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merlot
Joined: 04 Nov 2005
Location: I tried to contain myself but I escaped.
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 Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:04 pm Post subject: New Grand Canyon Sky walk |
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New Grand Canyon Sky walk
* Scheduled to open Jan. 1, 2006 Hualapai Indian Reservation
* Juts about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft above the Colorado River
* Will accommodate 120 people comfortably
* Built with more than a million pounds of steel beams, and includes
dampeners that minimize the structure's vibration.
* Designed to hold 72 million pounds, withstand an 8.0 magnitude
earthquake 50 miles away, and withstand winds in excess of 100 mph
* The walkway has a glass bottom and sides...four inches thick |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 2:15 pm Post subject: |
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| Just looking at the picture gives me the willies. Ain't no way I'd walk out there on a sheet of glass. I don't care how thick it is. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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Uhhhhmmmm
I live in Phx, and I ain't goin no where near that thing.
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eamo
Joined: 08 Mar 2003
Location: Shepherd's Bush, 1964.
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| Posted: Thu Dec 15, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject: |
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| That's my personal vision of hell. |
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khyber
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Compunction Junction
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:33 am Post subject: |
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in the CN tower, there's glass panel in there that ain't really a super cool thing to stand on.
I wouldn't feel REALLY great about going out there but if i were in the Grand Canyon i would make a POINT about going on it. |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 3:47 am Post subject: |
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No way they'd let it be built if it werent engineeringly sound. I'm acrophobic but I trust structures. Imagine the view!
I visited the Grand Canyon a couple years ago. Beyond awesome. But the haze from California is disturbing. |
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VanIslander
Joined: 18 Aug 2003
Location: Geoje, Hadong, Tongyeong,... now in a small coastal island town outside Gyeongsangnamdo!
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:17 am Post subject: |
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| Bungy jump ! |
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Ya-ta Boy
Joined: 16 Jan 2003
Location: Established in 1994
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 8:28 am Post subject: |
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| No way they'd let it be built if it werent engineeringly sound. |
'Engineeringly sound' is an intellectual concept. My family jewels do not respond to logic and argument. You've heard of 'heart in your throat'? My jewels would be close enough to my ear drums to shake hands, if they had any. No thank you. |
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SuperFly
Joined: 09 Jul 2003
Location: In the doghouse
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 9:47 am Post subject: |
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| I didn't develop my severe height phobias till I hit 30. |
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ontheway
Joined: 24 Aug 2005
Location: Somewhere under the rainbow...
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:46 am Post subject: |
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| It looks quite exciting. But, I don't believe the OP that the structure jutting out over the canyon will support 72 million pounds, 72,000 maybe. And I don't believe that the structure jutting out over the canyon contains a million pounds of steel beams, not even a million pounds of materials. Please recheck the numbers or give a link. |
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mole
Joined: 06 Feb 2003
Location: Act III
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 10:58 am Post subject: |
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This is a beautiful engineering masterpiece and I'd love to see it.
But NO WAY I'm gonna walk around it. |
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desultude
Joined: 15 Jan 2003
Location: Dangling my toes in the Persian Gulf
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 4:27 pm Post subject: |
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I would go out on it- but it would take an extreme act of will. Yes, the picture makes me queesy.  |
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gdimension
Joined: 05 Jul 2005
Location: Jeju
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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| ontheway wrote: |
| It looks quite exciting. But, I don't believe the OP that the structure jutting out over the canyon will support 72 million pounds, 72,000 maybe. And I don't believe that the structure jutting out over the canyon contains a million pounds of steel beams, not even a million pounds of materials. Please recheck the numbers or give a link. |
I think the OP might be correct.
Links:
Snopes
Tribe's page (I think) |
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schwa
Joined: 18 Jan 2003
Location: Yap
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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| No way they'd let it be built if it werent engineeringly sound. |
'Engineeringly sound' is an intellectual concept. My family jewels do not respond to logic and argument. You've heard of 'heart in your throat'? My jewels would be close enough to my ear drums to shake hands, if they had any. No thank you. |
But you'll cruise at 10000 meters in a thin metal tube? |
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Hollywoodaction
Joined: 02 Jul 2004
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| Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2005 7:12 pm Post subject: |
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| It would be cool, but I'm not sure it's a good idea. It will be an eyesore. |
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