a friend sent me this, it’s long about 6 mins, weird
http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/scariest_path.html
February 9, 2011 at 10:27 am
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scariest path in the world
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February 9, 2011 at 10:42 am #935386
Wow! Someone has very big cajones.
February 9, 2011 at 10:59 am #935392That’s nuts!
Wonder if the sign at the start read:
If you don’t use the safety harrness and fall this will be your grave. We will NOT come to look for you!
Enjoy your walk and have a nice day.
February 9, 2011 at 11:11 am #935395Pretty amazing……….
February 9, 2011 at 12:31 pm #935417Why? Why would anyone walk on this death trap? Yes, I’m scared of heights, couldn’t even hardly watch that.
February 9, 2011 at 12:32 pm #935418I might have in my younger days but not anymore:) Thanks for sharing PK!
February 9, 2011 at 12:36 pm #9354192 words F*** that!!!!!!!!
February 9, 2011 at 12:42 pm #935423Quote:
Why? Why would anyone walk on this death trap? Yes, I’m scared of heights, couldn’t even hardly watch that.
No kidding. I think I pee’d a little. What I’d like to know is who are the crazy people they got to build that in the first place.
February 9, 2011 at 1:05 pm #935434Quote:
2 words F*** that!!!!!!!!
X100
February 9, 2011 at 1:30 pm #935447there would be no need for me to wear pants, I would just be crapping in them the whole time anyway!!!
February 9, 2011 at 1:52 pm #935458Well I lasted about less then 2 minutes.. that was enough for me..
February 9, 2011 at 1:52 pm #935460WOW! What a rush. I think the path could use a little patching in a couple spots though.
Thanks for sharing. 
February 9, 2011 at 2:10 pm #935468I wonder how many died in building that path. Have to give a lot of credit to whoever built it, that would have been quite a feat to accomplish.
February 9, 2011 at 2:16 pm #935470ya im gonna pass on that hike, i actually wish it was longer it’d be interesting to know the facts behind it
February 9, 2011 at 2:38 pm #935495In 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.[1]
The walkway is one meter (3 feet and 3 inches) in width, and rises over 100 meters (350 feet) above the river below. It is currently in a highly deteriorated state and there are numerous sections where part of or the entire concrete top has collapsed away. The result is large open air gaps that are bridged only by narrow steel beams or other support fixtures. Very few of the original handrails exist but a Via ferrata safety-wire runs the length of the path. Several people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years and after two fatal accidents in 1999 and 2000,[2] the local government closed both entrances.
The regional government of Andalusia budgeted in 2006 for a restoration plan[3] estimated at € 7 million.
The President of Malaga Provincial Government, Salvador Pendon, announced that the budget to restore the three-kilometre walkway is €8.3m, financed by the provincial government.
The project will take approximately three years from when it is due to start in mid-2011.[4]
Many of the original features will remain in place and the new materials that are used will be in keeping with the old design.
Pendon also said talks were being held to determine whether a train could once again travel the old route and restore the Coscojal station.
February 9, 2011 at 2:44 pm #935497I think that camera must have been strapped to the head of a Goat
February 9, 2011 at 2:48 pm #935503HOLY
that got my blood going.February 9, 2011 at 2:51 pm #935507Kinda looks like the economy has caught up to the repair of the path…………. or maybe they haven’t found anyone nuts enough to do the work!!!!!
February 9, 2011 at 3:16 pm #935534Quote:
Kinda looks like the economy has caught up to the repair of the path…………. or maybe they haven’t found anyone nuts enough to do the work!!!!!
It’s the Packers off season.
February 9, 2011 at 3:50 pm #935571Wow. Dont think I could walk that even if I wanted to.
February 9, 2011 at 6:31 pm #935682Construction jobs are tough to come by, but I want no part of that repair job. I’d get my name in the paper.
February 9, 2011 at 10:08 pm #935800I’d like to have a six pack and give it a try
I’ll probably have a nightmare tonite now after watching that 
February 9, 2011 at 11:16 pm #935821I couldn’t even watch the entire thing, it made me dizzy right from the start and after reading what you guys think I’m glad I shut it off, I’m a little out there to begin with but not that far out
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