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« on: Aug 26th, 2005, 8:19am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
PHOENIX (AP) - Great views - and plenty of goosebumps for those afraid of heights.
 
An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon's edge.
 
The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai Tribe's $40 million effort to turn 1,000 acres of reservation land into a tourist destination that will also feature an Indian village and Western-themed town.
 
The tribe's reservation is some 200 miles by road to the west of the section of the Grand Canyon National Park that most tourists visit.
 
The walkway, with a glass bottom and sides, will be supported by steel beams and will accommodate 120 people, though it is designed to hold 72 million pounds, said Sheri Yellowhawk, chief executive officer of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp., the tribal-owned company that is overseeing the project.
 
"You're basically looking 4,000 feet down. It's a whole new way to experience the Grand Canyon," Yellowhawk said.
 
The project is still seeking an insurer, said architect David Jin, who said he came up with the skywalk idea while visiting the canyon in 1996.    
 
Admission will be $25.00.  
 NOTE: (HA!  They would have to pay me  
to walk out 70' on glass!)  Roll Eyes
 
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Re: Grand Canyon To Install Glass-Bottomed Skywalk
« Reply #1 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 8:21am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
looks awesome, dont think you could pay me enough to walk out on it though
 
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Re: Grand Canyon To Install Glass-Bottomed Skywalk
« Reply #2 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 9:36am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
No way!  That thing doesn't look stable.  Besides that, I don't even like glass elevators.
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« Reply #3 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 9:54am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
If I ever go there, I'll take a good picture of it  
with my new toy called digital camera!  Wink
 
Or how about laying down on your stomach and  
looking with no more than your head out on it?   :laff:
Weeelll, it's only a thought!  :yikes:
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« Reply #4 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 4:41pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
 :uhoh: :yikes:  :dizzy: :faint:
 
In that order!
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« Reply #5 on: Aug 26th, 2005, 10:30pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
OMG... I can't in my worst nightmare imagine getting on that thing!!!
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Re: Grand Canyon To Install Glass-Bottomed Skywalk
« Reply #6 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 2:59am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I don't think I'd trust the design they're depicting.  I think they need more steel support beams toward the end of it to be more secure and stable.  :chin:
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Re: Grand Canyon To Install Glass-Bottomed Skywalk
« Reply #7 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 11:51am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
No. Way.
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« Reply #8 on: Aug 27th, 2005, 1:56pm »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
....so you mean you would walk out on it if it were free? Roll Eyes
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« Reply #9 on: Aug 28th, 2005, 2:03am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
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« Reply #10 on: Aug 28th, 2005, 9:14am »		 Quote Quote Modify Modify
I wonder if people will have to sign a release of liability form before going out on that thing.
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