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.
@SmallSpoonBrigade2 жыл бұрын
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.
@skytpdh77932 жыл бұрын
@@SmallSpoonBrigade Lots of things in Spain and I guess in lots of places around the world can't be removed due to being heritage.
@MikeTaffet2 жыл бұрын
Thrill by proxy is definitely the safest way to thrill
@tttm99 Жыл бұрын
@@MikeTaffet just keep upping the proxies... some might get a thrill out of your say-so, and so an even safer thrill yet 🤣
@majorskepticism7836 Жыл бұрын
It could still be the most dangerous - just station a madman at the end with a big hammer…
@elYisusdelaNazza4 жыл бұрын
"More safety is ok, but nobody will visit this until we have wifi and toilets." Alfonso the 13th, King of Spain, 1928.
@echodelta94 жыл бұрын
And people will watch his porn flicks.
@faridhabibullah303 жыл бұрын
"Don't believe everything you saw on the internet." -Malcolm X
@bluscout31yrago552 жыл бұрын
@@faridhabibullah30 "Avocado toast" - Sun tzu
@hejalll2 жыл бұрын
@@faridhabibullah30 "Most facts aren't facts" - Some guy, probably.
@kayleighohler99992 жыл бұрын
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?
@radioactivated7 жыл бұрын
That's how you build a path along the sides of a ravine in Minecraft.
@isaacbailey36815 жыл бұрын
You place Fences alongside your Ravine paths?
@nuyo65695 жыл бұрын
Some things never change.
@robloxlane93515 жыл бұрын
its at 666 likes right now :O
@jatinsuri17465 жыл бұрын
I just full send it and jump into it hoping there is water on the bottem
@uwulord28965 жыл бұрын
777 likes and 7 comments b4 i wrote this
@JawTooth4 жыл бұрын
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
@gabrielalbeldaochoa82344 жыл бұрын
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.
@kingjames48864 жыл бұрын
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...
@legohexman28583 жыл бұрын
It's in a museum right now
@Island_Line_Rail_Productions3 жыл бұрын
who the hell puts rails in a museum? unless it is being used as part of a track that is a dumb idea
@Ezullof3 жыл бұрын
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.
@noodlesthe1st8 жыл бұрын
*TOM WALKS THE MOST DANGEROUS PATH ON EARTH* *YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!*
@FelixTheGhost8 жыл бұрын
#4 will blow your mind!
@THB1928 жыл бұрын
noodles6669 Survive dangerous paths with this one weird trick *they* don't want you to know.
@coooooooooool10008 жыл бұрын
clickbait sites hate him!
@HQ_Default8 жыл бұрын
He lives. The end.
@noodlesthe1st8 жыл бұрын
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*
@GuyLogicGaming8 жыл бұрын
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-so3jm2 жыл бұрын
The scariest thing was looking down at the old path and imagening people walking that to work, carrying gear, in the old days.
@markgeorge22002 жыл бұрын
@@TroopB-so3jm those workers had guts
@RavenMobile2 жыл бұрын
@@markgeorge2200 Until they hit the rocks below, anyhow.
@Don-ev9rb2 жыл бұрын
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....
@GuyLogicGaming2 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@computer52728 жыл бұрын
Ironic how they've turned it into the safest pathway.
@Jackarooo8 жыл бұрын
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.
@computer52728 жыл бұрын
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.
@neonicecube9088 жыл бұрын
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.
@shawnpitman8766 жыл бұрын
@@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.
@WildeBob5 жыл бұрын
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.
@2BigFooted5 жыл бұрын
1 person falling every year or two really isn't that bad when it comes to the MOST dangerous anything!
@tonybobay62765 жыл бұрын
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)
@2BigFooted5 жыл бұрын
@Yato maybe, but I dont believe they said the percentage. I just feel there are/were probably more dangerous paths in the world
@smoog5 жыл бұрын
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.
@leecrotty6585 жыл бұрын
This reminds me of highway signs give up to date traffic death counters.
@jakobfinney5 жыл бұрын
@@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
@TomScottGo8 жыл бұрын
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...
@HurricaneCook8 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott I was just going to ask if you had jumped to 60 fps recently. Looks great!
@Jsarbour8 жыл бұрын
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.
@EpticMe8 жыл бұрын
👀
@TheJanDahl8 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott Looks amazing.
@MerthanE8 жыл бұрын
Yeah, looks great.
@arisamomoka27652 жыл бұрын
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.
@WTFBOOMDOOM2 жыл бұрын
Same, I thought it was from this year. I like the cartoon character logic too.
