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

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  • @thebasketballhistorian3291
    @thebasketballhistorian3291 4 года назад +1996

    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
      @SmallSpoonBrigade 2 года назад +90

      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
      @skytpdh7793 2 года назад +42

      @@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
      @MikeTaffet Год назад +39

      Thrill by proxy is definitely the safest way to thrill

    • @tttm99
      @tttm99 Год назад +3

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

    • @majorskepticism7836
      @majorskepticism7836 Год назад +2

      It could still be the most dangerous - just station a madman at the end with a big hammer…

  • @radioactivated
    @radioactivated 7 лет назад +13595

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

    • @isaacbailey3681
      @isaacbailey3681 5 лет назад +323

      You place Fences alongside your Ravine paths?

    • @nuyo6569
      @nuyo6569 5 лет назад +143

      Some things never change.

    • @robloxlane9351
      @robloxlane9351 5 лет назад +15

      its at 666 likes right now :O

    • @jatinsuri1746
      @jatinsuri1746 5 лет назад +84

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

    • @uwulord2896
      @uwulord2896 5 лет назад +10

      777 likes and 7 comments b4 i wrote this

  • @elYisusdelaNazza
    @elYisusdelaNazza 4 года назад +5089

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

    • @echodelta9
      @echodelta9 4 года назад +8

      And people will watch his porn flicks.

    • @faridhabibullah30
      @faridhabibullah30 3 года назад +141

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

    • @bluscout31yrago55
      @bluscout31yrago55 2 года назад +90

      @@faridhabibullah30 "Avocado toast" - Sun tzu

    • @hejalll
      @hejalll 2 года назад +36

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

    • @kayleighohler9999
      @kayleighohler9999 2 года назад +7

      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?

  • @JawTooth
    @JawTooth 4 года назад +2544

    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
      @gabrielalbeldaochoa8234 3 года назад +89

      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
      @kingjames4886 3 года назад +98

      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
      @legohexman2858 3 года назад +20

      It's in a museum right now

    • @Island_Line_Rail_Productions
      @Island_Line_Rail_Productions 3 года назад +45

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

    • @Ezullof
      @Ezullof 3 года назад +47

      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.

  • @computer5272
    @computer5272 8 лет назад +9671

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

    • @Jackarooo
      @Jackarooo 8 лет назад +407

      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
      @computer5272 8 лет назад +520

      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
      @neonicecube908 8 лет назад +269

      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
      @shawnpitman876 6 лет назад +96

      @@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
      @WildeBob 5 лет назад +35

      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.

  • @GuyLogicGaming
    @GuyLogicGaming 8 лет назад +626

    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
      @TroopB-so3jm 2 года назад +25

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

    • @markgeorge2200
      @markgeorge2200 2 года назад +7

      @@TroopB-so3jm those workers had guts

    • @RavenMobile
      @RavenMobile 2 года назад +15

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

    • @Don-ev9rb
      @Don-ev9rb Год назад +3

      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
      @GuyLogicGaming Год назад +5

      @@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.

  • @noodlesthe1st
    @noodlesthe1st 8 лет назад +8464

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

    • @FelixTheGhost
      @FelixTheGhost 8 лет назад +317

      #4 will blow your mind!

    • @THB192
      @THB192 8 лет назад +201

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

    • @coooooooooool1000
      @coooooooooool1000 8 лет назад +124

      clickbait sites hate him!

    • @HQ_Default
      @HQ_Default 8 лет назад +27

      He lives.
      The end.

    • @noodlesthe1st
      @noodlesthe1st 8 лет назад +112

      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 RUclips FAMOUS*

  • @2BigFooted
    @2BigFooted 5 лет назад +7029

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

    • @tonybobay6276
      @tonybobay6276 5 лет назад +619

      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)

    • @2BigFooted
      @2BigFooted 5 лет назад +96

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

    • @smoog
      @smoog 5 лет назад +502

      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
      @leecrotty658 5 лет назад +20

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

    • @jakobfinney
      @jakobfinney 5 лет назад +46

      @@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

  • @michaellopez9711
    @michaellopez9711 4 года назад +302

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

  • @RainaRamsay
    @RainaRamsay 8 лет назад +793

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

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ 4 года назад +12

      Oddly "just about" has 2 definitions.

