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Offline Wineslob

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This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« on: October 14, 2009, 02:37:24 PM »
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Check out the holes on the "trail" this guy crosses over.   :o
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2009, 03:43:30 PM »
No****ingway are you getting me on that.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2009, 03:48:32 PM »
I would have been OK up to the first hole, then I would have to have given up.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2009, 04:09:49 PM »
How cool is that?!  First I felt like I was playing Doom ... then I felt like I was back working iron again!

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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2009, 09:16:59 PM »
No safety harness, though there was a cable running along the mountain.

Still, that one is beyond me. Nuh uh.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #5 on: October 15, 2009, 12:09:03 AM »
Wow, where is that trail?
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #6 on: October 15, 2009, 12:23:20 AM »
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #7 on: October 15, 2009, 07:31:13 AM »
Let me think about that for a minute......uh, yeah, no way in hell.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #8 on: October 15, 2009, 08:24:34 AM »
Quote from: Ranger Rick on October 15, 2009, 12:23:20 AM
In Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey



Thanks for that link, Rick. I'd wondered where it was but ran out of time to search for it.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #9 on: October 15, 2009, 08:44:14 AM »
Not to mention the very serious cracks in the concrete by the holes that just scream, "We are going to give way at anytime." YIKES!
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #10 on: October 15, 2009, 08:47:04 AM »
Quote from: jtyangel on October 15, 2009, 08:44:14 AM
Not to mention the very serious cracks in the concrete by the holes that just scream, "We are going to give way at anytime." YIKES!

It ain't bad, though, for 100-year-old concrete.  :evillaugh:
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #11 on: October 15, 2009, 08:53:46 AM »
Quote from: BlueStateSaint on October 14, 2009, 03:43:30 PM
No****ingway are you getting me on that.
Meh! You're tethered to the side of the mountain! You aren't going anywhere! :-) I would love to do that! Just beautiful! :cheersmate:
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #12 on: October 15, 2009, 09:17:05 AM »
Now this is dangerous! :-)[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=72rN5zO2T7A[/youtube]
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #13 on: October 15, 2009, 09:20:14 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 15, 2009, 08:47:04 AM
It ain't bad, though, for 100-year-old concrete.  :evillaugh:

My favorite was the stretch towards the end where the hand rail was totally horizontal...LMAO
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #14 on: October 15, 2009, 09:23:56 AM »
 Kinda makes me wonder how many poor bastards fell through those holes as they were being "created".  :o
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #15 on: October 15, 2009, 09:33:46 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 15, 2009, 09:23:56 AM
Kinda makes me wonder how many poor bastards fell through those holes as they were being "created".  :o

Yep, was thinking the same thing!
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #16 on: October 15, 2009, 10:01:46 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on October 14, 2009, 02:37:24 PM
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Check out the holes on the "trail" this guy crosses over.   :o

someone has lost their mind. Where was that?
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #17 on: October 15, 2009, 10:03:04 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 15, 2009, 09:23:56 AM
Kinda makes me wonder how many poor bastards fell through those holes as they were being "created".  :o

My understanding is a few years ago 4 people died when that happened. Eventhough they closed the walkway, many people still used it (and still do) for access to climbing areas.
It's since reopened, and it may be restored.

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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #18 on: October 15, 2009, 10:14:51 AM »
Quote from: Wineslob on October 15, 2009, 10:03:04 AM
My understanding is a few years ago 4 people died when that happened. Eventhough they closed the walkway, many people still used it (and still do) for access to climbing areas.
It's since reopened, and it may be restored.

for FGL: http://spain-travel.suite101.com/article.cfm/day_trip_from_malaga_chorro_gorge

Would be nice to see some restoration there. I think I'd walk it if they secured it once again...nothing failsafe, but new concrete would be nice..lol
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #19 on: October 15, 2009, 10:18:10 AM »
Eff. That.  No way, no how.
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #20 on: October 15, 2009, 10:57:30 AM »
Quote from: Eupher on October 15, 2009, 09:23:56 AM
Kinda makes me wonder how many poor bastards fell through those holes as they were being "created".  :o

considering when that was built, I honestly would not be shocked if a worker or two fell during it's construction.  It's actual construction must have been amazing to witness!
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Re: This "hike" is not for the faint of heart.
« Reply #21 on: October 15, 2009, 11:16:10 AM »
In a really weird sort of way--not the mountains, not the trees, not the water--it reminded me of the interior of nuclear power plants in the socialist paradises of the workers and peasants with free medical care for all.

Really.
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