Caminito del Rey [dri]

Caminito del Rey (The King's pathway) is a narrow, decrepit walkway connecting two waterfalls at El Chorro near the southern Spanish port city of Malaga. It was built over a century ago and the years have not been kind. Adventurers with a death wish can test their mettle and their bowel control by traversing the pathway suspended precariously 2100 ft above a rocky gorge. This video will make parts of your body pucker faster than sitting naked on a sour ball. There is another video of the walkway beneath the fold. Enjoy.

Posted by: Open Blog at 06:59 PM

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1 A good title for this would be "How Many Crazy Dumbasses Can You Find in this Video".

Posted by: profligatewaste at April 05, 2008 07:07 PM (UJutI)

2 Would it have killed them to put some plywood over the big, gaping holes in the concrete path? I think I would have stopped once I came to the first one.

Posted by: Maetenloch (not a maniac) at April 05, 2008 07:10 PM (KjTXS)

3 This was apparently before the advent of rebar.

Posted by: profligatewaste at April 05, 2008 07:10 PM (UJutI)

4 Is anyone else reminded of the game Half-Life?

Posted by: Z Ryan at April 05, 2008 07:12 PM (PDeVA)

5 There goes my dinner...and tomorrow's breakfast.

Posted by: NG at April 05, 2008 07:14 PM (ym/Kq)

6 "Is anyone else reminded of the game Half-Life?"

Yah, I kept wanting for some monster to jump out in front of me and having to blast it with my railgun.

Posted by: dri at April 05, 2008 07:21 PM (qu/jV)

7 Meh.

That's nothing compared to flying as my co-pilot.

Posted by: Bud Holland at April 05, 2008 07:22 PM (1Mq7K)

8 My nuts crawled back up inside me. That was scarier than a brown vajayjay.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 05, 2008 07:22 PM (1DJgL)

This video will make parts of your body pucker faster than sitting naked on a sour ball

That is a brilliant.

Posted by: porknbean at April 05, 2008 07:26 PM (TYoC4)

10 Okay, I just made it halfway through the first video. My hands are sweating. I don't do heights. Srsly.

Posted by: porknbean at April 05, 2008 07:33 PM (TYoC4)

11 You can plug in the search words "El Chorro" on Google Earth and see the route, there are even still photographs that you can pull up, some of them quite beautiful.

Posted by: Robert at April 05, 2008 07:33 PM (hcsKC)

12 Seriously? Some of you actually think that this was scary? Did you notice the big f*ng cable along side of the path? Did you miss the f*ng railing? Are you too pussified to sue the metal structure to get past the holes in the cement? God Almighty! No wonder this country has troubles! Go out and buy some balls! This is nothing more than a course that requires some sensible level of care to traverse. I can't believe that the AoSHQ guys are such pussies!!!

Posted by: noprisoners at April 05, 2008 07:35 PM (eqMup)

13 I did that kind of stuff all the time as a teenager, though the heights were more on the 150' level. If you slipped you would still as dead as if if you fell from 2,000'. And we even did it in the winter when everything was covered with ice.

Posted by: Tinian at April 05, 2008 07:36 PM (1Mq7K)

14 Wow, #12. I didn't know AoSHQ guys were such histrionic jackasses. I think you left out an exclamation point or two. Yeesh.

Posted by: adam h at April 05, 2008 07:40 PM (ZMAqD)

15 I'm not sure which amazes me more. The fact that they built this thing 100 years ago or the fact that they allowed it to decay as badly as it has over the intervening years.

Posted by: Fuloydo at April 05, 2008 07:45 PM (S7Z5Z)

16 "Go out and buy some balls! "
You seem to have plenty to spare. Can I borrow some of yours? BTW were you a big football hero in high school?

Posted by: transgendered pregnant guy at April 05, 2008 07:51 PM (qu/jV)

17 There's a line between bravery and stupidity.

That's the line.

Posted by: AD at April 05, 2008 07:52 PM (vYzH/)

18 Umm...this bridge/path or whatever sure does not look like it's built up to code!

Posted by: Robert at April 05, 2008 07:52 PM (oHBxM)

19 Not that dangerous, considering there's a safety cable along the rock face that you can clip into. Get yourself a good harness, some webbing or dynamic rope, and a few quick-draws and you could do that traverse with fairly minimal risk.