@204lemon6 күн бұрын
Watching this vid at Jan 2025 😂
@janeweir25884 жыл бұрын
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.
@ElSantoLuchador4 күн бұрын
"Peace, serenity, and wilderness." Not after they idiot proof the place.
@Paavetti4 жыл бұрын
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.
@AndreiBerezin2 жыл бұрын
Goddamn. That was the one that should be called the most dangerous
@slcRN19712 жыл бұрын
😮😵💫😱‼️
@daniellicht2 жыл бұрын
... why didn't you just take the train
@ulalaFrugilega2 жыл бұрын
Tom must have taken a car, I conclude. A dangerous bus ride is wayyy scarier than a footpath, right? Glad you made it.
@cindchan Жыл бұрын
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!
@theoneforhimnow8 жыл бұрын
WiFi and toilets... If you build it, they will come!
@clray1235 жыл бұрын
In the toilets, while watching porn on WiFi.
@letterslayer78144 жыл бұрын
@@clray123 oh my god
@clray1234 жыл бұрын
@Letter Slayer You have my official apology.
@nikoszebeltzis62224 жыл бұрын
TECHNOLOGY BAD PHONE BAD headass
@spacepeonies4 жыл бұрын
Is that a field of dreams reference?
@RainaRamsay8 жыл бұрын
"Just about safe" is not what I look for in my walkways...
@bremCZ4 жыл бұрын
Oddly "just about" has 2 definitions.
@OrangeC74 жыл бұрын
@@bremCZ Google gives the following synonyms: nearly, almost, practically, all but,... if we stop there, "This pathway is all but safe"
@SM-10104 жыл бұрын
Agreed
@geonerd4 жыл бұрын
Risk is the price of life, and ALL activities are hazardous to one degree or another.
@wolffang4893 жыл бұрын
@@geonerd Sure but there are degrees of risk.
@McHallfin8 жыл бұрын
Tom finds something interesting in southern Spain, because he wants to go on holiday.
@OddSqodd8 жыл бұрын
The world's most dangerous path is between my roommate and a pint of Ben and Jerrys.
@Dalonghair4 жыл бұрын
OddSqodd Your roommate’s cardiologist agrees.
@bremCZ4 жыл бұрын
You haven't been between a Slav and alcohol before I see.
@maltaipads32374 жыл бұрын
Brem and you haven’t seen the path between a kid without an undershirt on and just a shirt and a Slavic Dad.
@jiraph528 жыл бұрын
When you realize 5 years ago was 2011 not 2005
@elpepe-wx7oj5 жыл бұрын
8 now haha
@LMDProductionsOfficial4 жыл бұрын
2015 now 😂😂
@rizzpro4 жыл бұрын
Suit yourselves guys for us here in 2074, 5 years ago is 2069
@AkshayMhatre4 жыл бұрын
Bruh
@TheMangoDeluxe4 жыл бұрын
Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore dude you died in 1997
@michaellopez97114 жыл бұрын
"The trouble was: people kept falling to their deaths" what a problem that is
@hiimryan23884 жыл бұрын
You sir...
@ChiefArug3 жыл бұрын
Darwinism at its finest
@bronzejourney57842 жыл бұрын
Those damn spoiled milennials.
@roberthenderson44665 ай бұрын
DON"T CALL ME SIR.......THIS IS NOT THE MILITARY.......
@Quotenwagnerianer18 күн бұрын
Minor inconvenience.
@monsurepik8 жыл бұрын
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.
@thevideoguy7148 жыл бұрын
Tom Scott....do you ever wish you were named Scott Tom?
@coooooooooool10008 жыл бұрын
what
@ogreyreyrey5 жыл бұрын
@Virgil Fabre r/im14andthisiswoooosh
@dewannaeem72835 жыл бұрын
Did you just watch an Atkinson video?
@badmanjones1795 жыл бұрын
scom tott
@neonicplays5 жыл бұрын
darklordster no, we don’t want him reproducing lmao
@verstone24868 жыл бұрын
dude you get around
@JayFe08 жыл бұрын
Yeah he does. He's not far from my house.
@alexandersweeney61825 жыл бұрын
JayFe0 he’s in my house
@jmccormick14905 жыл бұрын
More than my gf.
@randomcommenthere5 жыл бұрын
@@alexandersweeney6182 he's my house
@jonathansauceda5894 жыл бұрын
@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
@nathanwest2304 Жыл бұрын
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
@wethecurious8 жыл бұрын
Railings, helmuts, and... hairnets? - Ross
@TomScottGo8 жыл бұрын
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...
