Most Dangerous Walkways: El Caminito del Rey
By Village Mayor • Jun 10th, 2008 • Category: DangerousEl 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 walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 feet) 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 the path. One can latch onto the wire to keep from falling.
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. [wikipedia]
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March 28th, 2009 at 1:10 am
The videos are scary!
It’s really too bad that they’ve let these walkways fall into such disrepair, because the views are absolutely breathtaking.
January 31st, 2009 at 12:07 pm
…geez oh man…
unparalleled beauty…
lol
but… ummm no..
Ill stick to the sidewalk..