Warning--don't watch this vid if you're afraid of heights

[bif]

http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

[GCP]

1. OMG That's the stuff of nightmares!

It's like the Mount Doom part of LOTR.
That guy's got balls of steel!

ON edit - the people who made that pathway were brave souls.

[lost-in-nj]

2. OMG OMG

I didn't breath the whole time

wow


that person is VERY sure of their footing...

:wow: :wow: :scared: :scared: :scared:


lost

[hobbit709]

3. I have way too much respect for 9.80m/s² for that

[DS1]

4. That path is officially closed, but people still go

personally, I'd rather swim to the other side. I'd be safe, and the cleanest person in Spain.

[stuntcat]

5. *gulp*

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[Robb]

6. Related:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FLIVf2tZEw&

Bonus: fools discuss physics in comments. :D

[GCP]

7. Holy crap!

I thought he was sure to plummet to his death :(

[BarenakedLady]

8. I'd do it.

But I'd be attached to the line.

[Zuiderelle]

9. I might do it if someone had a gun to my back.

I MIGHT. :scared:

[zanne]

10. I had to go and watch it.

I'll be having "broken bridge" dreams tonight.

[huskerlaw]

11. Just watching that

made me feel light-headed and nauseous. No way in HELL would you get me up there. Seriously. If someone put a gun to my head, I'd let them pull the trigger.

[EnviroBat]

12. Ugh! That made my butt pucker...

I wonder how many hikers prematurely end their vacations there every year. The place looks dangerous as hell!

[Duer 157099]

13. Huh. Well I just learned that

there are at least 3 more crazy people in the world than I thought.

Who builds things like that, and more importantly, HOW?? HOW do they build that? HOW??

OK, and secondly, WHY, WHY, WHY? No, not why build it, WHY walk it when you don't really have to?

Things like this convince me that I really do not understand the human race.

I'm glad I didn't get that gene, whichever one it is, that makes people do stuff like that.

[GCP]

16. It looked to me as if it was a mining road

Saw some old equipment near the top.

On edit - it was a path for workers on a dam in Spain

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey

[SKKY]

14. I've been to El Chorro a few times.

It's a great place to camp, and it's about 2 hours from my house. There are always lots of climbers there in the summer.

[Rabrrrrrr]

15. Holy shit! And camera guy doesn't seem to be using the safety lines, either.

:scared:

No way in hell would I walk that. I was okay until I saw the first missing chunk of concrete and forced walk on balance beam.

No way in hell.

[MonkeyFunk]

17. I'm not even afraid of heights

but HELL no!

[nuxvomica]

18. That's nuthin' compared to this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ttZnxxl5Ajg

I have a great fear of heights but only regarding buildings. Natural places don't bother me. Go figure.

[racaulk]

19. Oh I just don't even think so!!!

:scared:

[racaulk]

20. Here's more info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey