The world's most dangerous path... isn't.

El Caminito del Rey, the King's Little Pathway, is now a tourist attraction near Malaga, in southern Spain. But once, it brought adrenaline junkies here - sometimes fatally. Now it's safe: but the internet doesn't really know that yet...
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[@radioactivated]

That's how you build a path along the sides of a ravine in Minecraft.

[@isaacbailey3681]

You place Fences alongside your Ravine paths?

[@nuyo6569]

Some things never change.

[@robloxlane9351]

its at 666 likes right now :O

[@jatinsuri1746]

I just full send it and jump into it hoping there is water on the bottem

[@uwulord2896]

777 likes and 7 comments b4 i wrote this

[@elYisusdelaNazza]

"More safety is ok, but nobody will visit this until we have wifi and toilets." Alfonso the 13th, King of Spain, 1928.

[@echodelta9]

And people will watch his porn flicks.

[@faridhabibullah30]

"Don't believe everything you saw on the internet." -Malcolm X

[@bluscout31yrago55]

@@faridhabibullah30 "Avocado toast" - Sun tzu

[@hejalll]

@@faridhabibullah30 "Most facts aren't facts" - Some guy, probably.

[@kayleighohler9999]

I reckon thats a good thing! Let's ada everest while were at it, such an incredible place more people should have access too! anyone ever think the places are incredible because they don't have many people?

[@thebasketballhistorian3291]

I like how they kept the ruins just below the new safe path. You can walk it safely while still getting the thrill of seeing how dangerous the original paths were.

[@SmallSpoonBrigade]

Sometimes you can't safely remove something like that. I have a feeling that trying to remove the previous path would have run the risk of making the new path unsafe or impossible to build.

[@skytpdh7793]

@@SmallSpoonBrigade Lots of things in Spain and I guess in lots of places around the world can't be removed due to being heritage.

[@MikeTaffet]

Thrill by proxy is definitely the safest way to thrill

[@tttm99]

@@MikeTaffet just keep upping the proxies... some might get a thrill out of your say-so, and so an even safer thrill yet 🤣

[@GaslightingIsEvil]

​@@SmallSpoonBrigade the builders of the new path must have used the old path. I wonder how much they had to be paid to work on the most unsafe path in the world - they would have had heavy equipment too

[@bobsaget9675]

1 person falling every year or two really isn't that bad when it comes to the MOST dangerous anything!

[@tonybobay6276]

For real. The Grand Canyon averages 2-3 accidental fall deaths per year, and 8-12 in total annual deaths on average (suicide, heat stroke, plane crash, etc)

[@bobsaget9675]

@Yato maybe, but I dont believe they said the percentage. I just feel there are/were probably more dangerous paths in the world

[@smoog]

It depends on how many did it every year on average. Also, because it was so dangerous only the fittest and most experienced would attempt it. It makes it difficult to compare it to the Grand Canyon, for example, which has millions of visitors of all ages and ability.

[@leecrotty658]

This reminds me of highway signs give up to date traffic death counters.

[@jakobfinney]

@@tonybobay6276 I was at the Grand Canyon when a guy slipped on the edge into it. Safe to say we didn't go close to the edge that day

[@computer5272]

Ironic how they've turned it into the safest pathway.

[@Jackarooo]

hmm... not really. I'd imagine taking a nice stroll in the park is a hole lot safer than walking along a cliff path. If they were really uptight about security they would probably have people harnessed into a security line so even if they did fall they could not die.

[@computer5272]

921Jackofalltrades You wear a helmet and walk on a controlled path with tall fences either side. It's safer than the park. The park is an uncontrolled environment and with one misstep you could trip, hit your head, and die. It's harder to do that on a narrow fenced in pathway with a helmet on.

[@neonicecube908]

A famous writer died in Paris while taking a walk in the park, a branch fell down from a tree and killed him on the spot.

[@shawnpitman876]

@@computer5272 if you're going to include tripping in the equation, you're VERY wrong. because a helmet wouldn't protect you from tripping and having something impale you through your eye, killing you. get a brain.