Nice video though... I'll bet it's a beautiful climb.

Posted by: TheNewGuy at April 05, 2008 08:03 PM (l7IRX)

20 Not that dangerous, considering there's a safety cable along the rock face that you can clip into.

You're assuming the cable is up to spec itself, aren't you?

Posted by: Robert at April 05, 2008 08:11 PM (hcsKC)

21 Far canal.

Posted by: lotocoti at April 05, 2008 08:28 PM (8f4ec)

22 I'd hit it.

Posted by: Kasper Hauser at April 05, 2008 08:29 PM (pt+tE)

Well I guess our beta-hood is showing. Cause 100-year old pitons and cable could never fail.

Posted by: Maetenloch (not a maniac) at April 05, 2008 08:39 PM (KjTXS)

24 That pathway is fine for first ladies and comedians. I'll have the Secret Service people evaluate it for guitar players, but I ain't going.

Posted by: William Jefferson Clinton at April 05, 2008 08:48 PM (TPRbZ)

25 This was apparently before the advent of rebar.

I couldn't stop wondering how the hell they built the forms and got the concrete up there.

Posted by: B Moe at April 05, 2008 08:53 PM (ULXdN)

26 I noticed that cable. I also noticed the dude wasn't hooked in. So I'm a pussy. But I'm not a pussy plunging 2100 feet to my splatitude.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 05, 2008 08:59 PM (1DJgL)

27 You think walking this deathtrap is dangerous? Try building it.

Posted by: Dr. Chopper at April 05, 2008 09:07 PM (xvIpv)

28 25

Exactly, my friend. Easy to overlook details like that unless you are a builder. Whoever made that thing had balls of adamantium.

Posted by: Dr. Chopper at April 05, 2008 09:09 PM (xvIpv)

This makes me think of my grandpa's cabin on a seaside cliff in Mexico.

We used to call it "the shack" and I used to be terrified to use the outhouse because it was on the edge of a cliff.

I was certain the wind was going to blow me and the outhouse off the cliff and down into the crashing waves below.

btw: The cabin and the village it was in don't even exist anymore as the whole cliffside eventually washed away.

Posted by: pajama mommma at April 05, 2008 09:19 PM (f3xJa)

30 That people are still able to walk this path must mean there aren't too many trial lawyers in Spain.

Posted by: cranky at April 05, 2008 09:29 PM (tWD2Q)

30 That people are still able to walk this path must mean there aren't too many trial lawyers in Spain.

Naw, for discovery for the first trial, they sent 'em up the trail.

But not back down.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 05, 2008 09:37 PM (1DJgL)

32 "The cabin and the village it was in don't even exist anymore as the whole cliffside eventually washed away."
Carbon offsets would have prevented that.

Posted by: dri at April 05, 2008 09:43 PM (qu/jV)

33 You should try walking that path with 200 lbs of hobo-in-trash-bags on your back.

Posted by: mr. frakypants at April 05, 2008 09:54 PM (bZAfL)

34 How excessively awesome. This must have been built hundreds of years ago, when men were real men, women were real women, and small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri were real small furry creatures from Alpha Centauri.

Posted by: Nathan at April 05, 2008 10:03 PM (F2Jhv)

35 Is anyone else reminded of the game Half-Life?

I was thinking it looked like Nintendo 64, Star Wars Shadows of the Empire, long before that new fangled Half life stuff. I'm pretty sure I have seen that whole trail before, cool.

Posted by: mgnmfrc1 at April 05, 2008 10:25 PM (zpphU)

The thing is, if it was allowed to fall into that bad a state of disrepair, there's some government official who took a look at that (some inspector or civil engineer) and decided "screw it, it's a lost cause" -- that it wasn't up to the civil engineering code,

In Spain.

A few decades ago.

And if they decided that, who am I to argue?

Posted by: AD at April 05, 2008 10:26 PM (vYzH/)

37 Looks to me like the drop is nearer to 210' than 2100'.

The sudden stop after falling from either height would be about the same, anyway.

Cordially...

Posted by: Rick at April 05, 2008 10:30 PM (zncSj)

38 World's Most Dangerous Roads

Here's the list (dial-up warning, heavy jpg site)

This one's my favorite. It's a path for tourists visiting Mt. Huashan in China,
Be sure to check out the road carved out of rock, The Guoliang Tunnel, also.

