Crazy hiking trail in Spain - Caminito del Rey

• Crazy hiking trail in Spain - Caminito del Rey
  Posted by davepeck on 07 May, 2008 17:36
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  [WIKI]Caminito del Rey[/WIKI]
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  Posted by Rickey Roux on 07 May, 2008 18:56
• Dave, nice find.  Crazy is an understatement.  Love the music, too.   Sounds a bit like Banco de Gaia.
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  Posted by princesscaspian on 07 May, 2008 19:08
• wow! that is wild! i can\'t say those giant gaping holes in the middle of the trail would make me feel comfortable... but damn!
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  Posted by bezerker on 07 May, 2008 19:22
• that is definitly a bad ass looking hike, but talk about sketchy spots. damn !!
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  Posted by FreeSpirit on 07 May, 2008 19:34
• wow - beautiful scenery!  :awwyeah:  
  
  :chin: makes me wonder how that path was originally built...
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  Posted by Gordo on 07 May, 2008 20:41
• Daaamn.  Anyone else\'s legs feel weak at times while watching this?  I was a trailworker for 6 months out in the NW, nothing even remotely similar to Caminito del Rey-diculous.
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  Posted by Mark on 07 May, 2008 22:10
• :wah:
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  Posted by galenas on 07 May, 2008 22:10
• omg! how did this person cross those gaps while holding the camera?? i\'m shaking just watching the video! i wonder how many deaths there are there each year... this person is absolutely crazy.
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  Posted by FrankZappa on 08 May, 2008 07:04
• if you noticed about halfway through one of the other hikers has on a rock climbing harness and is strapping himself into the safety line that runs the whole length of the route. Still, I couldn\'t do that.
  
  terrified of heights when I see something like that.
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  Posted by leith on 08 May, 2008 20:28
• I\'m down to do a lot of crazy **** but uh **** that.
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  Posted by ds673488 on 08 May, 2008 20:47
• i would do it with the gear to strap into the ropes, def not without.
  
  that guy is insane
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  Posted by FrankZappa on 08 May, 2008 21:34
• although there are many parts of that which scare the **** out of me, I could probably do most of it if I really had to or pushed myself. However, when it comes to the parts where he walks across the metal bars? no way in hell. I\'d be crawled up in the corner shaking like a baby. :shrug:
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  Posted by Todd on 08 May, 2008 23:03
• I\'d love to do it!! Fear lets you know you\'re still alive. But...yeah...I\'d use a harness. You never know when one of those holes might want to get bigger.
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  Posted by skalnbyc on 09 May, 2008 00:14
• Quote from: Todd;189112

  I\'d love to do it!! Fear lets you know you\'re still alive. But...yeah...I\'d use a harness. You never know when one of those holes might want to get bigger.

  
  You\'d probably manage to put down a 24-pack of Sierra during that hike.
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