[@WildeBob]

Well the helmet doesn’t do much because it’s quite a long fall and if you fall and hit you head, you will certainly at least break your neck if not more.

[@noodlesthe1st]

*TOM WALKS THE MOST DANGEROUS PATH ON EARTH* *YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!*

[@FelixTheGhost]

#4 will blow your mind!

[@THB192]

noodles6669 Survive dangerous paths with this one weird trick *they* don't want you to know.

[@coooooooooool1000]

clickbait sites hate him!

[@HQ_Default]

He lives. The end.

[@noodlesthe1st]

When my clickbait title gets more thumbs up than Toms comment with actual content. *CLICK VIEW ALL REPLIES TO FIND OUT WHY. THIS ONE NIFTY TRICK WILL MAKE YOU KZbin FAMOUS*

[@jiraph52]

When you realize 5 years ago was 2011 not 2005

[@elpepe-wx7oj]

8 now haha

[@LMDProductionsOfficial]

2015 now 😂😂

[@rizzpro]

Suit yourselves guys for us here in 2074, 5 years ago is 2069

[@AkshayMhatre]

Bruh

[@TheMangoDeluxe]

Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore dude you died in 1997

[@JawTooth]

The rails that are embedded into the concrete on the old part of the trail are actual rails from railroad track. I wonder what year is stamped on the sides of them. Those should be in a museum somewhere. I bet they are dated 1800s since they were used second hand to build this bridge

[@gabrielalbeldaochoa8234]

In Spain, we aren't as nerds of railroads and other industrial technology as you are in the UK and US, there is a small community around it though, especially with old coal mines, but railroad? Not many people care about it.

[@kingjames4886]

most railways have old bits of track just tossed to the side rotting into the ditches... they aren't really historically significant objects. probably worth more as low background steel...

[@legohexman2858]

It's in a museum right now

[@Island_Line_Rail_Productions]

who the hell puts rails in a museum? unless it is being used as part of a track that is a dumb idea

[@Ezullof]

Why would you put rails from the 1800s in a museum when they can be preserved in situ? They have more value when they are now than in a museum where they would just be some 1800s rails nobody cares about.

[@RainaRamsay]

"Just about safe" is not what I look for in my walkways...

[@bremCZ]

Oddly "just about" has 2 definitions.

[@OrangeC7]

@@bremCZ Google gives the following synonyms: nearly, almost, practically, all but,... if we stop there, "This pathway is all but safe"

[@SM-1010]

Agreed

[@geonerd]

Risk is the price of life, and ALL activities are hazardous to one degree or another.

[@wolffang489]

@@geonerd Sure but there are degrees of risk.

[@michaellopez9711]

"The trouble was: people kept falling to their deaths" what a problem that is

[@hiimryan2388]

You sir...

[@ChiefArug]

Darwinism at its finest

[@bronzejourney5784]

Those damn spoiled milennials.

[@theoneforhimnow]

WiFi and toilets... If you build it, they will come!

[@clray123]

In the toilets, while watching porn on WiFi.

[@letterslayer7814]

@@clray123 oh my god

[@clray123]

@Letter Slayer You have my official apology.

[@nikoszebeltzis6222]

TECHNOLOGY BAD PHONE BAD headass

[@spacepeonies]

Is that a field of dreams reference?

[@GuyLogicGaming]

I just visited this pathway a week ago, and while it's VERY safe, as someone who is afraid of heights... it's still one of the most beautiful places I've visited on the planet. Between the canyon, forest and riverside... worth a visit many times over.

[@TroopB-so3jm]

The scariest thing was looking down at the old path and imagening people walking that to work, carrying gear, in the old days.

[@markgeorge2200]

@@TroopB-so3jm those workers had guts

[@RavenMobile]

@@markgeorge2200 Until they hit the rocks below, anyhow.

[@Don-ev9rb]

Would you recommend to visit it for people who are afraid of heights? To overcome the fear of heights? Or is it to dangerous, as it feels to open? No safety and an open fence with a small rope....

[@GuyLogicGaming]

@@Don-ev9rb new path (the one used since this was opened for tourism) has a (high) railing, and fencing and a solid footing. still high. but safety is not a concern.