Posted by: adamthemad at April 05, 2008 10:43 PM (5rfmC)

39 I was talking about a specific level in Half-Life where you walk along narrow ledges on the cliff face.

Posted by: Z Ryan at April 05, 2008 10:45 PM (PDeVA)

40 I was talking about the last third of this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRf9fhj-2BA

Posted by: Z Ryan at April 05, 2008 10:47 PM (PDeVA)

41 1) Never would see something like this in the states.

2) Who's BASE jumped this?

Posted by: desertdwller at April 05, 2008 10:48 PM (/NSet)

42 Parts didn't look too bad, but it only takes that one part that you misjudged to send you to a quick head butt with a boulder. Yeah, that security cable looked primo. No weathering at all. In fact it's so secure that were one to slip or the cement crumble beneath you, you could readily grapple it with one hand while snapping photos with the other. Why, that would almost be desirable in order to get that perfect natural framing with one's mobile phone. (I almost thought that guy's sister was going to test the cable a couple of times.)

Oh well. Some people still like to ride motorcycles on the highway without a helmet too.

I wonder how many corpses lay in the gorge?

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 05, 2008 10:48 PM (Uy68a)

You should try walking that path with 200 lbs of hobo-in-trash-bags on your back.

OK. I'm too much of a pussy to try it that way. Otherwise: good to go!

Posted by: noprisoners at April 05, 2008 11:09 PM (eqMup)

44 Man. The Spanish National Parks Service sucks.

I am curious, though, how this guy managed to videotape the whole thing, tiptoeing across rusty pipes that used to hold the walkway, passing slower traffic on the outside along the way -- what with the additional weight of his enormous balls throwing his gait off.

Posted by: red speck at April 05, 2008 11:15 PM (imYOK)

45 adamthemad,

Thanks for the "dangerous roads" link. Awesome.

Engineering marvels and amazing scenery. Insane, but a cool kind of insane.

Posted by: AnonymousDrivel at April 05, 2008 11:23 PM (Uy68a)

Z Ryan, I was about to bring up the same thing. Halflife was the first thing that popped into my m ind. I think the only thing this is missing is the Ospreys trying to gun you down and a cave.

makes me wonder if this is an example of game designers using something in real life as heavy inspiration.

Posted by: Ranba Ral at April 06, 2008 12:14 AM (fpk1J)

47 Soon, when parents are telling their kids how tough things were when they were young, this will be the walk to school. Uphill. Both ways.

Posted by: XBradTC at April 06, 2008 12:38 AM (1DJgL)

Reminds me of Madubu Gorge in Tomb Raider III.

Posted by: Husker at April 06, 2008 03:13 AM (bD3TN)

You think this was bad? I've seen some seriously scary shit on my walks.

Posted by: Frodo Baggins at April 06, 2008 09:10 AM (q+HK/)

50 Who filmed that? Kurt Thomas? How the hell did he manage the camera when he was crossing the pipes/beams?

Posted by: Baron Von Ottomatic at April 06, 2008 09:17 AM (ZW6El)

51 It reminds me of that pathway to get to BRD in WoW, except without all the hot lava and stuff.

Posted by: pajama mommma at April 06, 2008 10:32 AM (f3xJa)

52 stupid extra m

Posted by: pajama momma at April 06, 2008 10:38 AM (f3xJa)

53 You know, that doesn't look like it's all that cripple accessable. I smell lawsuit.

Posted by: douger at April 06, 2008 03:58 PM (rOhot)

54 Not for love or money would I walk that thing.

Posted by: along came Jones at April 06, 2008 09:41 PM (aJtCl)

55 From Wiki....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.

And Dr. Chopper. Love the quote.

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Posted by: Spurwing Plover at April 07, 2008 04:35 PM (mY5+n)

57 One word: Helmetcam. I looked at the shadows as he was walking with the sun behind him, and didn't glimpse the shadow of a handheld camera. If it were me, I'd have used a helmet camera. I suspect he did too.

Posted by: allen at April 11, 2008 11:17 AM (wKdud)

58 The pathway isn't 2100 feet up, the pass itself is at it's highest point. The pathway is around 700 feet up, still pretty damn high and very far to fall.

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