“ROUGH-STUFF BEGINS where the tarmac ends” said my late friend Derek Houghton, some- thing I mused on during an April 2022 tour of the Andean north west of Argentina. Based in Salta and Jujuy provinces and using classified Ruta Nacional and Ruta Provincial roads open to all vehicles, the tour was not aimed specifically at those who like to travel the rougher ways. But, over several days, we cycled more than 230 km on unpaved roads that might be considered as mode- rately challenging rough-stuff.