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Offline MoeRon

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El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« on: May 25, 2008, 11:52:12 PM »
Originally built in 1901, this walkway now serves as an aproach to makinodromo, the famous climbing sector of El Chorro.

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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #1 on: May 26, 2008, 05:53:53 PM »
Dang, that gave me the willies!
Funny that my acrophobia doesn't kick in while flying, only when looking down from tall buildings or paths.
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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #2 on: May 26, 2008, 06:27:00 PM »
Holy crappola!  Absolutely terrifying.  No way would I dare go 10 feet on that path.  I can go up in airplanes fine, but no deal on climbing such ground-connected terrors.  Why and how in the world was that thing ever constructed? 

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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #3 on: May 26, 2008, 10:09:18 PM »
creepy, happy i wasnt walkin, When the person was walkin on the beams i almost toejam myself, specially the first one :confused:
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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #4 on: May 26, 2008, 10:42:00 PM »
Dang, that gave me the willies!
Funny that my acrophobia doesn't kick in while flying, only when looking down from tall buildings or paths.

Weird I love to fly but my acrophobia doesnt hit me when I look down...but when I look up I get all dizzy and weak in the knees.....go figure
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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #5 on: May 26, 2008, 11:50:13 PM »
doesnt look to bad, that path is 3 feet wide and if you look, theres a wire on the cliff.

3 feet is more than enough space to walk comfortably, regardless of how high it is.

that hole in the path at 6:26 looks a bit tricky though  :(
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Re: El camino del Rey, don't watch if your afraid of heights
« Reply #6 on: May 27, 2008, 12:44:45 AM »
doesnt look to bad, that path is 3 feet wide and if you look, theres a wire on the cliff.

3 feet is more than enough space to walk comfortably, regardless of how high it is.

that hole in the path at 6:26 looks a bit tricky though  :(

Yeah except the guy wasn't connected on the safetyline and the pathway already had collapsed in several places.

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