    • @OrangeC7
      @OrangeC7 4 года назад +23

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

    • @SM-1010
      @SM-1010 4 года назад +2

      Agreed

    • @geonerd
      @geonerd 4 года назад +8

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

    • @wolffang489
      @wolffang489 3 года назад +2

      @@geonerd Sure but there are degrees of risk.

  • @TomScottGo
    @TomScottGo  8 лет назад +821

    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
      @HurricaneCook 8 лет назад +5

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

    • @Jsarbour
      @Jsarbour 8 лет назад +1

      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
      @EpticMe 8 лет назад

      👀

    • @TheJanDahl
      @TheJanDahl 8 лет назад

      Tom Scott Looks amazing.

    • @MerthanE
      @MerthanE 8 лет назад +1

      Yeah, looks great.

  • @arisamomoka2765
    @arisamomoka2765 2 года назад +137

    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
      @WTFBOOMDOOM 2 года назад +14

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

  • @Paavetti
    @Paavetti 4 года назад +289

    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
      @AndreiBerezin 2 года назад +46

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

    • @slcRN1971
      @slcRN1971 2 года назад +4

      😮😵‍💫😱‼️

    • @daniellicht
      @daniellicht 2 года назад

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

    • @ulalaFrugilega
      @ulalaFrugilega 2 года назад +12

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

    • @cindchan
      @cindchan Год назад +4

      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!

  • @jiraph52
    @jiraph52 8 лет назад +1740

    When you realize 5 years ago was 2011 not 2005

  • @theoneforhimnow
    @theoneforhimnow 8 лет назад +1949

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

    • @clray123
      @clray123 5 лет назад +70

      In the toilets, while watching porn on WiFi.

    • @letterslayer7814
      @letterslayer7814 4 года назад +13

      @@clray123 oh my god

    • @clray123
      @clray123 4 года назад +7

      @Letter Slayer You have my official apology.

    • @nikoszebeltzis6222
      @nikoszebeltzis6222 4 года назад +7

      TECHNOLOGY BAD PHONE BAD headass

    • @spacepeonies
      @spacepeonies 4 года назад +5

      Is that a field of dreams reference?

  • @janeweir2588
    @janeweir2588 3 года назад +172

    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.

  • @McHallfin
    @McHallfin 8 лет назад +482

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

  • @OddSqodd
    @OddSqodd 8 лет назад +868

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

    • @Dalonghair
      @Dalonghair 4 года назад +27

      OddSqodd
      Your roommate’s cardiologist agrees.

    • @bremCZ
      @bremCZ 4 года назад +25

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

    • @maltaipads3237
      @maltaipads3237 4 года назад +2

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

  • @verstone2486
    @verstone2486 8 лет назад +794

    dude you get around

    • @JayFe0
      @JayFe0 8 лет назад +47

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

    • @alexandersweeney6182
      @alexandersweeney6182 5 лет назад +35

      JayFe0 he’s in my house

    • @jmccormick1490
      @jmccormick1490 5 лет назад +1

      More than my gf.

    • @randomcommenthere
      @randomcommenthere 5 лет назад +8

      @@alexandersweeney6182 he's my house

    • @jonathansauceda589
      @jonathansauceda589 4 года назад

      @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

  • @monsurepik
    @monsurepik 8 лет назад +115

    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.

  • @nathanwest2304
    @nathanwest2304 Год назад +2

    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

  • @thevideoguy714
    @thevideoguy714 8 лет назад +780

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

  • @wethecurious
    @wethecurious 8 лет назад +717

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

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  8 лет назад +203

      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
      @asthmen 8 лет назад +112

      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
      @robinw77 8 лет назад +21

      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
      @bgezal 8 лет назад +2

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

    • @robinw77
      @robinw77 8 лет назад +4

      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.

  • @AndrewMCombs
    @AndrewMCombs 5 лет назад +40

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

  • @sumselknoten
    @sumselknoten 2 года назад +24

    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
      @mantosh56 2 года назад +1

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

  • @rafaelpolak2481
    @rafaelpolak2481 Год назад +6

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

  • @iamjimgroth
    @iamjimgroth 8 лет назад +49

    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
      @TomScottGo  8 лет назад +28

      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
      @iamjimgroth 8 лет назад

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

    • @Crlarl
      @Crlarl 8 лет назад +3

      They mostly come at night. Mostly.

