Anyone for a hike?

[Brooklands]

El Camino Del Rey

 

[Steve]

Er, yes. Absolutely. Each morning before breakfast, doesn't everybody?

 

[Steve_S]

I've always wanted to do that, but I'm sure I never will.

 

[vping]

Interesting music and I wonder if anyone has fallen. Not the safest looking area.

 

[aeronca65t]

Interesting music and I wonder if anyone has fallen. Not the safest looking area.

Four people died in 1999-2000. After that, they closed it, but folks still sneak out on it.

It was built around 1900 and I think many, many people died building it.

 

[vping]

If they repaired it, I'd do it. But sheese, scary.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Camino_del_Rey

I used to climb vertical walls when I was a teen but age has made me a scaredy cat to heights. Here is where I used to climb.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gunks#Climbing_in_the_Gunks

 

[aerog]

I had all I could do to sit through the video. Awesome but...cripes.

 

[Silverghost]

Aww c'mon, vping! You just changed forms of insanity from rock climbing to driving, working on and owning LBC's!!! Both of which should get your head examined!!! ROFL!!

 

[DNK]

Deja Vu

 

[70herald]

Only 100 years old and already falling apart. I've climbed 2,000 year old Roman paths which are in better condition. No wider though.

 

[DrEntropy]

My ancestors! They went on to build Ferraris, y'know. :wink:

 

[bugimike]

A history of how that path was built would be fascinating! Just hauling up the concrete and steel to build is seems like a daunting task! I would have like to have seen some more of the vistas, it looks beautiful! I used to scramble some crags when I was a kid in Cyprus and then Big Rocks in NW Pa. as a teen, but nothing as wild as this!!!

 

[vping]

True True!. Another sacrey thing which I do not think you can do anymore is walk around the outside of the Leaning Tower of Pisa. That was really bad. No rails and leaning like that is a trip.