[@Paavetti]

I once went there and tbh the bus ride from central malaga to there was absolutely terrifying. The road is so narrow that when another bus came past us and we were at the edge of the cliff the driver actually asked if we could move to the other side of the bus for making the risk, of falling down a 20m cliff straight into water, just a little bit smaller.

[@AndreiBerezin]

Goddamn. That was the one that should be called the most dangerous

[@slcRN1971]

😮😵‍💫😱‼️

[@daniellicht]

... why didn't you just take the train

[@ulalaFrugilega]

Tom must have taken a car, I conclude. A dangerous bus ride is wayyy scarier than a footpath, right? Glad you made it.

[@cindchan]

Okay, that's even more frightening than that tour company that takes people up Mt Vesuvius! Those drivers were insane!! To me, flying up those back-switches was sheer terror!! But that doesn't seem to hold a candle to what you experienced!

[@McHallfin]

Tom finds something interesting in southern Spain, because he wants to go on holiday.

[@OddSqodd]

The world's most dangerous path is between my roommate and a pint of Ben and Jerrys.

[@Dalonghair]

OddSqodd Your roommate’s cardiologist agrees.

[@bremCZ]

You haven't been between a Slav and alcohol before I see.

[@maltaipads3237]

Brem and you haven’t seen the path between a kid without an undershirt on and just a shirt and a Slavic Dad.

[@verstone2486]

dude you get around

[@JayFe0]

Yeah he does. He's not far from my house.

[@alexandersweeney6182]

JayFe0 he’s in my house

[@jmccormick1490]

More than my gf.

[@randomcommenthere]

@@alexandersweeney6182 he's my house

[@jonathansauceda589]

@Calvin Schuster ojjyjmjj have I'm go into I'll in never they the thing Unum I'll looking to get see if can see em to go get them to kill her at ten on Thursday

[@arisamomoka2765]

I just watched this video today, and i finally find what i really like about Scott's videos is because he always use that same outfit, aside from where he explicitly told the date or the date is relevant to the topic, we never really know when this was taken unless we actually look for it. It makes the video almost timeless, and can be enjoyed anytime and did not really have 'expiration date'. I didn't realize i watched a 6 y/o video until half way the video where i scroll down.

[@WTFBOOMDOOM]

Same, I thought it was from this year. I like the cartoon character logic too.

[@janeweir2588]

I walked this path a few times in 1996 to access the climbing in the gorge. The path was shonky AF but the real attraction of the place was the peace, serenity and wilderness.

[@monsurepik]

I stood on an accessible part of the path with my dad and sister when we were kids in the early 90's. I vividly remember the crumbling concrete and rusty metalwork construction of the path and the terrifying sheer drop beneath. Nice video Tom.

[@thevideoguy714]

Tom Scott....do you ever wish you were named Scott Tom?

[@coooooooooool1000]

what

[@ogranesson]

@Virgil Fabre r/im14andthisiswoooosh

[@dewannaeem7283]

Did you just watch an Atkinson video?

[@badmanjones179]

scom tott

[@neonicplays]

darklordster no, we don’t want him reproducing lmao

[@TomScottGo]

This is the first video made with the new GoPro 5s I'm filming with! They're great little cameras, but the shadow-and-light of this walkway wasn't really right to give them a fair test: colour balancing this was a nightmare. This isn't the last video from Spain, though, so they'll get another chance...

[@HurricaneCook]

Tom Scott I was just going to ask if you had jumped to 60 fps recently. Looks great!

[@Jsarbour]

It looks great! Do you plan on ever getting your own small camera qudracopter to your videos? Long time fan - thanks for all the amazing videos.

[@EpticMe]

👀

[@TheJanDahl]

Tom Scott Looks amazing.

[@MerthanE]

Yeah, looks great.

[@wethecurious]

Railings, helmuts, and... hairnets? - Ross

[@TomScottGo]

I think it's to stop folks from sweating too much in the safety helmet. It's on the Costa del Sol: more than 300 bright, hot, sunny days a year...

[@asthmen]

If the safety helmets are reused by the next lot of tourists, it may be for hygienic reasons. Hair nets are standard practice for shared helmets in Switzerland.

