The world's most dangerous path... isn't. 

I like how they kept the ruins just below the new safe path. You can walk it safely while still getting the thrill of seeing how dangerous the original paths were.

"More safety is ok, but nobody will visit this until we have wifi and toilets." Alfonso the 13th, King of Spain, 1928.

That's how you build a path along the sides of a ravine in Minecraft.

The rails that are embedded into the concrete on the old part of the trail are actual rails from railroad track. I wonder what year is stamped on the sides of them. Those should be in a museum somewhere. I bet they are dated 1800s since they were used second hand to build this bridge

*TOM WALKS THE MOST DANGEROUS PATH ON EARTH* *YOU'LL NEVER BELIEVE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT!*

I just visited this pathway a week ago, and while it's VERY safe, as someone who is afraid of heights... it's still one of the most beautiful places I've visited on the planet. Between the canyon, forest and riverside... worth a visit many times over.

Ironic how they've turned it into the safest pathway.

1 person falling every year or two really isn't that bad when it comes to the MOST dangerous anything!

I just watched this video today, and i finally find what i really like about Scott's videos is because he always use that same outfit, aside from where he explicitly told the date or the date is relevant to the topic, we never really know when this was taken unless we actually look for it. It makes the video almost timeless, and can be enjoyed anytime and did not really have 'expiration date'. I didn't realize i watched a 6 y/o video until half way the video where i scroll down.

I once went there and tbh the bus ride from central malaga to there was absolutely terrifying. The road is so narrow that when another bus came past us and we were at the edge of the cliff the driver actually asked if we could move to the other side of the bus for making the risk, of falling down a 20m cliff straight into water, just a little bit smaller.

"Just about safe" is not what I look for in my walkways...

"The trouble was: people kept falling to their deaths" what a problem that is

This is the first video made with the new GoPro 5s I'm filming with! They're great little cameras, but the shadow-and-light of this walkway wasn't really right to give them a fair test: colour balancing this was a nightmare. This isn't the last video from Spain, though, so they'll get another chance...

I walked this path a few times in 1996 to access the climbing in the gorge. The path was shonky AF but the real attraction of the place was the peace, serenity and wilderness.

WiFi and toilets... If you build it, they will come!

When you realize 5 years ago was 2011 not 2005

Tom finds something interesting in southern Spain, because he wants to go on holiday.

dude you get around

I stood on an accessible part of the path with my dad and sister when we were kids in the early 90's. I vividly remember the crumbling concrete and rusty metalwork construction of the path and the terrifying sheer drop beneath. Nice video Tom.

The world's most dangerous path is between my roommate and a pint of Ben and Jerrys.

Railings, helmuts, and... hairnets? - Ross

I've walked this in 1988. Nobody would go to this place then. We meet just two other people there.The original derelict path which was in very bad condition. Not only parts of the railings were missing or just not existing, some of the concrete slabs were missing too. You had to climb at the edge or even take a jump over the gaps of 1 meter (3 ft). Of course no hooks for a safety line, anyway we wouldn't know what's that for. It was absolutely dangerous but we were young, naive, and adventurous. Today the new path is made for tourists. It's safe, secured, and over-run. The scenery is still great and all, but it lacks the charme of the former times.

Truly incredible!! I did the whole original Camino del Rey walk in 2001. Will never forget it!!

This is actually an amazing walk and if you're in Spain I would highly recommend it

My dad and his dad saw this path from the train in the 80s, got out at the next station and walked it. It was very cool reading about this in my granddads journey diary with his painted pictures.

Tom Scott....do you ever wish you were named Scott Tom?

Thanks for showing people such as myself who has never left the UK these wonderful places. Everywhere you have been has been making me wish I could travel. Awesome stuff. Cheers Tom.

when Tom Scott retires with his family in a quiet home out in the country side, he has many great stories to tell his children and grandchildren of his advetures traveling the world

Love this and good on the local council looking out for people and doing something about it!! And thank you for the explanation and update, very interesting to hear about how all of this came to be and the history behind the original as well as the new path. :D

OH MY GOD Im in Malaga right now, going there tomorrow, and this video was just recommended to me. I can't believe it. I love your videos Tom, you do a great work.

