shower thank you it's all one thing is lucious you know there's a play a border cuerpo once the working day is over Entertainment on the island is few and far between destroy her nose la otra cosa más que hacer fazer deportivo de choros a la pesca puck sino que vas a sarakin eastern sierra de la espera seen a cardigan [Music] Dante la familia tow pero Toma nara's como que hay que se puede ser esta en de la familia PC Denis trabajo la familia Train Comic Con no Sonny no Serio pareve steer Mo's soda car la familia 10 tiene comprender a song case ecologica meant a no estaba Rondo la vida [Music] ever since the Spanish departure in 1824 Peru has suffered through several dictatorships and a Maoist guerrilla group that left tens of thousands of people victims in its wake [Music] but today thanks to the strength of its countrymen that country is beginning to take flight [Music] [Music] you

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Length: 51min 24sec (3084 seconds)

Published: Sun Mar 01 2020