[@robinw77]

Tom Scott Yes it is for exactly that. They have the same thing at the karting track further up the coast near Mijas Costa. Good pronunciation of the Caminito's full name by the way! Going up there next week. Looking forward to it even more now!

[@bgezal]

They could just steam wash the helmets between use. Are those head bags reusable or recyclable?

[@robinw77]

Miner 2049er There are literally hundreds of people that go on this walk, especially at weekends, so steam-washing between groups wouldn't really be practical. The groups overlap as well.

[@nathanwest2304]

when Tom Scott retires with his family in a quiet home out in the country side, he has many great stories to tell his children and grandchildren of his advetures traveling the world

[@sumselknoten]

My dad and his dad saw this path from the train in the 80s, got out at the next station and walked it. It was very cool reading about this in my granddads journey diary with his painted pictures.

[@mantosh56]

Damn your grand dad and your dad were quite the thrill seekers ngl!!!

[@AndrewMCombs]

This is actually an amazing walk and if you're in Spain I would highly recommend it

[@tommelly6139]

Heh - I walked this 30 years ago after glimpsing it from a train window. It was amazing and terrifying in equal quantities.

[@telekommandant]

I've walked this in 1988. Nobody would go to this place then. We meet just two other people there.The original derelict path which was in very bad condition. Not only parts of the railings were missing or just not existing, some of the concrete slabs were missing too. You had to climb at the edge or even take a jump over the gaps of 1 meter (3 ft). Of course no hooks for a safety line, anyway we wouldn't know what's that for. It was absolutely dangerous but we were young, naive, and adventurous. Today the new path is made for tourists. It's safe, secured, and over-run. The scenery is still great and all, but it lacks the charme of the former times.

[@rafaelpolak2481]

Truly incredible!! I did the whole original Camino del Rey walk in 2001. Will never forget it!!

[@iamjimgroth]

I wonder if this can give me part of the thrills I used to get from mountain climbing. I like a feeling of danger but no actual danger, but I am no longer able to move adequately for climbing.

[@TomScottGo]

To be honest, there wasn't much feeling of danger here: even on the slightly bouncy suspension bridge near the end, it was mostly just amazement. But then, I'm mostly okay with heights. Mostly.

[@iamjimgroth]

Oh. That's too bad. Got any other suggestions I might not know about?

[@Crlarl]

They mostly come at night. Mostly.

[@ezekiel0606]

Jim Groth skydiving

[@iamjimgroth]

I am afraid that is quite demanding physically. Otherwise I would have loved to, so much.

[@bwaindead5539]

this was an incredibly clever way to prevent more people from going and dying on the path. instead of banning a dangerous path, just turn it into a safe path!

[@glynwilliams13266231]

I did this walk on the "unsafe" version and it was very exciting. I am pleased I don't have to return as I'm sure it would lose something now it has been sanitised. There was no one else there at all that day but it's probably rather busier now

[@joncelis9052]

I´ve done that path twice before renovations and the mere thought makes my hands sweat and I've climbed some gnarly stuff

[@Borednesss]

I'm terrified of heights.. probably wouldn't walk on it no matter how safe it is!

[@_SpamMe]

I'm not comfortable with them either, but I have been there last year and I have to say it's not nearly as bad as I thought it'd be. There is however that swinging bridge at the very end (inconveniently) where you cross the canyon, so that's something you have to be able to deal with.

[@rhodesianwojak2095]

@@_SpamMe good pfp

[@Sharpshooter99100]

@@rhodesianwojak2095 pfp?

[@CoffeeOnRails]

Damn that 60fps. Pretty cool :)

[@CoffeeOnRails]

OrigamiMarie Try playing in 480p. It prevents it from running at 60.

[@OrigamiMarie]

Yeah, I can get a nicely-playing video down at 480p, I just want the usual beautiful high-res experience but with a framerate that the laptop can handle. Funny thing, the video even loads in plenty of time, it just can't run the frames through the screen fast enough. Which I would think it could do, it's not a terrible computer, it's a MacBook Pro from only a few years back.

