head for Heights !!!!!

[glassblower]

Just going throught some old e-mails and came across this.

Subject: Fw: Must Watch (toe curling)

Mountain Trail in Spain

The entrances for this trail are closed but not policed. It was built in the 1920's for hydro workers. There is no rail but there is a chain to hold onto but it doesn't hold much weight and several people have fallen to their deaths. This is an amazing walk! This should have you on the edge of your seat possibly feeling slightly dizzy. It's 6 minutes long and should be watched till the very end.

To intensify the experience, click on the full screen button (middle button that looks like four arrows on the lower right hand side of the screen when the player comes up). It's enough to make you nauseous especially when you consider that it was filmed by someone who made the hike carrying a video camera while he did it.


http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligen ... _path.html

[EMDEE]

[MPR]

no, no no naw gonna dae that!!!!!

[Crowth]

That guy has some big stones You wouldn't get me along there, nor would you find me doing this -------->

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yCYZZPwJr_c

[drollyin]

No way... to both of those!

[witchnettle]

what about the folk who built the walkway x they must have been very brave folk x

[drollyin]

I never thought about that witchnettle - very brave folk indeed, I'm such a wimp!

[Crowth]

I doubt that bravery came into it. Economical incentive had the larger part to play in it, would be my guess. Put yourself in the shoes of an early twentieth century spanish mine worker, your choices would probably have been something along the lines of 'do this incredibly dangerous thing or you and your family can start wondering where your next meal is going to come from'. That kind of choice had to be made by millions of workers all over the 'developed' world back then and well into the twentieth century. I have no doubt that it still goes on in the world today. If you ever get the chance, read up on the construction of the Hoover Dam in the 1930s. The workers there and their families were treat appallingly, yet they considered themselves to be the lucky ones!

[EMDEE]

Nearer home, have a look and see how many deaths there were during the building of the Forth Bridge:

http://www.forthbridges.org.uk/forth%20 ... deaths.htm

[Mzz pasico]

I couldn't watch these to the end! Can't believe someone walked that crumbling path!!

[drollyin]

I couldn't watch it all either