I wonder if this can give me part of the thrills I used to get from mountain climbing. I like a feeling of danger but no actual danger, but I am no longer able to move adequately for climbing.

My great-great-grandfather was a mason in Malaga. He took part in building el caminito del rey at the time. I went to spain in 2016 with family, and we went to the caminito. I am very acrophobic but I managed to walk it to the end^^

Wow I want to go look up the histpry of hydroelectricity now, though on the subject of dangerous walkways I hesr the Mt. Huashan paths in China are horrifying. There are cable ways and carabiner lines in places buts its like a plank of wood about a feet wide a few thousand feet up a sheer cliff.

Heh - I walked this 30 years ago after glimpsing it from a train window. It was amazing and terrifying in equal quantities.

Darn you Scott for making bite sized nuggets of interesting information....... just spent about 3 or 4 hours watching your videos....... Great stuff, and incredibly informative

They made the rope bridge in Northern Ireland pretty safe, too. Still a great view and well worth the trip if you're nearby, but no longer dangerous.

Years ago I remember seeing a video of this path before the upgrade and it was terrifying! With all of the safety improvements it is still terrifying to me! I would love to walk this path however!

this was an incredibly clever way to prevent more people from going and dying on the path. instead of banning a dangerous path, just turn it into a safe path!

I'm terrified of heights.. probably wouldn't walk on it no matter how safe it is!

I don't care if they put in a new path - it's really cool to look at. Beautiful area too - definitely on my list of places to visit in Spain.

Did you show up thinking it'd be like the old photos and you were forced to make this video about how safe it is now instead?

I mean it's still the world's most dangerous path. They just made the safer alternative above.

I did this walk on the "unsafe" version and it was very exciting. I am pleased I don't have to return as I'm sure it would lose something now it has been sanitised. There was no one else there at all that day but it's probably rather busier now

Great video, Tom, but I am saddened to learn that it has been turned into a tourist trap. Equating walking on the old walkway to base jumping is a bit much; it was more like hiking a via feratta. There were secure cables to clip into with your climbing harness as you walked along so the risk of a fall was very low if you knew what you were doing. Indeed there were lots of sport climbing routes that were accessed from the path. I suppose those are all no longer accessible?

Damn that 60fps. Pretty cool :)

Been in 91...great access routes for climbers! Crazy hommbres had this annual ritual. ..huge rope swing up through the gorge and about 15 people bungee dropped off the bridge pipe in a group on one rope!....great spot. Love the video I'd forgotten where it was 😆

i feel like the most dangerouse path is from any place in Detroit to any other place in Detroit

It's a must if you're staying in Malaga. Buy tickets on-line but shop around as prices vary WIDELY. We paid 30-40 euro's with bus pickup in Malaga and breakfast in Ardales.

I love when non-Spanish-speaking people try to say something in spanish and mispronounce it. It's funny. On the oher hand, I'm sure English-speaking people also find funny when non-English-speakers like me fail to pronounce things right.

I just gotta say, I love these video titles so much for NOT being clickbaits. More creators should learn from Tom

Why are you surprised that there were hydroelectric power stations in Spain in 1901? Didn't you have them in the UK?

Just in case that you are still around there, I would recommend to visit El Torcal de Antequera. It's just about an hour by car away from Malaga and its a very impressing landscape.

That UK journalist just said "heckuva" and, as an American, I assume this means we've won the culture war completely.

I´ve done that path twice before renovations and the mere thought makes my hands sweat and I've climbed some gnarly stuff

So Tom, why is everyone wearing hair nets!?

The scenery is amazing. Would love to visit some day.

Walked there in 2014, just as they started renovating the pathway. I have mixed feeling about this, it's sad to see that the old pathway is mostly obscured by the new one, but I'm thrilled that a lot more people get the opportunity to experience the awesome view.

They should’ve kept it the dangereuses path as it’s iconic, now it’s just a path...

