Now I’m really ready. I love roads like that. Sadly, I just got rid of my five speed.
A couple years ago, I was up that way with my sons. We were bombing down a steep hill with a 130 degree 15 mph hairpin at the bottom. As I reached the turn, I jammed the brakes, hit the clutch and dropped into second gear, popped the clutch, engine braked for a bit and floored it. As I was shifting, I looked at my boys and said “That gentlemen is why you drive a five speed.”
My favorite road was a one lane dirt road that went up a mountain pass in Colorado. Huge dropoffs, no guardrails and 2 way traffic. Actual had to back up to let other cars go past the other way.
I was driving a ‘96 Buick with iffy front brakes.
Probably should have had the five-speed.