@asthmen8 жыл бұрын
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.
@robinw778 жыл бұрын
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!
@bgezal8 жыл бұрын
They could just steam wash the helmets between use. Are those head bags reusable or recyclable?
@robinw778 жыл бұрын
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.
@bencooper137110 күн бұрын
I tried to walk it in '98 with a friend and my dog Flash. Flash made us give it up after about 20 minutes. He was a smart dog.
@AndrewMCombs5 жыл бұрын
This is actually an amazing walk and if you're in Spain I would highly recommend it
@piotrbart68032 жыл бұрын
I mean it's still the world's most dangerous path. They just made the safer alternative above.
@rafaelpolak2481 Жыл бұрын
Truly incredible!! I did the whole original Camino del Rey walk in 2001. Will never forget it!!
@philexley18535 күн бұрын
Wow! Facts. No sensationalism. Common sense. No clickbait. Well done.
@sumselknoten2 жыл бұрын
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.
@mantosh562 жыл бұрын
Damn your grand dad and your dad were quite the thrill seekers ngl!!!
@ElSantoLuchador4 күн бұрын
"Journey diary with painted pictures" equals instagram with integrity.
@AvlisMestre Жыл бұрын
That's how parents from all over the world used to go to school
@jimmyfarfalla812420 күн бұрын
We went there last year because of this video. Definitely worth visiting when you are in the region. Still a nice hike without the risk
@GileadMaerlyn2 жыл бұрын
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^^
@moony27032 жыл бұрын
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
@tattoodfreeek3 жыл бұрын
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
@Neffers_UK8 жыл бұрын
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_UK8 жыл бұрын
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.
@saintclarus8 жыл бұрын
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_UK8 жыл бұрын
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 :)
@tommelly61394 жыл бұрын
Heh - I walked this 30 years ago after glimpsing it from a train window. It was amazing and terrifying in equal quantities.
@iamjimgroth8 жыл бұрын
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.
@TomScottGo8 жыл бұрын
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.
@iamjimgroth8 жыл бұрын
Oh. That's too bad. Got any other suggestions I might not know about?
@Crlarl8 жыл бұрын
They mostly come at night. Mostly.
@ezekiel06068 жыл бұрын
Jim Groth skydiving
@iamjimgroth8 жыл бұрын
I am afraid that is quite demanding physically. Otherwise I would have loved to, so much.
@mariosebastiani32144 жыл бұрын
I'm from a little town of less than 4000 people in northwestern Italy. In 1895 public lighting here was modified from gas lights to electric ones, powered by a water wheel. So, why 1900's Spain wouldn't have those?
@zico63023 жыл бұрын
Is it just me or is there like a skull in the water at 0:21
@glynwilliams13266231 Жыл бұрын
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
@bernardoespindola69914 жыл бұрын
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.
@theendlessweltkrieg72762 жыл бұрын
did you go? im genuinely curious
@AndreiBerezin2 жыл бұрын
So, did you eventually fall down?
@Fotoaktywni Жыл бұрын
google big brother is spying on us all the time.
@ТестТестович-г2о Жыл бұрын
Ok, I got the pattern. Anything "world's most" had never been "world's" and is "not most any more" ) valuable information, nice video )
@unaliveeveryonenow8 жыл бұрын
2:29 I bet kids or drunk people would still find a way to squeeze and fall between the net and the path there (even though over the net would be more efficient).
@GuacamoleKun14 күн бұрын
Still looks dangerous. Not enough torches to keep creepers off the path.
@ElSantoLuchador4 күн бұрын
It's the safety itself that will introduce the creepers. Keep it dangerous and they're nowhere to be found.
@TonyHammitt8 жыл бұрын
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.
@RRKS2 жыл бұрын
I hate that anything worth seeing, ends up getting a ticket entrance.
@Wolfie663 жыл бұрын
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!
@DudeWatIsThis2 жыл бұрын
0:27 Well, yes. This is Spain. A rich, advanced, Western European former world power. It's not Guatemala, even if they do speak Spanish in Guatemala. The same way they speak English in Uganda, but the UK isn't as poor or backwards as Uganda.
@2Cerealbox8 жыл бұрын
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?
@847MicRoss6 жыл бұрын
Ryan N it was recently fixed, so probably
@stephenberry120521 күн бұрын
We did this in 1979 from Australia at the age of 25.. Great spot.
