Websites (August 2008)

El Caminito   del Rey  (The King's pathway)
El Caminito   del Rey  (The King's pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow  gorge in El Chorro, near Álora in  Málaga  , Spain. The walkway has gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is only one meter in width, and over a 700-meter fall, and over time it has also lost its handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway.

The  view and the music are almost like being in a video game...very cool! Oh yes... Once you get to the website and click the  'Play' button - you must  go full  screen!! (by clicking the button on the bottom of the screen to the left of the sound button.)
http://www.brightcove.tv/title.jsp?title=1438490562

Forwarded by Barbara Ward 

IJHC – WHR Observations

This is an amazing experience. (Not for some with fears of heights!)
 
I find it a saddening commentary on our world that the forwarded comments liken this documentary to a video game.

Magical video – weightless in space
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZlxmB0HEIo
Forwarded by: Dr. Vinnie D'Amico