Balls of bell iron!!

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Balls of bell iron!!

Post by Marlon » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:11 pm

This guys got some nerve....


http://www.chilloutzone.de/files/08032701.html

think you'll have to copy and paste into browser
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RE: Balls of bell iron!!

Post by mikeyquattro » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:31 pm

f*ck that!! I'm not a great lover of heights, and that would scare the living sh*t out of me!!
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Post by jimbogrey » Fri Apr 11, 2008 3:57 pm

that makes me feel ill just watching it!!

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Post by boxerdogted » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:38 pm

I would still be at the bottom looking up.
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Post by Jarv » Fri Apr 11, 2008 6:55 pm

That's mad, does anyone known where it was shot?
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Post by Peakz » Fri Apr 11, 2008 7:16 pm

Awesome!

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Post by jimbo1234567 » Fri Apr 11, 2008 9:59 pm

brilliant!

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Post by timba » Fri Apr 11, 2008 10:10 pm

Looks like some sort of Via Ferrata where you clip onto a steel wire to stop you falling ! very popular in the alps, would love to do one sometime

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Post by rolskii » Sun Apr 13, 2008 7:14 pm

Thats mad .. he wasnt hanging around either ... :sleeping_2:
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Post by MalcolmSu » Sun Apr 13, 2008 9:44 pm

Jarv wrote:That's mad, does anyone known where it was shot?
It's the Kings Pathway (Caminito del Rey) in Malaga, Spain.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caminito_del_Rey

or

http://maps.pomocnik.com/el-caminito-del-rey-spain/

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Post by derdle » Mon Apr 14, 2008 11:13 am

Pretty cool -- 'ef and safety would have a field day!
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Post by MCB » Mon Apr 14, 2008 4:29 pm

F-in unbelievable!
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Post by MalcolmSu » Mon Apr 14, 2008 5:03 pm

even worse when you see the drop from this photo... (scroll down)

http://maps.pomocnik.com/photo/el-camin ... y-spain-2/

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Post by MCB » Mon Apr 14, 2008 6:23 pm

At first I thought he was a base jumper, that is one hell of a drop!

In your link they say they are going to restore it, that should be an interesting project - what you reckon double time?
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Post by Ads4 » Mon Apr 14, 2008 7:58 pm

Awesome stuff. I think base jumping is the way to go once you get to the top....hell of a treck to get back down again!
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