@John_Smith_Dumfugg2 жыл бұрын
Most dangerous? Just hold down Shift, bro
@Basajaun10 Жыл бұрын
I´ve done that path twice before renovations and the mere thought makes my hands sweat and I've climbed some gnarly stuff
@Borednesss8 жыл бұрын
I'm terrified of heights.. probably wouldn't walk on it no matter how safe it is!
@Sp4mMe5 жыл бұрын
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.
@rhodesianwojak20955 жыл бұрын
@@Sp4mMe good pfp
@Sharpshooter991002 жыл бұрын
@@rhodesianwojak2095 pfp?
@liamwatson5125 Жыл бұрын
I still would not want to be on that path, ever ever ever.
@KaiCalimatinus8 жыл бұрын
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.
@415708 жыл бұрын
And some people even do handstands on it. I would just die, tbh.
@tk4x4318 жыл бұрын
And so would the people doing handstands.
@hillaryclinton24152 жыл бұрын
Considering their maintenance processes, expect it to be deadly again.. soon
@Chestergs898 жыл бұрын
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.
@kennethkrist4 жыл бұрын
I just gotta say, I love these video titles so much for NOT being clickbaits. More creators should learn from Tom
@ivarolsen42182 жыл бұрын
i feel like the most dangerouse path is from any place in Detroit to any other place in Detroit
@Kiyoone4 жыл бұрын
can't argue against that. they made it more accessible to normal people like you and me.
@CoffeeOnRails8 жыл бұрын
Damn that 60fps. Pretty cool :)
@CoffeeOnRails8 жыл бұрын
OrigamiMarie Try playing in 480p. It prevents it from running at 60.
@OrigamiMarie8 жыл бұрын
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.
@CoffeeOnRails8 жыл бұрын
OrigamiMarie Check your refresh rate and try another browser.
@xpehkto8 жыл бұрын
Try youtube-dl. You can download 1440p 30fps version with it.
@-.---.-.-.-8 жыл бұрын
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.
@dewindoethdwl27982 жыл бұрын
Oh, they’ve spoiled it. Crossing the gaps was part of a climbing trip. It was brilliant going to visit the gorge bottom too. Anyone remember the “zip wire” from one side to the other? Rusty old thing has probably been removed or sanitised. You’d slide to just beyond half way then have to pull yourself up the other side of the catenary. Pumpy!!
@Erik_The_Viking8 жыл бұрын
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.
@deildegast Жыл бұрын
There were hydroelectrical power stations in Norway in around 1890, so what is surprising to you ?
@alexd66168 жыл бұрын
1:30 guy doesn't even trust solid ground
@204lemon6 күн бұрын
Watching this in 2025. Wow this vid is 8 years old?! Tom did look younger then
@PakledHostage8 жыл бұрын
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?
@smnoy233 жыл бұрын
I think I’ll still pass
@Marc-yc6gm8 жыл бұрын
Why are you surprised that there were hydroelectric power stations in Spain in 1901? Didn't you have them in the UK?
@kylenetherwood87348 жыл бұрын
Marc Coll We're used to being many years ahead.
@TripleMpro2217 жыл бұрын
Kyle Netherwood I am sorry but I find that ego to be pretty stupid
@kylenetherwood87347 жыл бұрын
***** Bear in mind, 1901
@AudieHolland4 жыл бұрын
NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH to have hydroelectric powerstations in 1901
@manuelramos58694 жыл бұрын
@@AudieHolland WHY??????
@piouspigeon93279 күн бұрын
1 person dies every couple of years so it gets shut down 😂😂😂
@telekommandant Жыл бұрын
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.
@Ayeato5 жыл бұрын
They should’ve kept it the dangereuses path as it’s iconic, now it’s just a path...
@lcbrme1388 жыл бұрын
Well Tom did you walk on it or what?? Scared of heights??
@TomScottGo8 жыл бұрын
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.
@ds273158 жыл бұрын
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.
@emdjoyce8 жыл бұрын
PaintTheFuture He'd just hold his camera down there, I guess.
@kalebbruwer7 жыл бұрын
ds273 maybe a skydiving trip will make it better. You know, put walking down the stairs in perspective.
@antoniomromo2 жыл бұрын
Yay for a government working to make something safe for everyone. We are always quick to condemn a government when it fails, but thankfully this is one time but they actually did good.
@Defensive_Wounds2 жыл бұрын
How did they make the old one back in the day also how did they make the new one? I wish to see videos or photos of that!
@Enja_Near Жыл бұрын
"Even if the clickbait might not be true anymore." Clickbait is defined by not being truthful my guy.
