The posting about heights got me to thinking. This hike is well beyond my skill level. I would advise muting the sound. Enjoy the views.

It is probably beyond my skills and certainly beyond by level of courage.

The BBQ better be really good...

Yea. Sometimes I'm scared of heights. Sometimes not.

Some parts of that 'hike' made my nuts pucker.

You'd have to be suicidal to try it!

No friggen way, and as fast as he was walking he wasn't snapping onto the cable.

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Originally posted by Ozarkwoods:
No friggen way, and as fast as he was walking he wasn't snapping onto the cable.

Looking at the state of everything else, what would be the point of snapping on the to cable? You think that cable has any better maintenance than the rest of the place?

Pucker factor = 10.

Not just no, but hell no!

Very interesting

Linky

El Caminito del Rey (The King's Little Pathway) is a walkway, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ardales in the province of Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to Camino del Rey (King's Pathway). The walkway had fallen into disrepair and was partially closed for over a decade. After four years of extensive repairs and renovations, the walkway re-opened in 2015. It has been known in the past as the "world's most dangerous walkway" following five deaths in 1999 and 2000.

The walkway was built to provide workers at the hydroelectric power plants at Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls with a means to cross between them, to provide for transport of materials, and to help facilitate inspection and maintenance of the channel.

The construction began in 1901 and was finished in 1905. King Alfonso XIII crossed the walkway in 1921 for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name. The walkway is 1 metre (3 ft) in width and rises over 100 metres (330 ft) above the river below.

The original path was constructed of concrete and rested on steel rails supported by stanchions built at approximately 45 degrees into the rock face. It deteriorated over the years, and there were numerous sections where part or all of the concrete top had collapsed.

The result was large open-air gaps bridged only by narrow steel beams or other supports. Few of the original handrails existed, although a safety wire ran the length of the path. Several people lost their lives on the walkway and, after two fatal accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed both entrances. Even so, in the 4 years leading up to 2013, four people died attempting to climb the gorge.

Current state of El Caminito del Rey, with the original pathway at the bottom and new pathway at the top

The regional government of Andalusia and the local government of Málaga agreed in June 2011 to share costs of restoration (including car parking and a museum) of €9 million. The project took approximately three years to complete. Many of the original features remained in place.

In March 2014, the cornerstone of the rehabilitation project was laid by specialized alpinists.

The walkway reopened on 29 March 2015, and Lonely Planet listed it in the best new attractions for 2015. Route description and GPS track is available in Wikiloc with information, photos, and videos to help visitors. The new pathway still offers a walk of 2.9 km along the side of the gorge.

The Caminito makes a cameo appearance in the movie Von Ryan's Express, and some of the deterioration is directly attributable to the crashing of planes into the cliffs during the filming.

In film some of the final scenes of the 1965 film Von Ryan's Express were shot at the confluence of the gateway and the railway. In the film, they stand for the Italian-Swiss border.

Well, at least it is well maintained.

"Yes, but they died doing what they loved......."

What makes it scary is the fact that the dude tripped right at the beginning of the video. So from that point on, you're anticipating him falling for the rest of the video.

If that's the road of the king, think what the road for the regular folks must be like.

Jesus, those holes in the concrete walkway give me the heebies.
I worked for a water well driller as a youngster drilling sometimes up to 20 inch holes hundreds of feet deep. My old boss did what he could to put the fear of mortal Hell into me about the danger of that shit, and it worked and to this day when I see a hole like that into virtual oblivion it scares the piss out of me.
To say my imagination runs wild, well, that does not cover it.
That trail is not for me without handholds AND legholds. Yeah, it would take a while.

There are a couple of rough spots…

I couldn't even watch the whole damn video my ass cheeks hurt so much from clenching.

Watching that made my coconuts feel funny

Not on a bet. I'd like to meet the crazy bastards who built that thing.

Here is the walkway after being repaired

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygqovEXzfG0

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Originally posted by Gustofer:
Not on a bet. I'd like to meet the crazy bastards who built that thing.

Some of them started at the top and worked their way down...