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Yeah... that walkway looks pretty scary to walk, but can you imagine BUILDING that thing? Now THAT'S a scary thought. I got to wondering... what's this walkway all about? Good ol' Wikipedia had this to say about it... "El Caminito del Rey (English: The King's little pathway) is a walkway or via ferrata, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near Ãlora in the district of Málaga, Spain. The name is often shortened to Camino del Rey." and... "In 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." I wouldn't walk it... I got a fear of falling and besides, I get my kicks from riding and I mean... I'm too old for that sh!t. 
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The worst thing is, after all that climbing, how ya gonna get a pizza delivered? 
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Any body else get sweaty palms from just watching that?!
Cripes,,,That looks like something from a made up alien video game world!Far out!!!!
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all that way and no one serving ice cold cervezas ....whats the point
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all that way and no one serving ice cold cervezas ....whats the point
its to narrow for you 
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all that way and no one serving ice cold cervezas ....whats the point
its to narrow for you
 
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HA! I did it walking on my hands, once! 
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That was you!?  I was the guy who hopped past you on a pogo stick 
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There's a lot of concrete, wonder how they drove the ready-mix trucks up there... 
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That was you!? I was the guy who hopped past you on a pogo stick
Wow, that was you two?
I was the one following on a unicycle, I'd forgotten my camera otherwise I'd took a picture of your overtaking manoeuvre, it was quite funny
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Any body else get sweaty palms from just watching that?!
When he stepped across the gap in the concrete, my sphincter tightened up. LOL
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No kidding. It's like Russion Roullette! I just couldn't do it.
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I did it on a Space Hopper - but the guy with the "pogo stick" kept getting in the way
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I saw the thread title & thought of some of the trails along the Chinle' Cliffs in the 4-Corners country. Then I watched the video & thought, "No that's much scarier" jh
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The guy if nuckin' futs, no way I would walk that!
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Should be Riding
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I would walk it. To the first spot where the concrete was missing then I would turn the ****** around and run!
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It don't scare me none.
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This is me on my way to work http://www.wimp.com/scarytrail/Nick
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Phff, not half as bad as the M42 on a wet Monday morning
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This is me on my way to work
http://www.wimp.com/scarytrail/
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Where do they find these nuts? Gotta have balls the size of basketballs! 
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I used to ride a shorter but similar path to the guys on the bikes in the slate quarries. The one I rode was about 2 miles long It was along the side of a pile of waste slate that went down into the quarry. The drop on the low side was about 200' more or less to the water then several hundred feet of water.
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i dont think they make a Triumph for that, maybe a yamasuzahonda but i cant see droping a Triumph on that path.
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I rode the one I talked about on a Yamaha DT360,loved that bike.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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