{"id":2348,"date":"2025-06-20T20:55:42","date_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:55:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/?p=2348"},"modified":"2025-06-20T20:55:43","modified_gmt":"2025-06-20T11:55:43","slug":"2504-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dream-journey.net\/moto\/en\/2025\/06\/20\/2504-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Entering Chile from Susques, Argentina, through the Jama border &#8211; accident at an altitude of 4,700m"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>I&#8217;m heading from Susques, a city in northwestern Argentina, through the Jama border to San Pedro de Atacama in Chile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The distance is about 280km, so it&#8217;s not that long.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure data-wp-context=\"{&quot;imageId&quot;:&quot;69fc9ac83346a&quot;}\" data-wp-interactive=\"core\/image\" data-wp-key=\"69fc9ac83346a\" class=\"wp-block-image size-large wp-lightbox-container\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"709\" 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