Holy Crap...

[hjmick]

This video left pucker marks in my chair...it's a wooden chair!

El Caminito del Rey (The King's pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in Málaga , Spain. The walkway has gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is only one meter in width, and over a 700-meter fall, and over time it has also lost its handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway.


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[Mr. P]

Loading...it'll take awhile...dial-up. Errrrr

[Noir]

God lord, why would anyone want to walk along that...needless to say if i sould ever find myself somewhere like that i would just curl up into a lil ball and wait for help, or die waiting, i wouldn't be walking along iron bars holdin onta a wee cable.

[jackass]

Holy crap!!! That was crazy! At first I was like...its not that bad, then he got to the steel pipe...:laugh2:

[glockmail]

It was scary just to watch. Imagine the crazy bastards that built it!

[manu1959]

hate heights........i almost freaked just watching it....

[Noir]

It was scary just to watch. Imagine the crazy bastards that built it!

very true, how on earth do you build something like that?

[Mr. P]

Almost an hr and not even half of it downloaded..but enough to say anyone that walks that is an idiot. I was when younger...:laugh2:

[manu1959]

very true, how on earth do you build something like that?

slowly with slave labour and lots of people falling to their death....

[Noir]

Almost an hr and not even half of it downloaded..but enough to say anyone that walks that is an idiot. I was when younger...:laugh2:

An hour!!! and you want to download music?! All i can say is good luck Sir

[hjmick]

Almost an hr and not even half of it downloaded..but enough to say anyone that walks that is an idiot. I was when younger...:laugh2:

Might be time for cable...

[Yurt]

that was awesome, love the music, michael darius, very cool.

[AFbombloader]

The only way I would do that is like the guy in the video, the one with the dual safety clips. So I would be connected to the safety wire at all times. Breathtaking scenery!

[Pale Rider]

OK... that was SOOOOOOO wrong.... yeah talk about pucker factor... :terror:... :cuckoo:

[remie]

I was leaning away from the ravine so far I damn near fell out of my chair.

[dan]

The only way I would do that is like the guy in the video, the one with the dual safety clips. So I would be connected to the safety wire at all times. Breathtaking scenery!

We all just saw the only way I'll ever do that: via video! Insane! Kind of reminds me of this:

In Zimbabwe, Africa, you will find the magnificent Victoria Falls,at a height of 128m. The location is known as the "Devil's Swimming Pool". During the months of September and December, people can swim as close as possible to the edge of the falls without falling over. These falls are becoming well known amongst the "radical tourist" industry, when more and more people search for the ultimate experience.

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You can see pretty clearly that there's a pretty big rock lip keeping you from getting pulled over, but I still couldn't get into there.

[avatar4321]

I dont know... looked kind of fun. Im not really one for death defying but that did look fun. and the view looked gorgeous:)

[glockmail]

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[dan]

Hey, why can't I edit my post? I want to delete those bad pic links!