If you're afraid of heights, then go back to the kittens in my post a few days ago, and don't hit play on this video. Because if it makes your toes curl to imagine creeping along a narrow ledge hundreds of feet up a canyon wall, then you really don't want to be party to this walker's view of the El Camino del Rey (King's Pathway) in Málaga, Spain.
Built in 1901-1905, according to Wikipedia,
The walkway has now gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is one meter (3 ft) in width, and is over 700 feet (200 m) above the river. Nearly all of the path has no handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall.And you get to see every hole, beam and crumbled edge. Phew, what a brave bunch of walkers to take this path. Apparently quite a few people have died on this walk (can't imagine how) and so the authorities have closed the entrances. But not well enough to keep out determined tourists. And I'm delighted the closure was so ineffective because however else would I have got to see it. And I'm so glad I got to see it. I really, really wish that I ... what, could walk that walk? Hell, no! I couldn't do that path in a million years. What I really, really wish is that I had the guts to walk that walk. Having balance that good would be alright too.
If you can watch this clip without holding your breath once, then I want to hear about it. And if you fall off the edge, don't say I didn't warn you.
Distance - 4.25 miles
Time - 1.25
Dog(s) - Neka & Keskiyo
Weather - mainly cloudy
Could I do another 5? - no
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