without crapping your pants?
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El Camino del Rey?Comment -
Originally posted by L2GunzComment -
Another Dangerous Hiking Trail: El Camino del Rey Walkway
El Camino del Rey is the name of a very dangerous walkway that winds its way along the steep walls of a narrow gorge known as El Chorro. The bridge in the picture on the right is part of El Camino del Rey.
The El Chorro gorge is located in Spain near Alora, a village close to Malaga. As you can see from the map, El Chorro is very close to the Mediterranean Sea.
According to Wikipedia, El Chorro is a limestone gorge in Andalusia (a province in southern Spain), through which passes the Guadalhorce River. This river was dammed in 1921, forming three reservoirs which are flanked by thick pine forests. Rivers, lakes, canyons, and trees are the trademark of the Makinodromo, an area renowned as being one of the best rock climbing areas in Europe, but is also very popular for mountain biking, hiking, and camping.
The El Chorro gorge sits next to the 700m high Desfiladero de los Gaitanes Pass (see picture. If you look closely, you will see the walkway on the side of the mountain).
This pass is famous for a very dangerous path called El Caminito del Rey (The King's little path). The path was constructed back in 1901. It got its name because the path was officially opened by Alfonso XIII of Spain.
People have traversed the path for many years now, but the path has fallen into serious disrepair. Official access to the path was removed in 2000 after a tourist died trying to cross it.
However that doesn't seem to have stopped many people. El Camino del Rey remains a popular climb even today thanks to a very unusual Internet video.Comment -
thanks for the writeup..thats is indeed a beautiful but yet creepy placeComment -
Wouldn't even try.
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I'll watch this when I have a free 6:31
It looks good.Comment -
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WOW! That was impressive. That guy has brass balls.Comment