    • @ezekiel0606
      @ezekiel0606 8 лет назад

      Jim Groth skydiving

    • @iamjimgroth
      @iamjimgroth 8 лет назад

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

  • @piotrbart6803
    @piotrbart6803 Год назад +2

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

  • @GileadMaerlyn
    @GileadMaerlyn 2 года назад +3

    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^^

  • @tommelly6139
    @tommelly6139 4 года назад +27

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

  • @telekommandant
    @telekommandant Год назад +10

    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.

  • @jimmyfarfalla8124
    @jimmyfarfalla8124 5 дней назад +1

    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

  • @glynwilliams13266231
    @glynwilliams13266231 Год назад +4

    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

  • @AvlisMestre
    @AvlisMestre Год назад +2

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

  • @Borednesss
    @Borednesss 8 лет назад +73

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

    • @Sp4mMe
      @Sp4mMe 5 лет назад +6

      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
      @rhodesianwojak2095 5 лет назад

      @@Sp4mMe good pfp

    • @Sharpshooter99100
      @Sharpshooter99100 2 года назад

      @@rhodesianwojak2095 pfp?

  • @kennethkrist
    @kennethkrist 4 года назад +1

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

  • @moony2703
    @moony2703 2 года назад +6

    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

  • @greenredblue
    @greenredblue 2 года назад +1

    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."

  • @tetenric
    @tetenric 8 лет назад +470

    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
      @maxhaill6028 8 лет назад +54

      Trust me, we do

    • @Ayveh
      @Ayveh 8 лет назад +16

      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
      @mrslinkydragon9910 6 лет назад +80

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

    • @luxwilliams1351
      @luxwilliams1351 5 лет назад +80

      It’s even funnier when Americans mispronounce English things

    • @MW-qt9ts
      @MW-qt9ts 5 лет назад +9

      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.

  • @Basajaun10
    @Basajaun10 Год назад +1

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

  • @Neffers_UK
    @Neffers_UK 8 лет назад +4

    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
      @Neffers_UK 8 лет назад +5

      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
      @saintclarus 8 лет назад

      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
      @Neffers_UK 8 лет назад

      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 :)

  • @RoverT65536
    @RoverT65536 4 года назад +2

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

  • @tattoodfreeek
    @tattoodfreeek 3 года назад +5

    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

  • @Kiyoone
    @Kiyoone 4 года назад +2

    can't argue against that. they made it more accessible to normal people like you and me.

  • @Wolfie66
    @Wolfie66 3 года назад +6

    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!

  • @liamwatson5125
    @liamwatson5125 Год назад +1

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

  • @TonyHammitt
    @TonyHammitt 8 лет назад +6

    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.

  • @thatguyoverther6019
    @thatguyoverther6019 4 года назад +1

    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

  • @CoffeeOnRails
    @CoffeeOnRails 8 лет назад +213

    Damn that 60fps. Pretty cool :)

    • @CoffeeOnRails
      @CoffeeOnRails 8 лет назад

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

    • @OrigamiMarie
      @OrigamiMarie 8 лет назад +4

      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
      @CoffeeOnRails 8 лет назад

      OrigamiMarie Check your refresh rate and try another browser.

    • @xpehkto
      @xpehkto 8 лет назад +2

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

    • @-.---.-.-.-
      @-.---.-.-.- 8 лет назад +7

      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.

  • @Defensive_Wounds
    @Defensive_Wounds 2 года назад +2

    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!

  • @ivarolsen4218
    @ivarolsen4218 2 года назад +56

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

  • @stephenberry1205
    @stephenberry1205 6 дней назад

    We did this in 1979 from Australia at the age of 25..
    Great spot.

  • @zico6302
    @zico6302 3 года назад +9

    Is it just me or is there like a skull in the water at 0:21

  • @Ayeato
    @Ayeato 5 лет назад +2

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

  • @bernardoespindola6991
    @bernardoespindola6991 4 года назад +36

    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.

