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post Feb 9 2006, 10:26 am
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QUOTE(Sam @ Feb 9 2006, 5:49 am) *

what if the skywalk broke! shrug.gif


That's remotely possible, I suppose. But it's a $25 million structure including many tons of highest quality steel with the most advanced engineering possible, built to withstand 100 MPH winds and a magnitude eight earthquake.
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post Feb 9 2006, 5:26 pm
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I'm not afraid of heights...


i'm afraid of grounds....




it's the grounds that kill you!
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post Feb 9 2006, 11:35 pm
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QUOTE(Bittersweet @ Feb 9 2006, 7:32 am) *

my best guess is...... you fall down ! whistle.gif

i never thought of it that way! tongue.gif
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post Feb 10 2006, 3:58 pm
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I really don't know what to say to that ..I'm blonde


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post Feb 13 2006, 12:08 pm
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erm,...me too laugh.gif


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post Feb 13 2006, 6:43 pm
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A 360 degree view, Demeray Point, Clear Creek Trail, Grand Canyon.

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post Feb 14 2006, 2:47 am
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I've never been there but that looks amazing. I don't know if I could walk on it though...afraid of the fact that there would be absolutely nothing but ground underneath me. huh.gif
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post Mar 22 2007, 8:10 pm
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Members of the media get a view from the Skywalk after dedication ceremonies at the Grand Canyon West on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Arizona yesterday. When visitors step out on the new U-shaped observation platform, they will be standing on all-glass flooring suspended more than 1,200 metres above the Colorado River.

Unique vista of Grand Canyon

Indian tribe opens glass-bottom deck 1,219 metres up
CHRIS KAHN, AP
Published: Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Indian leaders and a former astronaut stepped gingerly beyond the Grand Canyon's rim yesterday, staring through the glass floor and into the 1,219-metre chasm below during the opening ceremony for a new observation deck.

Former astronaut Buzz Aldrin declared it a "magnificent first walk."

The Hualapai Indian tribe, whose reservation is about 145 kilometres west of Grand Canyon National Park, allowed Las Vegas developer David Jin to build the $30-million horseshoe-shaped Skywalk in hopes of creating a unique attraction on their side of the canyon.

For $25 plus other fees, up to 120 people at a time will be able to look down to the canyon floor 1,219 metres below - a vantage point more than twice as high as the world's tallest buildings.

The Skywalk is scheduled to open to the public March 28.

To reach the transparent deck, tourists must drive on twisty, unpaved roads through rugged terrain. But the tribe hopes it becomes the centrepiece of a budding tourism industry that includes helicopter tours, river rafting, a cowboy town and a museum of Indian replica homes.

Architect Mark Johnson said the Skywalk can support the weight of a few hundred people and will withstand wind up to 160 km/h. The observation deck has a 76-millimetre-thick glass bottom and has been equipped with shock absorbers to keep it from bouncing like a diving board as people walk on it.

On the Net: www.grandcanyonskywalk.com

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Click on the astronaut for video of the first skywalk.
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post Mar 23 2007, 7:32 am
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QUOTE(sherocker @ Feb 8 2006, 6:05 am) *

who on earth would want to stand there??, it freaks the hell out ot me omg.gif


Me coz I'm a secret adrenaline junkie.
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post Mar 23 2007, 12:01 pm
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You have to pay to walk on it? I might think about tip toeing out there if it was free and then run back in when I got scared. But I'm not paying for it!
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post Mar 25 2007, 1:51 am
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Hell yea, that is sick. Probably scary as hell, but I would walk on it if I had the chance to visit Grand Canyon.
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post Mar 28 2007, 4:52 pm
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I would walk on that so fast! I have no fear of heights... just needles...
Anyone else fear needles?
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