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Shauk · 02-18-2010, 01:41 AM

Ok I just was going through some old favs of mine and wanted to share.

YouTube - El Camino del Rey [High Quality]

It elicits such mixed emotions from me, calm and fear, awe and wonderment.

I show this to people and they often seem to just stop breathing, kinda like when you're watching an action movie and the actors plunge underwater for a tense fight scene or something.

I love it

dlish · 02-18-2010, 02:48 AM

ive seen this before. This walk is in Andalucia in Spain and is now closed to the public due to the dilapidated state it is in and the deaths of numerous people over the lasy few years.

still, its one heck of a video. the way he brushes past the other climbers is freakish

seamaiden · 02-18-2010, 03:46 AM

Holy crap!!!!

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Beautiful, though.

cameroncrazy822 · 02-18-2010, 10:19 AM

I'm really afraid of heights and just watching the video made me uneasy. That is CRAZY!

lulu_mq · 02-18-2010, 12:02 PM

WOW! As amazing as that video is, I nearly past out! haha. Shauk, your right about watching it and not breathing! LOL!

Jove · 02-18-2010, 12:36 PM

At 1:42, 2:28, 4:45-4:50, when he walks on a beam to get to the other side is amazing, especially with the amount of balance one would have to do to not slip. I would not be able to do that at all.

At 3:25-3:30, I noticed one individual using a device to latch on to the wall, smart idea. The camera man appears to just casually walk through the part without any issues.

Irishman · 02-18-2010, 01:08 PM

No way would I be doing that.

Wes Mantooth · 02-18-2010, 01:24 PM

Yeah I've seen this before too, absolutely NUTS! I bet when you've finished the rush must be incredible though, kind of like skydiving or something.

Part of me would love doing this and another would be terrified.

CinnamonGirl · 02-18-2010, 01:59 PM

I totally want to do this now. Apparently, though, the path is about 3 feet wide...and 350 feet above the river.

...yeah, I still want to do it.

World's King · 02-18-2010, 02:10 PM

Cinn, I'm there with ya. I'll even try to ride my unicycle the whole way.

Vizzini · 02-18-2010, 10:23 PM

Absolutely stunning. Whats the story with the path though? Why was it built originally?

CinnamonGirl · 02-18-2010, 10:29 PM

After seeing the video, I researched a little bit, and I've been playing Chasm. I like their explanation (although you can find more formal and detailed explanations elsewhere...)

Quote:

One day in 1921 King Alfonso XIII of Spain decided he wanted to take a peek at his new Hydroelectric dam. The prisoners had been working on the dam at the top of El Chorro Gorge for simply ages, and now he wanted to know how they were going.

So he called up his dam building flunky and told them "Olé! I'm coming to visit, so get those builder boys into gear."

The flunky replied "Olé!" and hung up the phone.

Turning around the King's flunky said to his flunky "Olé! We're going ok with the dam, but we don't have any way for the King to check it all out, and there's no way Alfonso's going to swim the through the resevoir to look at his dam."

The flunky's flunky said "Olé!"

So they decided to build a narrow path along the side of El Chorro, 100 metres above the river, leading from the start of the chasm, to where the dam was... waaaaay back up the top.

They hammered planks of wood; a foot wide and a couple of feet long, into the stone. The path would sit on top of the planks- just wide enough to walk along, but no wider.

Eventually, with a lot of hard work, and more than a few practical jokes (hanging each other over the edge, that kind of thing), the path was ready for Alfonso XIII to take a look at his dam.

The flunky said "Olé! You know, we should call this path Camino del Ray (which means 'Path of the King')"

His flunky said "Olé! I know what it means, I speak Spanish."

So Alfonso came out and looked at his dam: "Olé!, looking good boys, nice work on the dam, but ah, that pathway, don't you think it's a little bit dodgy? You could slip and take a nasty fall, I know I'm never walking along it again."

The basics of the story are true, about the path, the chasm, the dam, and the King. But the dialogue is made up.

Dave Jones and Jill McLeod visited El Chorro in 2000, took lots of photos, and about a year after they got back, Dave decided it'd be great to base a game around El Chorro and Camino del Rey. So they did.

Shauk · 02-18-2010, 11:38 PM

Olé!

CinnamonGirl · 02-22-2010, 06:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by World's King

Cinn, I'm there with ya. I'll even try to ride my unicycle the whole way.

I'm not rescuing you if you fall. Sorry. Leave the unicycle at home, then maybe.

twilightfoix · 02-26-2010, 04:25 AM

so these dam builders built a dam 3ft wide pathway starting from the ground and what? hung off the 3 ft wide edge and hammered a new log into the cliff? no seriously? how do you build a a tiny pathway that high up a sheer cliff face.

p.s. Olé!

