Most dangerous hikes on earth
Hiking can often be as dangerous as it is amazing. From hiking and climbing to fishing and even trail running, our world is full of amazing outdoors places to explore. However, there are always risks associated with time spent outdoors, especially in more remote wilderness areas. So let’s go over eight of the most dangerous hikes. 1. El Caminito del Rey, Spain “The King’s Little Way,” El Camino is a precarious path beside a mountain in Southern Spain, near the village of El Chorro. What makes this century old path so death defying? Well, though modern climbers are hooked by carabineer to the mountainside, the fall is very far. To make it even worse, the path is decaying with both time and heavy use. With the name, “The World’s Most Dangerous Trail,” El Caminito was meant as a trail to a hydroelectric dam project in 1901. For a long time, the trail was unused, but a spurt of climbing deaths in the 1990s led to closure, then renovation. The trail is now quite safe, though certainly...