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February 11, 2007

But would you walk on it?

graphic from the Los Angeles TimesPersonally, I'm "so-so" with heights. I don't mind flying, but you'd never get me to skydive or bungie-jump. As a child in the early 60's I stood at the top of Yosemite's Glacier Point where they launched the firefall each evening and was more fascinated than frightened by looking over the edge to the valley floor below.

But I gotta tell you, I don't know if I could do this

GRAND CANYON WEST, ARIZ. — Perched over the Grand Canyon close to a mile above the Colorado River, a massive, multimillion-dollar glass walkway will soon open for business as the centerpiece of a struggling Indian tribe's plan to lure tourists to its remote reservation.

An engineering marvel or a colossal eyesore, depending on who is describing it, the horseshoe-shaped glass walkway will jut out 70 feet beyond the canyon's edge on the Hualapai Indian Reservation just west of Grand Canyon Village. Buttressed by 1 million pounds of steel and supporting 90 tons of tempered glass, the see-through deck will give visitors a breathtaking view of the canyon.

I dunno ....

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Posted by Darleen at February 11, 2007 09:35 AM

Comments

This just make me visit! How exciting that must be! Oh, I get chills just thinking about it!

Posted by: LindaSoG at February 11, 2007 05:59 PM

I was so excited I forgot to proof read!

Heh.

I meant... this just might make me visit!

Posted by: LindaSoG at February 11, 2007 06:01 PM

Total. Freak. Out. But I'd do it because I hate not doing something because I'm scared. Terrified thinking about it, though. And I'd be even more terrified just thinking about my kid on that walkway.

Posted by: Melissa at February 11, 2007 09:58 PM

Looks like an eyesore to me. Arn't the ordinary viewing points good enough?

Posted by: Carl W. Goss at February 12, 2007 11:43 AM

I look at it and all I can think of is
BUNGIE JUMP

Do you Yahoo?

Posted by: papertiger at February 13, 2007 01:40 PM