[@CoffeeOnRails]

OrigamiMarie Check your refresh rate and try another browser.

[@xpehkto]

Try youtube-dl. You can download 1440p 30fps version with it.

[@-.---.-.-.-]

The worst thing about 60 frames per second, is when your internet connection is just good enough to watch HD. Then you have to watch all the 60 frames per second videos in 480p.

[@GileadMaerlyn]

My great-great-grandfather was a mason in Malaga. He took part in building el caminito del rey at the time. I went to spain in 2016 with family, and we went to the caminito. I am very acrophobic but I managed to walk it to the end^^

[@Ayeato]

They should’ve kept it the dangereuses path as it’s iconic, now it’s just a path...

[@2Cerealbox]

Did you show up thinking it'd be like the old photos and you were forced to make this video about how safe it is now instead?

[@847MicRoss]

Ryan N it was recently fixed, so probably

[@KaiCalimatinus]

Wow I want to go look up the histpry of hydroelectricity now, though on the subject of dangerous walkways I hesr the Mt. Huashan paths in China are horrifying. There are cable ways and carabiner lines in places buts its like a plank of wood about a feet wide a few thousand feet up a sheer cliff.

[@41570]

And some people even do handstands on it. I would just die, tbh.

[@tk4x431]

And so would the people doing handstands.

[@Wolfie66]

Years ago I remember seeing a video of this path before the upgrade and it was terrifying! With all of the safety improvements it is still terrifying to me! I would love to walk this path however!

[@moony2703]

Love this and good on the local council looking out for people and doing something about it!! And thank you for the explanation and update, very interesting to hear about how all of this came to be and the history behind the original as well as the new path. :D

[@tattoodfreeek]

Darn you Scott for making bite sized nuggets of interesting information....... just spent about 3 or 4 hours watching your videos....... Great stuff, and incredibly informative

[@bernardoespindola6991]

OH MY GOD Im in Malaga right now, going there tomorrow, and this video was just recommended to me. I can't believe it. I love your videos Tom, you do a great work.

[@theendlessweltkrieg7276]

did you go? im genuinely curious

[@AndreiBerezin]

So, did you eventually fall down?

[@Fotoaktywni]

google big brother is spying on us all the time.

[@TonyHammitt]

They made the rope bridge in Northern Ireland pretty safe, too. Still a great view and well worth the trip if you're nearby, but no longer dangerous.

[@piotrbart6803]

I mean it's still the world's most dangerous path. They just made the safer alternative above.

[@csongorzih5094]

Wrong playlist :)

[@TomScottGo]

And fixed! Thank you.

[@GodlikeGER]

Your channel is amazing! stay awesome

[@tetenric]

I love when non-Spanish-speaking people try to say something in spanish and mispronounce it. It's funny. On the oher hand, I'm sure English-speaking people also find funny when non-English-speakers like me fail to pronounce things right.

[@maxhaill6028]

Trust me, we do

[@Ayveh]

You love it? I find it a bit annoying o.o well... If it's a English speaking person. If it's an Asian, Middle Eastern, or Portugues Speaking person then I find it interesting since some other languages have the same pronounciations of letters and they say it perfect as if they were a Spanish fluent speaker.

[@mrslinkydragon9910]

At least they are trying to get it right... unlike most tourists who are simply rude and expect everyone to speak english

[@luxwilliams1351]

It’s even funnier when Americans mispronounce English things

[@MW-qt9ts]

Ain’t too sure about other parts of the world but around where I grew up, we didn’t really make jokes about it. Puerto Rican garbled English was just another dialect of English.

[@RoverT65536]

This is why artists, designers, engineers and architect are valuable. This looks and feels detracting than than enhancing.

[@ivarolsen4218]

i feel like the most dangerouse path is from any place in Detroit to any other place in Detroit

[@jaredcurry2739]

So, what's the new most dangerous path in the world? :P

[@MarcLloydZ]

Overthinking Nerdiness Stairway to heaven Haiku stairs in Hawaii on the island of Oahu. Many have died and its banned (Security guards 24/7). Some say you can still hear people falling, screaming to their deaths.

[@feldinho]

Overthinking Nerdiness drugs.