I really wonder if this real-world place was the inspiration for a location in the 2014 video game Dark Souls 2. One section of the "Huntsmans Copse" in-game area is this long ravine with narrow pathways on either side of the steep fall, and has a very dangerous-looking little plank acting as a bridge between the two pathways much like we see in this video. If you try to cross that plank, it collapses under your feet if I remember correctly! The idea of a video game level on narrow ledges isn't that new, but the resemblance here is uncanny, and the Dark Souls developers are known to take inspiration from a variety of real-world places for their in-game locations, so I wonder!

This is why artists, designers, engineers and architect are valuable. This looks and feels detracting than than enhancing.

So, what's the new most dangerous path in the world? :P

How wonderfully precipitous still, I enjoyed it to the end. Thanks fellow walker.

Wrong playlist :)

the thing is you wont be able to restore it to that extreme degree. with this sort of modernization more people may have access to it, but its a watered down version that has lost a part of its soul. I feel like there are already enough places with wifi and toilets at each end

Most dangerous? Just hold down Shift, bro

I still would not want to be on that path, ever ever ever.

I have a complicated relationship with paved nature trails like this. On the one hand, I want to walk dirt and rocks. On the other hand, it opens it up to more people. Ultimately I side with "More of this" because there will always be trails less traveled, and the more people can connect with nature, the more people will see what's with protecting it.

It's in the locality of Malaga, but pretty far from it. It's nowhere near the coast. Just thought I should clarify if anyone is wondering. It's in Ardales.

hahaha, it's funny how you pronounce "El caminitou deel rey" xD Good video.

Oh, they’ve spoiled it. Crossing the gaps was part of a climbing trip. It was brilliant going to visit the gorge bottom too. Anyone remember the “zip wire” from one side to the other? Rusty old thing has probably been removed or sanitised. You’d slide to just beyond half way then have to pull yourself up the other side of the catenary. Pumpy!!

Interesting, Very interesting! Where can I get one of those red shirts?

You've got to have the world's most awesome job! Getting to visit all sorts of interesting and thrilling places. I'm super jealous!!

Well Tom did you walk on it or what?? Scared of heights??

I have been there, and the view was fantastic, especially when you got out of the narrow part

I've been visiting similar paths in Switzerland and Austria, in the summer heat they're usually cool because of the high walls and river underneath, they're popular for self harm or murder scenes in detective shows, I'm sure there's a Spanish TV show that did something with that 😂

Hi, great videos, I wish these videos were longer. Thanks.

This place is like Myst in real life.

I went there when I was in the area last year. I learned about it from this video, and today RU-vid suggested it to me again 😊

Holy crap. I have been on that walk and i clicked on this video's cos I recognize the old walkways under the new one. Wow

I live in Málaga! Just letting you know I love you videos, there's people whatching them from everywhere

and the huashan plank walk isn't the most dangerous?

Tom, please do your own travel guides or something. Some of the things you find are unbelievable and would make amazing trips to go see.

I see no proof that Tom actually walked over this path. Lolz

Used to be able to sport climb in the Camino. Not allowed now apparently which is a shame because shade in el chorro is hard to find with the exception of desplo.

OMG, You're in Spain, yhat are you going to visit next??

I just wish they built it a little higher over the ruins, it seems off to me that they would hammer steel beams through what’s essentially a historical sight

I don't know why but this place feels like the Valley of Drakes from Dark Souls.

Thank for sharing this and presenting it in the fashion that you did it in! Huzzah!

Are all the hairnets to prevent transfer of headlice with the supplied hardhats?

I love watching your intereting posts Tom, also its the way you say things... funny, humourous and VERY Oxford English :-)

A little more beauty shots would be nice.

That's how parents from all over the world used to go to school

Is it just me or is there like a skull in the water at 0:21

great video, as always. wish there were more clips of you on the trail though.

Wow what a bummer that they went and ruined something that actually seemed exciting.

It doesn't think; therefore it isn't.

They should've just repaired the original one and then did a go-ape style thing with harnesses and wires keeping you from falling.

Right on! Turn it into a tourist attraction and the wrong people will lose interest.

When you put a beam of metal over a cliff to make a bridge The Engineer

Currently, most paths outdoor are the world's most dangerous paths.