My wife and I try to have at least one city vacation, one beach vacation, and one outdoorsy vacation every year. The latter usually means hiking of some kind, but hardly extreme sports. We’ve done some hikes in semi-precarious spots, in places where you look back afterward and think, “What the hell were we thinking?” Hey, it builds character!
But I don’t think I would have had the stones to do what’s pictured in this video. Filmed in the Makinodromo/El Chorro area of Andalucia, Spain, the clip is a first-person view along a century-old trail that hugs the side of steep cliffs. The trail is neither wide, nor consistently… there. I’m sorry, but two-inch wide pipe, hanging over a free fall into the deep, does not a trail make. I’d be too afraid to take my eyes off the trail, I’d likely miss the views.
Beyond terror, there’s comedy! I enjoy how the filming hiker passes other more timid hikers on the trail, with considerable dispatch.
In any case, enjoy. After seeing this video, I know it’s as close as I’ll ever get to that particular vista.
(Thanks, Michael!)
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April 26th, 2008 at 6:32 pm
The question begs, who the heck was brave enough to build the path in the first place?
April 28th, 2008 at 8:30 am
…or how many guns were pointed at the workers’ heads as they built this?
April 28th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
Oh my! my hand got cold, my feet swet.. >gulp
April 29th, 2008 at 4:12 am
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April 29th, 2008 at 9:44 am
I’m not impressed by the hiker, I want to meet the dudes who poured the concrete steps up the side of the mountain
April 30th, 2008 at 9:59 am
That’s amazing! I definitely use the cable and a harness, but I’d likely be stupid enough to do it. Cracked me up when he just cruised by the guy clipping into and out of the cable though. Thanks for sharing!
May 4th, 2008 at 8:32 am
Stupid
Dangerous and stupid
May 4th, 2008 at 8:36 am
The hiking – Via Ferratta is a sport and the cameraman is really stupid to pass like SuperMan and not use the security tools.
Fabrice
May 4th, 2008 at 4:41 pm
“Fortunately”, sometimes there is a thin string along the wall… :p
May 7th, 2008 at 11:15 pm
Pussy….
A real man would have done this naked