Monday, April 21, 2008

Tranquila!


"Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an approach to Makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro." (Copied from Jeerjeerak's blog)
Being an acrophobe, this video was terrifying. All I could hear in my ear was the tranquila of the colombian guides in my ear as I was climbing the trees in the Amazonas! Amazing video!! Thanks Jeerjeerak-e gol! just when i started complaining about people not blogging too! :-P

From Wiki about
El Caminito del Rey (The pathway of the King):
In 1901, it was obvious that the workers of the Chorro Falls and Gaitanejo Falls needed a walkway to cross between the falls, to provide transport of materials, vigilance and maintenance of the channel. Construction of the walkway lasted four years. It was finished in 1905.

In 1921 the king
Alfonso XIII had to cross the walkway for the inauguration of the dam Conde del Guadalhorce, and it became known by its present name.

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 Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway.

6 comments:

A Fly on the Wall said...

Btw Juanton, maybe you should try it out when you go to Spain, being the adventurous souls that you and the misses are!!

Anonymous said...

That would be cool. N is watching the video now and is freaking out, and is saying that if I do it, she'll freak just as much.

btw, I like the name you've given me :)

Anonymous said...

Holly crap! I probably wouldn't walk that fast though.

A Fly on the Wall said...

I like how N says if YOU do it, she'll freak. So she wouldn't do it? :-P

Of course there is NO-way I would do it. :-)

jeerjeerak said...

what does "tranquila" mean?

A Fly on the Wall said...

tranquila = relax
:-P