Apptech wrote: > WATCH THIS VIDEO. > > I posted this recently but the ZERO response means few if > anyone has looked at it. > BECAUSE It's the sort of thing that people have to post ooh > and ah / not me / how brave / how silly / ... responses to. > > Its very worth looking at. The music is said to be good too. > I like it reasonably, but the video is highly stunning even > without sound. > Such bravery and stupidity and scenic beauty and danger all > rolled in together is unusual. People die there occasionally > doing what the cameraman is doing. And yet, a sprightly > octogenarian might be able to do it as well. > > http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562 > > Download seems to have become much slower than before and > stops and starts - maybe it's become very popular. Not > surprising if it has. > > I read that because of people dying here (doing this) they > dynamited the access way, but you can still get in via live > railway tunnels. This is of course illegal - the fine for > railway access is 3000 Euros (or 6000 depending on which > site you read). In the 1970's you could apparently run this > "track" and the handrails were largely intact. Not now !!!. > (You could certainly run PART of the track. Maybe even > sometimes all of it. But odds are that many who tried would > not manage to run all of it.)( Have I persuaded you to look > at it yet ?) > > > Russell > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Apptech" > To: "PIC List" > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2008 12:11 AM > Subject: [OT]:: Walk in the spring rain. > > >> Not raining. >> Probably not spring. >> Well worth seeing. >> >> A friend in the US sent me the link below. >> This has to be one of the craziest and most fearsome >> 'walks' I have ever >> seen. >> I'd consider doing it if I had to. >> But I'd be utterly terrified throughout. >> And possibly dead at the end. >> >> http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562 >> >> Bear in mind that somebody built this walkway - just over >> 100 years ago. >> >> Russell >> >> Bill said: >> >> >> This is BY FAR the craziest thing I've ever seen anybody >> do. I urge >> caution... firm seating with something to hold on to... if >> you have the >> slightest problem with heights. Good luck taking this >> little stroll through >> some very scenic terrain. There are some placesI was just >> not meant to see >> in person, and this is definately one of them. Here is the Wikipedia take on this. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist