Grand Canyon Skywalk

Nathan

I'm just not sure I want to go out on this thing.

http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp


Video:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...d+canyon+glass

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Nathan

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Cole

Thanks for posting the youtube video.

I have been following this project as I am an architecture nerd.

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Tscarborough

In college, I did some assignments for a friend of mine who was in architecture school, when he got too busy to do them all (a very common problem). One of them was a "place of meditation".

My design was for a 12' slab of 18" glass poking out over the wall of the canyon. I used Nat Geo pages with the design drawn in (pre-photoshop, baby). He made an A, as he did for every project I did for him.

I am just glad to see it come to fruition.

Cole

Very cool!!!

I know that the developers had to jump through a lot of hoops to get this project rolling.

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Glasshousebltr

It says withstands a mag 8.0 earth quake.......I'll be damned if I want to the the ball in that game of paddle ball.

Bob

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Richard

I saw this a while back and was just as nervous then as I am now...

I've been to the Canyon--I think I'd go on it after some reassurance though

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slickshift

I think I'd barf
Cool idea though
Fascinating what's involved in that project

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Murphy

That is nice i'll have to plan a family trip there after its built. I bet a bunch of base jumpers will jump off that thing.

RobertCDF

No way... Never. I trust it to hold but I just hate heights.

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TimNJ

I've been there three times. The last trip I took my wife...what a mistake!!! She is so afraid of heights she wouldn't even walk along the black top walkway that winds along the top. I kept telling he, "You can't even see the canyon from back there". Then I pointed out the group of senior citizen Japanese tourists. Old lady with a walker!!! goes right up to the dge in the dirt and is looking down. "Look honey, if she can do it so can you" No luck whatsoever.

ProWallGuy

Ditto.

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