Louis Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Could you walk this? http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PaeQykTZRHw&NR=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Jeez, what a brilliant bit of work by the cameraman, not even attached to the safety cable and he passes the other climbers without hesitating. And in answer to your question Louis, NO I WOULDNT ATTEMPT IT. Brilliant Video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 Absolutely stunning...terrifying...the stuff of nightmares for me. I don't know how people can do stuff like that.....nearly had a panic attack just watching . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 I keep coming back to look at it again, that is an awesome video Louis. 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 Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to El 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. In 1921 King Alfonso XIII crossed the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce and it became known by its present name. In some places the walkway has collapsed The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 feet and 3 inches) in width, and is over 200 meters (700 feet) above the river. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the concrete walkway have completely collapsed and all that is remaining is the steel beam originally in place to hold it up and the wire that follows most of the path. One can latch onto a safety-wire to keep from falling. Several 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 onto the walkway to explore it". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 10, 2008 Report Share Posted December 10, 2008 How about this one Bill? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamiemaher85 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 My god. That video is incredible! That guy has some balls to just do it in that speed, let alone with a camera! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Doesn't compare though with my ascent this summer....you'll notice the complete absence of any ropes or safety equipment of any kind.. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Couple of things I noticed from your clip MikeO! Incredible all the way up that hill, and you could still hear that steam train down in the valley.....or was that your breathing <_< AND.....Can't have been that difficult getting up there!.....that second dog we saw only had 3 good legs, and he made it up Joking apart!.....in all fairness that is some ascent, it's not hard to see why they didn't finish building that church! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Nice one Mike, Glastonbury. Not having and never have had a video camera, the best i can offer is a shot of Striding Edge on the approach to Helvellyn (lake district) during our Coast to Coast hike in 2004. Done it again in 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Incredible all the way up that hill, and you could still hear that steam train down in the valley.....or was that your breathing You should hear it without the music ! And the three legged dog was a better sight than the year before when the sun was shining, we got to the top and there were two stark bollock naked men up there ! Actually they weren't completely naked, they had walking boots and rucksacks on....didn't have the camera to hand luckily . And Striding Edge would be beyond me Bill....beautiful spot though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 You should hear it without the music ! And the three legged dog was a better sight than the year before when the sun was shining, we got to the top and there were two stark bollock naked men up there ! Actually they weren't completely naked, they had walking boots and rucksacks on....didn't have the camera to hand luckily <_< , two naked men up there last year!!......Was that your wife running up those steps ahead of you on that clip Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I keep going back to look at this, found this photo of it from the ground....you can actually see some people on it! What I find most mind boggling is the thought of people building it ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 I keep going back to look at this, found this photo of it from the ground....you can actually see some people on it! What I find most mind boggling is the thought of people building it ! Yes that must have been some job when you think it was over a hundred years ago, they never had the technology to build it as they would have today. Hats off to those who did it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 15, 2008 Report Share Posted December 15, 2008 Some more pics ................ how it was in 1921, safe enough for the King of Spain to walk over with an entourage of dignitaries. And how it is now, not fit for mountain goats ......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dark Posted December 16, 2008 Report Share Posted December 16, 2008 Nevermind walking, let's do it on BIKES! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Posted December 27, 2008 Report Share Posted December 27, 2008 The brightcove video is no longer there, so i have replaced it with the Utube one. http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=PaeQykTZRHw&NR=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 1, 2009 Report Share Posted January 1, 2009 Just watching "Von Ryan's Express" and thought, "That looks familiar!" Just near the end all the escaping soldiers get off the train and run along the start of the path before a Meschersmitt comes and blows a big lump of it down so they get back on the train. So there you are. Frank Sinatra stood on it (or his stunt double did). I've checked that really is the same place... If you simply want to see where the Camino del Rey begins, it can be found by driving across the lower dam into the village of El Chorro, take the track on the left before the railway station, continue past the camp site until you can drive no further. Walk the last few hundred metres. The path drops down and skirts the iron girder railway bridge (take care crossing the line, Von Ryans express was filmed here). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 2, 2010 Report Share Posted August 2, 2010 There's a new version of this now....scary as shit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nd1qtk1Go Also found this pic from China....apparently the average drop is 1.2km . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lowensda Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 There's a new version of this now....scary as shit... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1Nd1qtk1Go Also found this pic from China....apparently the average drop is 1.2km . They've got a harness/safety rope on though right? i'd love to do that, freaked me out to fuck but it'd be exilerating Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 its easy if they are harnessed looks mental though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted August 3, 2010 Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 They've got a harness/safety rope on though right? i'd love to do that, freaked me out to fuck but it'd be exilerating its easy if they are harnessed looks mental though! You people are insane. This is it from the ground....expand it and look at the tiny tiny people on it. I've done some scary stuff in my time but harness or no harness you'd not get me anywhere near that thing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Wouldn't fancy this commute . http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player.swf?config=http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player_config.php?token=07b_1284580365%26embed=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 (edited) why doesn't he just tie the tool bag to the top and leave it there? edit: on a side note fair play to him that takes some bollocks Edited January 15, 2011 by marcopaulo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 edit: on a side note fair play to him that takes some bollocks I can't even watch it all the way through . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marcopaulo Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 when he gets to top its madness when he's lookin down Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holystove Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Is that a job or is it just for sport? The going back down part must be terrifying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 250 Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 Once your above probably 30 metres the result of falling is the same. Wasn't happy when he reached the top and took both hands off the frame....WTF! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted January 15, 2011 Report Share Posted January 15, 2011 The insanity of the height if it is that when I parachuted (many years ago) I was only 238ft higher than the top of the tower . And that was waaaaay up....or seventeen seconds if the parachute didn't open, which sounds a bit less high . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted May 11, 2011 Report Share Posted May 11, 2011 http://blog.thecheaproute.com/el-caminito-del-rey-to-be-restored/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeO Posted July 10, 2018 Report Share Posted July 10, 2018 On 11/05/2011 at 16:32, MikeO said: http://blog.thecheaproute.com/el-caminito-del-rey-to-be-restored/ It has been, this.... ....to this... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/world-europe-44629531/the-king-s-path-is-this-the-scariest-walk-in-the-world Still wouldn't get me on it though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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