Caminito del Rey, Spain: one of the world’s scariest hikes to reopen — theguardian.com

The Caminito del Rey, one of the world scariest hikes, is reopening to the public early next year. It is currently illegal to walk along the dangerously dilapidated path, which skirts the Guadalhorce river gorge near El Chorro in southern Spain – although that hasn’t stopped daredevil climbers. Here is the lowdown on the hike in numbers: 109 years ago the trail was completed by workers at nearby hydroelectric plants.

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