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Just this evening got back from a few days in Spain, on a climbing holiday with Sylvia.

Anyway, we happened to find ourselves on a certain pathway, made rather famous by YouTube videos of late.

I'm going to be writing up a full report for the outdoor activities site I am on, but in the meantime I want to share a couple of photos with you lovely people.

Here is one of me, looking a little nervous:


And here is what you see if you look down - my mind was going interesting places while I fiddled with the camera to take this pic:



Will share my trip report when I write it up. Did you spot the continuity error between the two pics, by the way? I'm wearing different trousers in each. They were taken on two separate days; that's right, we went up there twice.

Also posted at http://auntysarah.dreamwidth.org/249292.html - you can comment here or there.

Comments

[dave holland (from livejournal.com)]

This is fun?

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

It was stunningly awesome!

The Andalusian govt keep talking about repairing it. This may sound elitist, but it's a unique treasure in the climbing world the way it is, and I think if they did repair and restore it to original condition it would be a travesty.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

Similar in some ways to some of the Italian military structures up in I Dolomiti (which you are also familiar with, of course :o)

[auntysarah.livejournal.com]

El Camino Del Rey is currently actually classed as a via ferrata. I think it would be appropriate to maintain it as one, as the Italians do with theirs, but if it was restored to original condition, it would no longer be a VF - it would be a path. As a via Ferrara it's utterly iconic. As a path it would be impressive, but I fear, sanitised. I'm aware it would give more people the chance to experience it though.

[cmcmck.livejournal.com]

On the other hand the impressive 'Montague Steps' on Lundy island which were built to attempt to salvage a Dreadnought named HMS Montague which went aground there were never maintained and eventually went into the sea. If you've not been to Lundy, I suspect you'd enjoy it! :o)

There's probably a need for some kind of compromise solution although given Spain's financial state at present I suspect nothing much will get done in the near future.