Fire · 03-03-2010, 10:34 PM

that looks like some of the funky climby falley parts of more than a few FPS games I have played through the years.... I fall off those just fine thanks, and to hell with building one circa 1921

neveragain · 03-04-2010, 01:34 PM

OMG no freakin way..... scared of heights and that just caused me to about cry .... just looking at the walkway and the cracks and breaks in it just really got me

sapiens · 03-04-2010, 02:15 PM

I was expecting this:

How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way?

The video was a lot more interesting. Thanks!

02-18-2010, 02:48 AM	#2 (permalink)
dlish Currently sour but formerly Dlishs Super Moderator Location: Australia/UAE	ive seen this before. This walk is in Andalucia in Spain and is now closed to the public due to the dilapidated state it is in and the deaths of numerous people over the lasy few years. still, its one heck of a video. the way he brushes past the other climbers is freakish __________________ An injustice anywhere, is an injustice everywhere I always sign my facebook comments with ()()===========(}. Does that make me gay? - Filthy

02-18-2010, 12:02 PM	#5 (permalink)
lulu_mq Tilted Location: spokane WA	WOW! As amazing as that video is, I nearly past out! haha. Shauk, your right about watching it and not breathing! LOL! __________________ What kind of bee's make milk?! ..............BOOBEES!!! Love grows by giving. The love we give away is the only love we keep. The only way to retain love is to give it away. -- Elbert Hubbard

02-18-2010, 01:24 PM	#8 (permalink)
Wes Mantooth Junkie Location: Tennessee	Yeah I've seen this before too, absolutely NUTS! I bet when you've finished the rush must be incredible though, kind of like skydiving or something. Part of me would love doing this and another would be terrified. __________________ “My god I must have missed it...its hell down here!”

02-18-2010, 01:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
CinnamonGirl She's Actual Size Location: Central Republic of Where-in-the-Hell	I totally want to do this now. Apparently, though, the path is about 3 feet wide...and 350 feet above the river. ...yeah, I still want to do it. __________________ "...for though she was ordinary, she possessed health, wit, courage, charm, and cheerfulness. But because she was not beautiful, no one ever seemed to notice these other qualities, which is so often the way of the world." "Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?"

02-18-2010, 02:10 PM	#10 (permalink)
World's King Here Location: Denver City Denver	Cinn, I'm there with ya. I'll even try to ride my unicycle the whole way. __________________ heavy is the head that wears the crown

02-18-2010, 03:46 AM	#3 (permalink)
seamaiden Psycho Location: With the man of my dreams in Halifax Nova Scotia	Holy crap!!!! ---------- Post added at 07:46 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:45 AM ---------- Beautiful, though.

02-18-2010, 10:19 AM	#4 (permalink)
cameroncrazy822 Junkie Location: MD	I'm really afraid of heights and just watching the video made me uneasy. That is CRAZY!

02-18-2010, 12:36 PM	#6 (permalink)
Jove Groovy Hipster Nerd Location: Michigan	At 1:42, 2:28, 4:45-4:50, when he walks on a beam to get to the other side is amazing, especially with the amount of balance one would have to do to not slip. I would not be able to do that at all. At 3:25-3:30, I noticed one individual using a device to latch on to the wall, smart idea. The camera man appears to just casually walk through the part without any issues.

02-18-2010, 01:08 PM	#7 (permalink)
Irishman Upright	No way would I be doing that.

02-18-2010, 10:23 PM	#11 (permalink)
Vizzini Addict Location: Vancouver, BC	Absolutely stunning. Whats the story with the path though? Why was it built originally? __________________ Inconceivable!

02-18-2010, 11:38 PM	#13 (permalink)
Shauk Confused Adult Location: Spokane, WA	Olé!

02-26-2010, 04:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
twilightfoix Insane Location: in the clouds ;)	so these dam builders built a dam 3ft wide pathway starting from the ground and what? hung off the 3 ft wide edge and hammered a new log into the cliff? no seriously? how do you build a a tiny pathway that high up a sheer cliff face. p.s. Olé!

03-03-2010, 10:34 PM	#16 (permalink)
Fire Warrior Smith Location: missouri	that looks like some of the funky climby falley parts of more than a few FPS games I have played through the years.... I fall off those just fine thanks, and to hell with building one circa 1921 __________________ Thought the harder, Heart the bolder, Mood the more as our might lessens

03-04-2010, 01:34 PM	#17 (permalink)
neveragain Upright	OMG no freakin way..... scared of heights and that just caused me to about cry .... just looking at the walkway and the cracks and breaks in it just really got me __________________ Believe in second chances, you never know what may come of them.

03-04-2010, 02:15 PM	#18 (permalink)
sapiens Junkie Location: Some place windy	I was expecting this: How to Good-bye Depression: If You Constrict Anus 100 Times Everyday. Malarkey? or Effective Way? The video was a lot more interesting. Thanks!