[@lagado1lag]

dunno but mount huashan seems scary

[@TOASTEngineer]

Well, communism is the longest and most painful path to capitalism.

[@stupidburp]

There are several stupidly dangerous paths in China.

[@Neffers_UK]

Thanks for showing people such as myself who has never left the UK these wonderful places. Everywhere you have been has been making me wish I could travel. Awesome stuff. Cheers Tom.

[@Neffers_UK]

Edit: This was my response to someone who asked in a snide way if I am in prison. The reply has been deleted (notifications kept coming all day about this for some reason, not had time to see what the fuss was about) which is a pity. The people who judge should be named and shamed..... If you call devoting the rest of my life to looking after my wife who has a chronic illness, and making sure to continue doing my best to get my son who has learning difficulties through college and on to better prospects for his life then yes, I suppose you could call it prison. Now kindly crawl back under the rock from whence you came.

[@saintclarus]

If that's an issue, you could still go to Spain (depending on what your wife has and how severe it is). You can get flights there for about £35 per person for economy class and it's a two hour flight. I'm sure there's places in Spain that your wife can enjoy despite her illness (again, depending on the severity) and it sounds like you deserve a holiday as well. You should definitely go on a holiday (even a short one) with your family.

[@Neffers_UK]

Thanks for the reply, much appreciated. Yeah her illness is kinda prohibitive, it's the need of a hospital when things get bad that's the kicker (and funds of course) as there's only so much we can do at home and the worst bits happen totally at random so there's no real chance of planning stuff in advance. Again, thanks :)

[@kennethkrist]

I just gotta say, I love these video titles so much for NOT being clickbaits. More creators should learn from Tom

[@Marc-yc6gm]

Why are you surprised that there were hydroelectric power stations in Spain in 1901? Didn't you have them in the UK?

[@kylenetherwood8734]

Marc Coll We're used to being many years ahead.

[@TripleMpro221]

Kyle Netherwood I am sorry but I find that ego to be pretty stupid

[@kylenetherwood8734]

***** Bear in mind, 1901

[@AudieHolland]

NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH to have hydroelectric powerstations in 1901

[@manuelramos5869]

@@AudieHolland WHY??????

[@jacktowers2712]

So Tom, why is everyone wearing hair nets!?

[@MegaMetinMetin]

Jack Towers u want nits

[@slazinger]

Jack Towers the helmets are reused from one person to the Next, So that way they are kept clean

[@ryderpham5464]

Because lice can knock you off a cliff. duh.

[@57thorns]

So they skimp on the disinfectant? I wonder if the helmets or falling rocks are the most dangerous part of this?

[@Erik_The_Viking]

I don't care if they put in a new path - it's really cool to look at. Beautiful area too - definitely on my list of places to visit in Spain.

[@photofan6254]

Been in 91...great access routes for climbers! Crazy hommbres had this annual ritual. ..huge rope swing up through the gorge and about 15 people bungee dropped off the bridge pipe in a group on one rope!....great spot. Love the video I'd forgotten where it was 😆

[@Chestergs89]

Just in case that you are still around there, I would recommend to visit El Torcal de Antequera. It's just about an hour by car away from Malaga and its a very impressing landscape.

[@axmoran]

I have a complicated relationship with paved nature trails like this. On the one hand, I want to walk dirt and rocks. On the other hand, it opens it up to more people. Ultimately I side with "More of this" because there will always be trails less traveled, and the more people can connect with nature, the more people will see what's with protecting it.

[@PakledHostage]

Great video, Tom, but I am saddened to learn that it has been turned into a tourist trap. Equating walking on the old walkway to base jumping is a bit much; it was more like hiking a via feratta. There were secure cables to clip into with your climbing harness as you walked along so the risk of a fall was very low if you knew what you were doing. Indeed there were lots of sport climbing routes that were accessed from the path. I suppose those are all no longer accessible?

[@liamwatson5125]

I still would not want to be on that path, ever ever ever.

[@bhumphries1360]

You've got to have the world's most awesome job! Getting to visit all sorts of interesting and thrilling places. I'm super jealous!!

