This is just sick... - Camino Del Rey
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Don't know but I bet it was cheap ass labor. I went on this commercial rafting trip in Nepal, there was like 500 guys lined up trying to get hired to carry the rafts up this trail (100 kilos, about 20 miles). 3 of them got picked out of the mob, one was barefoot, one had flip flops on, one had some Chuck Taylor knock offs with the soles mostly gone.
Talking to them during a chai break, they told me they were getting $10 for the trip. If they hadn't gotten hired, they'd be carrying 100 kilo (220 #) bag of concrete twice as far up the trail. For $1.
Crazy shit.
How are those tiny ledges built through? This was done in the 20s. Did they have some type of scaffolding or did they start at point A, drive the iron siding into 10 feet of mountain, get it secure, put temporary wood planks on it, then move to the next 10 feet and continue?
I just remembered this... when I was little I was afraid of heights and I got over it by playing Half Life.
It's actually Caminito, but more commonly spelled Camino.
This isn't too far from where I live, about an hour's drive. It was built back at the turn of the century to get workers into the hydro electrical projects. Several people have died up there including 3 in one go that were all riding a zip line together. The gov't blasted off the easy access points but it's still possible to get onto the path through some train tunnels. The Malaga province had pledged 7 million euros back in 2006 to restore the path so tourists could access it safely, but with all the corruption in the govt. there (the mayors of several cities have gone to prison, in some cities more than one) the project has yet to be started.
Caminito del Rey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are several more photo essays on the subject, some with ridiculously insane photos. Google it if you want to see more.
I have a hard time watching the video, it literally makes me feel ill.
This isn't too far from where I live, about an hour's drive. It was built back at the turn of the century to get workers into the hydro electrical projects. Several people have died up there including 3 in one go that were all riding a zip line together. The gov't blasted off the easy access points but it's still possible to get onto the path through some train tunnels. The Malaga province had pledged 7 million euros back in 2006 to restore the path so tourists could access it safely, but with all the corruption in the govt. there (the mayors of several cities have gone to prison, in some cities more than one) the project has yet to be started.
Caminito del Rey - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
There are several more photo essays on the subject, some with ridiculously insane photos. Google it if you want to see more.
I have a hard time watching the video, it literally makes me feel ill.