Walk the Wicked Way

And ponder this perilous pathway.

Filming all the way, this guy hiked the most hair-raising section of the disintegrating El Camino del Rey gorge trail.



El Caminito del Rey (The King's little pathway) is pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge near Málaga, Spain.

It was built in 1901 for workers at the hydroelectric dam at Chorro Falls, and was one meter (39 inches) wide, complete with a handrail. Now its obviously in a highly deteriorated state, with all those large gaps bridged only by narrow beams. They did install a safety-wire alongside the path, but several people still fell off in recent years, so the local government closed it about 10 years ago.

But apparently they don't patrol it.
Can't blame them - who'd volunteer?
I mean, besides ^ that guy ^.

btw, this inspired me to look up 'scary' words:
frightening, terrifying, alarming, bloodcurdling, chilling, creepy, eerie, hairy, horrendous, horrifying, intimidating, shocking, spine-chilling, spooky, unnerving, perilous, risky, treacherous, uncertain, unhealthy, unsound, wicked... I think they all apply here.

A late entry for TT's 'stairs' day. Happy New Year!
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An Amazing Trek

... into Spock's mind, among other places.

A farmer fan used GPS technology to build this 32-acre 'York Maze' in Yorkshire, UK as a tribute of sorts to the 40th year of 'Star Trek'. You can get lost running around Saturn, the Starship Enterprise, in Mr Spock's brain, or into a "Borg cube" that's being zapped right next to Picard's head.

*''See? Spock's brain is green too.''

Fun for the entire clan...

Bring food, H₂O, pointy ears & a GPS.

Daily Mail: York Maze.

No Junk Mail

Believe it or not, its a Dutch mailbox.

The postal service in Knokke-Heist has a crusade against 'problem' mailboxes. Most bad boxes are 'unmarked, too small, or difficult to reach'. But some are just... 'non-conforming'.

The best part? The postal union talks to the owner in person to tell them that they won't be able to deliver mail to that bad box anymore. But if they can't contact them within 10 days?... Then they will 'be informed by letter'.

That'll show 'em

link via: Oro Nieuws (Dutch)

Sandy Pants

...in a 'sculpt like a pirate' fest.

''Yo ho ho and a bottle of sand-glluuuue''
The 11th annual (world's largest) Sand Castle Festival is underway in Belgium this week. Weirdly, even though its in a seaside town, the event appears to be held indoors.


And this year's theme is pirates, so for inspiration the sculptors spent an entire day watching pirate films.


link: more pics via WCBS.

p.s... includes a sculpture of Michael Jackson(?)