the world’s most dangerous path. the world’s most treacherous, the world’smost deadly. this got all those descriptors and more. this is el caminito del rey, near malaga, on the southern coast of spain.
The Most Dangerous Game Text, and, well, once this was the world’s mostdangerous path, or certainly something very close to it. it was built between 1901 and 1905 by sailorsand prisoners, who were either used to working at height,
or didn’t really have much of a choice. and it was used to get people between twohydroelectric power stations, and yes, apparently there were hydroelectric powerstations in 1900s spain. it surprised me too. it was named el caminito del rey, the king’slittle pathway, after it was walked by king alfonso the 13th. but it didn’t look like this back then. it was just some metal, hammered into therock at 45â°, and then some concrete put on top of it.
and maybe there’d be a bit of a handrailor a safety wire, but it was certainly not safe by modern standards. and over time, the path fell into disuse, and it fell into disrepair, and then just started to fall apart. but that didn’t stop thrill seekers. as the internet and the web started to spreadnews of it, this attracted people from all over the worldto come and walk this crumbling but apparently-just-about-safewalkway.
and there are photos, all over the web, of2005 and 2006, of people climbing onto safety wires and walkingacross very narrow bits of metal to try to get to the next bit. but that’s not what it looks like now. the trouble was: people kept falling to theirdeaths, at the rate of one every couple of years. and eventually the local government decided,well, no, this is enough. we are closing this.
which of course just made the problem worse, because now thrill seekers want to do themost dangerous path in the world… that had been banned. so eventually they found a solution: builda brand-new path, on top of the ruins of the old one, and build it to 21st-century standards with21st-century technology. there are safety helmets now. there are handrails, there’s wire, there is a guard at the entrance checkingtickets.
and there is wi-fi and toilets at each end. and you know what? it works. it’s still thrilling, but it’s also safe,and now: there are a heck of a lot more people whohave access to this incredible site and the views. but online? this is still the most dangerous path in theworld. you will still see the old blog posts fromthe 2000s,
you will still see the old image sharing sitesand youtube videos from five years ago saying, "oh yeah, this is still dangerous. this is still terrifying." and of course nobody bothers fact checkingonline, so, oh, this still gets forwarded everywhere. but this isn’t that dangerous any more. it used to be as dangerous as, say, a basejump, it used to attract thrill seekers, the real adrenaline junkies... and now?
it attracts tourists who are okay with heights. and i reckon that’s better. even if the click bait might not be true anymore, a heck of a lot more people have access towhat is an incredible place.
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