[@lcbrme138]

Well Tom did you walk on it or what?? Scared of heights??

[@TomScottGo]

All the first-person shots you see are me holding the camera. I definitely did it! It was just a bit trickier to film in those tight spaces.

[@ds27315]

Well, he did stand on a wall by the Thames to make a video on a helicopter crash, risking a fatal fall in the process, so this should be nothing. Meanwhile, I can't even go down the stairs without feeling the effects of vertigo. I probably need to go get therapy for that or something.

[@emdjoyce]

PaintTheFuture He'd just hold his camera down there, I guess.

[@kalebbruwer]

ds273 maybe a skydiving trip will make it better. You know, put walking down the stairs in perspective.

[@ze_rubenator]

This place is like Myst in real life.

[@dinnae]

I went there when I was in the area last year. I learned about it from this video, and today KZbin suggested it to me again 😊

[@jthegamer360]

i love that they kept the original path untouched so it remains a part of history and you can physically see how it deteriorated over time

[@TheHuntermj]

Hold up... so they closed the path because in the past 110 years 27 people have died from crossing it? I would hazard a guess that it is about on par with the figures for fatalities while crossing the street in a city.

[@cplusplusgamer]

they should put up gates and make you wear safety helmets when crossing the street too. pad the playgrounds, make bikes have mandatory safety wheels etc

[@Egg-mr7np]

Matt Hunter but then closing the path would be the equivalent of cutting another city's road death toll in half. An efficient way to achieve that outcome.

[@TheHuntermj]

Phembo Jones More people died per year while it was "closed" than when it was open

[@insect212]

Yeah the difference being hundreds of people cross the street in the city in a day meanwhile in those 110 years not many people have actually crossed it.

[@TheHuntermj]

Those people who cross city streets, they have to to get around, the people who go to this place know it is dangerous and want the thrill, they need to take full responsibility for their deaths.

[@AgiBla98]

hahaha, it's funny how you pronounce "El caminitou deel rey" xD Good video.

[@rodsdmba1571]

It's a must if you're staying in Malaga. Buy tickets on-line but shop around as prices vary WIDELY. We paid 30-40 euro's with bus pickup in Malaga and breakfast in Ardales.

[@LivingWalks]

How wonderfully precipitous still, I enjoyed it to the end. Thanks fellow walker.

[@Reziac]

Hope you'll give us a Go-Pro-eye's view of the whole walk. I've seen a vid from a few years ago -- had some parts I wouldn't try without a clipline, no way. Thought it was a shame that it had deteriorated so much -- when it was built it was clearly pretty state of the art for its day (and you don't think the King would have been allowed to walk it if it hadn't been safe back then, do you?) I'm glad they left the old historic route so it's still visible even if not usable.

[@MrYfe]

Walked there in 2014, just as they started renovating the pathway. I have mixed feeling about this, it's sad to see that the old pathway is mostly obscured by the new one, but I'm thrilled that a lot more people get the opportunity to experience the awesome view.

[@Nebulaoblivion]

honestly what a gorgeous view along that path.

[@kyoterium]

I love how I didn't even know outside Málaga people still had the idea that the pathway was still as dangerous as it used to be loved to see I was wrong its quite an interesting feeling

[@Betood]

Holy crap. I have been on that walk and i clicked on this video's cos I recognize the old walkways under the new one. Wow

[@madmadz1624]

Betod same here

[@TheRogueAdventurers]

They should've just repaired the original one and then did a go-ape style thing with harnesses and wires keeping you from falling.

[@chm1ata]

I have been there, and the view was fantastic, especially when you got out of the narrow part

[@richarddeveas4537]

Thank for sharing this and presenting it in the fashion that you did it in! Huzzah!

[@jacksongroat4439]

That UK journalist just said "heckuva" and, as an American, I assume this means we've won the culture war completely.

[@balls4992]

Far from “completely”

[@dontspikemydrink9382]

based on what evidence

[@DeanHankin]

That'll make it the only war you've won lately then....

[@jacksongroat4439]

@ST H Heckuva job there.

[@Asuomynon]

and the huashan plank walk isn't the most dangerous?

