Truck drivers are essential workers that often transport much needed supplies and commodities over many days on the road, yet little is known about the challenges they face along the way.

In Chengdu, Guo Quan races against time to cross the Tibet border before the start of China’s Golden Week where the border will close for the holiday. He has to travel the most dangerous highway in China - the Sichuan-Tibet Highway. In the Himalayan town of Manali, Sonu and his trucking companion resume their interrupted journey to Leh, Ladakh, after surviving the worst natural disaster in Himachal Pradesh. The Manali-Leh Highway is surrounded by lofty mountains and covered in snow in certain parts, making it one of the most dangerous roads in India.

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00:00 Introduction
01:45 An urgent frozen food delivery: 800km in 30 hours
04:50 Travelling one of the world's most dangerous roads
08:21 Trucker family life: seeing his children for only 60 days a year
11:19 Floods cause the worst road damage in 20 years
18:53 Guo Quan gets into an accident
22:28 Steep and narrow cliffside roads with sharp bends
29:22 Engine failure on a treacherous slope
32:11 Crossing under low-hanging cliffs
36:31 Sonu parts with his companion
40:05 Water shortage in Leh, India

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About the show: Three long-haul truck drivers take on treacherous terrain and the high-altitude mountain passes of China and India in order to bring essential goods and commodities to remote communities.
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