Nice Hiking Trail

[rph9168]

If you are afraid of heights you might not want to watch this.

The entrances for this trail are closed but not policed.. It was built in the 1920's for hydro workers. There is no rail but there is a chain to hold onto.
It doesn't hold much weight and several people have fallen to their deaths.. This is an amazing walk! It should have you on the edge of your seat..
To intensify the experience, click on the full screen button (middle button that looks like four arrows). on the lower right hand side of the screen when the player comes up). Consider this: It was filmed by someone who made the hike carrying a video camera and filming. Can anybody imagine how this trail was constructed IN THE 1920's?

http://www.angelfire.com/ak2/intelligencerreport/scariest_path.html

The trail bike video below it is also unbelievable.

 

[pitzerwm]

That would be a piece of cake at 16, but at 60 it might be a bit more of a challenge.

 

[Uncle Sam]

rph,

What I noticed, as an engineer, is that they used very little steel (rebar) to hold the concrete in place so it fell out in places over the years. The quality of the concrete didn't look very good either; it was probably all hand-mixed where it needed to be poured. Europe is old and built without many standards of workmanship or codes.

Speaking of scary hikes or roads, my wife and I were traveling in Yugoslavia (when it still existed) in the '90s and drove a car on the island of Hvar right off the coast. It is a very rocky island with very few trees or soil to grow anything. So their roads are made of rock and were very narrow for a horse and cart, not autos. No cut and fill back then so when the road goes across a gully, they built the road up with rock to level it up. There are no curbs at the edges or barriers or shoulders; it is a shear drop!! sometimes a 10-12 foot (or more) drop straight down. You do pay close attention when driving on a road like this.

We do have some roads like this in the U.S. In Idaho Springs, CO on Hwy 70 west of Denver there is a back road that goes up to an old mining town called Central City that is a dirt road with no barriers, curbs or anything to keep cars from going over the edge and down the mountain. Local people called it the "O My God Road". Again you pay close attention when you drive this road.

I was younger and adventurous then!!

Uncle Sam