"IRT: Deadliest Roads", is a new reality series premiering October 3, 2010 on HISTORY.
"..'Ice Road Truckers: Deadliest Roads', takes some of the toughest truckers from one of History's most popular programs and challenges them to haul their way through a new kind of hell on earth. 'IRT: Deadliest Roads' will test everything the ice truckers have learned in more than 40 combined years of driving, forcing them to adapt to white-knuckle road and driving conditions unlike anything they have ever faced.
"From the crowded streets of Delhi to treacherously steep, narrow and congested roads blasted into the mountainside, they're about to embark on an exhilarating, exhausting and terrifying adventure. India's Himalayan roadways are among the most historic on the planet. Dating back to 206 B.C., the Himalayas were an integral part of the famous Silk Routes, connecting Central Asia with South Asia, and creating a bridge between culturally and religiously diverse countries such as India, China, Afghanistan, Nepal, and Bhutan. Infrastructure that was once narrow yak trails were turned into roads in the 1800's and today's truckers now follow along these same ancient routes.
"However, beneath this rich culture and tradition exists some of India's most treacherous roadways. One stretch of tight, winding road is the notorious 'Freefall Freeway', which clings to a cliff 700 feet high - a wall of granite on one side, a perilous drop to certain death on the other.
"Elsewhere, drivers must master 'The Cutouts', where only enough rock has been blasted out of the mountains to allow one vehicle at a time to pass. Not only must drivers here cope with a 1,000-foot cliff, but they also must be wary of scraping the top of their vehicles on the rock ceiling. If that weren't enough, 'Breakaway Bend', so named because too much blasting has weakened the mountain from below, leads not only to potholes but also to total roadway failure. Quite literally, the road could give way under their wheels at any moment..."
"Elsewhere, drivers must master 'The Cutouts', where only enough rock has been blasted out of the mountains to allow one vehicle at a time to pass. Not only must drivers here cope with a 1,000-foot cliff, but they also must be wary of scraping the top of their vehicles on the rock ceiling. If that weren't enough, 'Breakaway Bend', so named because too much blasting has weakened the mountain from below, leads not only to potholes but also to total roadway failure. Quite literally, the road could give way under their wheels at any moment..."
HISTORY adds a boost of adrenaline to your Sunday nights with its brand new series, "IRT: Deadliest Roads" at 9/8c. Set in the highest and most dangerous mountain ranges in the world, the Himalayas, three seasoned truckers will be forced to drive through the deadliest and most unpredictable routes that the road has to offer. Follow drivers Lisa Kelly, Rick Yemm and Alex Debogorski as they deliver goods to small villages along untouched highways.
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