Walking the high wire: El Caminito del Rey
“El Caminito del Rey,” a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a mountain in Ardales, Spain, was closed in the mid-1990s after several hikers fell and died. The path, which is one-meter wide and 7.7 km long, will be reopened to the public on March 28, 2015.
- A journalist admires the scenery during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path), a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- A person admires the scenery during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists and visitors admire the scenery during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists and visitors take photographs during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path), a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists and visitors cross a bridge during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists and visitors cross a bridge during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists and visitors walk during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists walk during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- A train passes through a tunnel in the rocks as people walk the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey.” (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists walk during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- Journalists walk during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- A man crosses a footbridge during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)
- A person admires the scenery during a visit to the foot-path “El Caminito del Rey” (King’s little path) a narrow walkway hanging and carved on the steep walls of a defile in Ardales near Malaga on March 15, 2015. (Jorge Guerrero/AFP/Getty Images)