  • @RRKS
    @RRKS 2 года назад +1

    I hate that anything worth seeing, ends up getting a ticket entrance.

  • @Erik_The_Viking
    @Erik_The_Viking 8 лет назад +3

    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.

  • @rodsdmba1571
    @rodsdmba1571 Год назад

    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.

  • @jacksongroat4439
    @jacksongroat4439 5 лет назад +37

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

  • @DudeWatIsThis
    @DudeWatIsThis Год назад +1

    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.

  • @unaliveeveryonenow
    @unaliveeveryonenow 8 лет назад +5

    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).

  • @kyoterium
    @kyoterium Год назад +1

    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

  • @jaredcurry2739
    @jaredcurry2739 8 лет назад +44

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

    • @MarcLloydZ
      @MarcLloydZ 8 лет назад +19

      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
      @feldinho 8 лет назад +2

      Overthinking Nerdiness drugs.

    • @lagado1lag
      @lagado1lag 8 лет назад

      dunno but mount huashan seems scary

    • @TOASTEngineer
      @TOASTEngineer 8 лет назад +8

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

    • @stupidburp
      @stupidburp 8 лет назад +6

      There are several stupidly dangerous paths in China.

  • @WouldntULikeToKnow.
    @WouldntULikeToKnow. 3 года назад +2

    It's amazing how many people here glorify a pathway that many people couldn't enjoy due to health and safety factors. Not everyone is as able-bodied as you and they should get to enjoy the world too.

    • @davidharris2517
      @davidharris2517 3 года назад +1

      it's the fact they built it explicitly to prevent people from doing something, if they'd built the new path 5m higher people could still walk the old and new paths

  • @Marc-yc6gm
    @Marc-yc6gm 8 лет назад +44

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

    • @kylenetherwood8734
      @kylenetherwood8734 8 лет назад +4

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

    • @TripleMpro221
      @TripleMpro221 7 лет назад +27

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

    • @kylenetherwood8734
      @kylenetherwood8734 7 лет назад +4

      ***** Bear in mind, 1901

    • @AudieHolland
      @AudieHolland 4 года назад +21

      NOBODY EXPECTS THE SPANISH
      to have hydroelectric powerstations in 1901

    • @manuelramos5869
      @manuelramos5869 4 года назад +1

      @@AudieHolland WHY??????

  • @Superioritycomplex61
    @Superioritycomplex61 4 года назад +1

    Turns out there used to be a Via Ferrata there, meaning that if you brought the right equipment it wasn't dangerous at all. They basically destroyed this really unique place to rake in more tourist money. How is walking on a wide fenced off pathway in any way similar to experiencing the original? To me that's like building a huge ugly escalator up the face of El Capitan and claiming that your doing it to reduce accidents.

  • @2Cerealbox
    @2Cerealbox 8 лет назад +239

    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
      @847MicRoss 6 лет назад +10

      Ryan N it was recently fixed, so probably

  • @deildegast
    @deildegast Год назад +1

    There were hydroelectrical power stations in Norway in around 1890, so what is surprising to you ?

  • @PakledHostage
    @PakledHostage 8 лет назад +6

    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?

  • @tommykarrick9130
    @tommykarrick9130 5 лет назад +1

    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

  • @KaiCalimatinus
    @KaiCalimatinus 8 лет назад +72

    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
      @41570 8 лет назад +16

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

    • @tk4x431
      @tk4x431 8 лет назад +17

      And so would the people doing handstands.

  • @kb4190
    @kb4190 3 года назад +1

    they should have left the old pathway alone and just advised them to go at own risk.

  • @axmoran
    @axmoran Год назад +4

    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.

  • @gustavgnoettgen
    @gustavgnoettgen 6 лет назад

    This is awesome, the old thing is not optical ruined since you can actually enjoy it without rising your life

  • @John_Smith_Dumfugg
    @John_Smith_Dumfugg 2 года назад +3

    Most dangerous? Just hold down Shift, bro

  • @jthegamer360
    @jthegamer360 3 года назад

    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

  • @jacktowers2712
    @jacktowers2712 8 лет назад +119

    So Tom, why is everyone wearing hair nets!?

