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I feel sick now

God almighty! Some people are completely insane! This guy is a raving lunatic.

From Wikipedia:

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 name is often shortened to El Camino del Rey.

In 1901 it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway lasted four years. It was finished in 1905.

In 1921 the king Alfonso XIII had to cross the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name.

The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter in width over a 700-meter fall, and over time it has 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 Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall.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.

Local government (Junta de Andalucía) has a restoration plan estimated at €7 million.

Found via B3ta.

Some choice comments:

No F*ckin’ way would you get me on this! - Darklord

I’d need a rucksack full of spare trousers though, along with my spare balls. The big, brass ones. - LemonEntryMyDearWatson

that would make a great video game straight out of my nightmares - kenwiise

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2 Comments

  1. Posted April 6, 2008 at 10:53 am | Permalink

    hey abbydon - I remember you use Opera - I just came across this, it’s rated as high -
    http://secunia.com/advisories/29662/

  2. Posted April 6, 2008 at 11:32 am | Permalink

    Thanks for the heads up.

    Solution:
    Update to version 9.27.

    It’s a good thing I update everytime Opera tells me it’s available, then. I’m on 9.27 right now.

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