The Scariest Path In The World now in HD

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/scariest_path_hd.html ^

[navysealdad]

El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's little pathway) is a walkway or via ferrata, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in the district of Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to Camino del Rey. In 1901 it became obvious that workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide for transport of materials, and for the inspection and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway took four years and it was finished in 1905.

[SamAdams76]

You won’t catch me on that path. Unless I’m riding on a donkey.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

I love the fact they still leave it open for the public. That would never happen in our nanny state!

Actually whoever did the filming was trespassing. After 5 deaths in 2 years the Spanish government closed off both ends of the trail and fined you up to 5000 Euros if they caught you on the trail. Even after they closed it so many people kept coming that they decided to cash in on its fame and turn it into a tourist attraction.

[DUMBGRUNT]

Just think about the guys that had to hump all the portland, sand, water, rebar...

Extra gruel for the team that gets the first 94 pound bags of cement up that easy 5.7...

And using the big double cam Friends is simply not right!
That is borderline cheating!

Now get humping!

[JoeProBono]

el caminito del rey in el chorro being built

[mountn man]

Remember that vid some months back, of the dams being built in India and the guys humping the high tension towers into the mountains?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5ENSijglx0

[DUMBGRUNT]

That is a superb story!
I did enjoyed it !

Around the 29 min mark, I thought I heard someone say ‘Tandoori chicken when we get to the top!’

7000 workers, 25,300 tons all humped in !!!

[LostInBayport]

I watched the entire video and I need another glass of wine.

I will probably have a nightmare tonight about this!

The guy who walked/filmed this must have brass ones.

[Oshkalaboomboom]

Here is a picture of the new trail over the old one. Nice high safety rails but it is still pinned to the side of a cliff 300 feet up so if you are truly afraid of heights it isn't for you. You also have to be in semi decent shape because even though the actual trail is about 3 kilometers you have another 4 km of trails to get to the main path then back to where you can catch a bus to the entrance. At this time of year expect to do that walk in 100 degree heat.