@AgiBla988 жыл бұрын
hahaha, it's funny how you pronounce "El caminitou deel rey" xD Good video.
@RoverT655364 жыл бұрын
This is why artists, designers, engineers and architect are valuable. This looks and feels detracting than than enhancing.
@jaredcurry27398 жыл бұрын
So, what's the new most dangerous path in the world? :P
@MarcLloydZ8 жыл бұрын
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.
@feldinho8 жыл бұрын
Overthinking Nerdiness drugs.
@lagado1lag8 жыл бұрын
dunno but mount huashan seems scary
@TOASTEngineer8 жыл бұрын
Well, communism is the longest and most painful path to capitalism.
@stupidburp8 жыл бұрын
There are several stupidly dangerous paths in China.
@thejsoftchannel4 күн бұрын
*Redbull just got an idea*
@tetenric8 жыл бұрын
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.
@maxhaill60288 жыл бұрын
Trust me, we do
@Ayveh8 жыл бұрын
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.
@mrslinkydragon99106 жыл бұрын
At least they are trying to get it right... unlike most tourists who are simply rude and expect everyone to speak english
@luxwilliams13515 жыл бұрын
It’s even funnier when Americans mispronounce English things
@MW-qt9ts5 жыл бұрын
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.
@georgejohnson14982 күн бұрын
Dear Tom, I remain subscribed, and still I am finding some of your many videos, not seen before. This was interesting to me as I actually visited the cafe at the bottom end in 2007. I suffer terrible fear of heights so we did not even go close to the path itself! I still would not enjoy it now it is made safe! I cannot drive over high bridges since crossing the original 1960s Severn Bridge [M4 in those days] in high winds. The lorries were stopped from crossing but cars allowed. That was in the 1980s! Last much smaller bridge I crossed was the Humber Bridge last Autumn. There was almost no traffic, so I went a steady thirty-five mph, and did not look to the sides, but only straight ahead. Not going to do that again, either. Best wishes and Happy New Year from George
@jacktowers27128 жыл бұрын
So Tom, why is everyone wearing hair nets!?
@MegaMetinMetin8 жыл бұрын
Jack Towers u want nits
@slazinger8 жыл бұрын
Jack Towers the helmets are reused from one person to the Next, So that way they are kept clean
@ryderpham54648 жыл бұрын
Because lice can knock you off a cliff. duh.
@57thorns5 жыл бұрын
So they skimp on the disinfectant? I wonder if the helmets or falling rocks are the most dangerous part of this?
@HariLesiEngreesi3 жыл бұрын
"It's not dangerous anymore; There is wifi and toilets at both ends"
@OlliWilkman8 жыл бұрын
Very pretty basalt columns after 1:05.
@thatguyoverther60194 жыл бұрын
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
@tymz-r-achangin2 жыл бұрын
1:18 hey quit flipping us off ;o)
@photofan62545 жыл бұрын
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 😆
@ze_rubenator8 жыл бұрын
This place is like Myst in real life.
@karaloca2 жыл бұрын
Try walking though Salford after midnight.
@MrYfe8 жыл бұрын
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.
@greenredblue2 жыл бұрын
You have to wonder what was going through the mind of the person who said "Sire, I've just learned about the most deadly thing in the world. I think you should try it."
@csongorzih50948 жыл бұрын
Wrong playlist :)
@TomScottGo8 жыл бұрын
And fixed! Thank you.
@GodlikeGER8 жыл бұрын
Your channel is amazing! stay awesome
@kb41903 жыл бұрын
they should have left the old pathway alone and just advised them to go at own risk.
@Asuomynon8 жыл бұрын
and the huashan plank walk isn't the most dangerous?
@Bastacat8 жыл бұрын
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.
@Cer83rus7 жыл бұрын
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.
@Asuomynon7 жыл бұрын
you walk on 3 skinny ass old planks, 7000ft high, 2-way traffic, with only a piece of fabric to keep you alive
@Asuomynon7 жыл бұрын
as opposed to this path, which doesn't even require a harness
@Tsuyara7 жыл бұрын
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.
@demonking-pk3by2 жыл бұрын
1 death every 2years? thats alot safer than alot of places that the safty could of went to
@axmoran Жыл бұрын
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.
@tommykarrick91305 жыл бұрын
I just wish they built it a little higher over the ruins, it seems off to me that they would hammer steel beams through what’s essentially a historical sight
@sgtxdubst3p8 жыл бұрын
Interesting, Very interesting! Where can I get one of those red shirts?
@kyoterium2 жыл бұрын
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