    • @MegaMetinMetin
      @MegaMetinMetin 8 лет назад +8

      Jack Towers u want nits

    • @slazinger
      @slazinger 8 лет назад +30

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

    • @ryderpham5464
      @ryderpham5464 8 лет назад +38

      Because lice can knock you off a cliff. duh.

    • @57thorns
      @57thorns 5 лет назад +4

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

  • @TheoLubbe
    @TheoLubbe Год назад +1

    I like the 'for people who are okay with heights' - right at the moment the grill bridge over the chasm is shown.
    I'm getting used to heights again, but I think I still wouldn't be able to make it across that if my life depended on it...

  • @sgtxdubst3p
    @sgtxdubst3p 8 лет назад +5

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

  • @sdrawkcab190
    @sdrawkcab190 8 лет назад

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

  • @Asuomynon
    @Asuomynon 8 лет назад +29

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

    • @Bastacat
      @Bastacat 8 лет назад +5

      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
      @Cer83rus 7 лет назад +1

      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
      @Asuomynon 7 лет назад

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

    • @Asuomynon
      @Asuomynon 7 лет назад

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

    • @Tsuyara
      @Tsuyara 7 лет назад +1

      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.

  • @blastermaster5039
    @blastermaster5039 6 дней назад +1

    Similar to Nascar, once its made so safe that drivers have zero chance of even getting a bad injury, the prestige of driving such high speed cars that can LITERALLY flip on the air just kind of disappear.
    I mean Nascar is still famous though and I guess people do still watch it on tv or go to the race tracks from time to time.

  • @lcbrme138
    @lcbrme138 8 лет назад +212

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

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  8 лет назад +236

      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
      @ds27315 8 лет назад +36

      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
      @emdjoyce 8 лет назад +1

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

    • @kalebbruwer
      @kalebbruwer 7 лет назад +5

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

  • @photofan6254
    @photofan6254 5 лет назад +2

    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 😆

  • @MrYfe
    @MrYfe 8 лет назад +3

    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.

  • @MaxxxMaxMaxx
    @MaxxxMaxMaxx 4 года назад

    Im so glad i walked that path a year or two before it got safe.

  • @csongorzih5094
    @csongorzih5094 8 лет назад +85

    Wrong playlist :)

    • @TomScottGo
      @TomScottGo  8 лет назад +177

      And fixed! Thank you.

    • @GodlikeGER
      @GodlikeGER 8 лет назад +24

      Your channel is amazing! stay awesome

  • @PeepsChicks
    @PeepsChicks 5 лет назад

    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.

  • @FrankieSmileShow
    @FrankieSmileShow 8 лет назад +23

    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!

  • @karaloca
    @karaloca Год назад +1

    Try walking though Salford after midnight.

  • @c.w.8200
    @c.w.8200 Год назад +3

    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
      @heatherduke7703 Год назад

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

  • @Chestergs89
    @Chestergs89 8 лет назад +2

    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.

  • @ze_rubenator
    @ze_rubenator 8 лет назад +8

    This place is like Myst in real life.

  • @CortezEspartaco2
    @CortezEspartaco2 7 лет назад

    It's in the locality of Malaga, but pretty far from it. It's nowhere near the coast. Just thought I should clarify if anyone is wondering. It's in Ardales.

  • @Betood
    @Betood 5 лет назад +3

    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

  • @TheHuntermj
    @TheHuntermj 8 лет назад +2

    I know many people can now experience the path but what they are experiencing is nothing compared to the thrill of the danger of edging along a narrow path over a ravine, the tension in the knowledge that you *could* die if you don't pick your next step carefully.
    Now you have a vastly watered down experience, a theme park ride, populated by the bubble-wrapped meek.
    This could have been built anywhere but instead takes yet another challenge away from the daring.

  • @Bricc_
    @Bricc_ 8 лет назад +7

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

  • @msamour
    @msamour Год назад +1

    Right on! Turn it into a tourist attraction and the wrong people will lose interest.

  • @alexd6616
    @alexd6616 8 лет назад +5

    1:30 guy doesn't even trust solid ground

  • @himanshuraj1874
    @himanshuraj1874 4 года назад +1

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