[@Bastacat]

Yeah i was actually thinking the same thing :/ You could argue that even the old pathways shown here would be much safer than above mentioned.

[@Cer83rus]

but for the huashan plank walk you can wear a harness and are attached to safety lines throughout the entire walk don't see how its dangerous at all unless you deliberately remove the safety lines.

[@Asuomynon]

you walk on 3 skinny ass old planks, 7000ft high, 2-way traffic, with only a piece of fabric to keep you alive

[@Asuomynon]

as opposed to this path, which doesn't even require a harness

[@Tsuyara]

You could argue that the security harness makes the plank walk pretty safe (similarly as to how this one isn't dangerous because now there are security railings) when compared to the old pathway here, which had absolutely no security in place.

[@hamilpatel4025]

great video, as always. wish there were more clips of you on the trail though.

[@GlenFoySuperStriker]

Tom, please do your own travel guides or something. Some of the things you find are unbelievable and would make amazing trips to go see.

[@c.w.8200]

I've been visiting similar paths in Switzerland and Austria, in the summer heat they're usually cool because of the high walls and river underneath, they're popular for self harm or murder scenes in detective shows, I'm sure there's a Spanish TV show that did something with that 😂

[@heatherduke7703]

Where have you been in Switzerland? I moved to the country a few months ago, would love to find some cool walks like this

[@FrankieSmileShow]

I really wonder if this real-world place was the inspiration for a location in the 2014 video game Dark Souls 2. One section of the "Huntsmans Copse" in-game area is this long ravine with narrow pathways on either side of the steep fall, and has a very dangerous-looking little plank acting as a bridge between the two pathways much like we see in this video. If you try to cross that plank, it collapses under your feet if I remember correctly! The idea of a video game level on narrow ledges isn't that new, but the resemblance here is uncanny, and the Dark Souls developers are known to take inspiration from a variety of real-world places for their in-game locations, so I wonder!

[@rhythmandblues_alibi]

The real-world Dark Souls of pathways.

[@PeepsChicks]

I remember watching those low quality videos of people walking on that pathway back in 2007 and sweating just by sitting in front of the computer. Nice to hear about it again, for a long time I was wondering where those videos were coming from.

[@himanshuraj1874]

Currently, most paths outdoor are the world's most dangerous paths.

[@dantecain6277]

I assume it's upload magic but dang scott, you get around the world quick!

[@sgtxdubst3p]

Interesting, Very interesting! Where can I get one of those red shirts?

[@BlueFlash215]

I remember watching those videos back in the day

[@Servergmr]

Me who is absolutely terrified of falling, even that would terrify me.

[@John_Smith_Dumfugg]

Most dangerous? Just hold down Shift, bro

[@Bricc_]

OMG, You're in Spain, yhat are you going to visit next??

[@davidfoley5128]

I love watching your intereting posts Tom, also its the way you say things... funny, humourous and VERY Oxford English :-)

[@sdrawkcab190]

I'm really glad they kept the old path underneath instead of taking it out while constructing the new path.

[@elementsk84life1]

Wow what a bummer that they went and ruined something that actually seemed exciting.

[@the1exnay]

They could have made a path in such a way that it didn't prevent the previous path from being used by those that want to, but they chose to take from thrill seekers something they enjoyed. Sure sometimes they'd die but they knowingly and willingly took that risk, and it's not our place to tell them they're not allowed to take risk

[@stonefox2546]

The scenery is amazing. Would love to visit some day.

[@AvlisMestre]

That's how parents from all over the world used to go to school

[@bouncingshot]

When you put a beam of metal over a cliff to make a bridge The Engineer

[@GuyWithAnAmazingHat]

I don't know why but this place feels like the Valley of Drakes from Dark Souls.

[@oxygeninhaler4542]

But there's no cancerous puking drake to get hit from 10 feet away.

[@thatguyoverther6019]

the thing is you wont be able to restore it to that extreme degree. with this sort of modernization more people may have access to it, but its a watered down version that has lost a part of its soul. I feel like there are already enough places with wifi and toilets at each end

[@mike_ctid_taylor]

That looks fantastic, we're doing that in a couple of weeks time. Can't wait.