TERRIFYING glass bridge?!

guys, I know we think we're tough for climbing rocks. But are we brave enough for THIS? businessinsider.com/worlds-…

"It's called the brave mans bridge, for good reason" says the video while showing a dude bravely crawling..

Been done before...

I used to work in a class 10 cleanroom (cleaner than a surgical suite). The whole room had HEPA filtered air flowing ceiling to floor. The floor was a coarse grid the air could pass through, be filtered and returned through the ceiling. All the pumps and dirty equipment, gas cabinets and such were downstairs, about 20 or 30 feet below. At a distance, the floor looked solid enough, but if you looked straight down, and were afraid of heights, it was a bit freaky. We had more than one new person walk in there, look down, freeze like a deer in the headlights and have to be escorted out.

Designed by my sister-in-law's husband. Lovely.

Would love to do that bridge in China :)

I'm that weird guy that does crazy stuff but manages to stay calm during it.

Could be because my parents let me play outside as a kid and didn't monitor me while I learned to climb redwood trees at age 4.

Mt Hua

there is also a glass walk on Tianmen

Looks like the bridge shattered.... I guess that's what you get when your bridge is made in China. ;)

"China’s first U-shaped glass bridge that hangs hundreds meter high above the valley in Yuntai Mountain, suddenly cracked on Monday when a tourist accidentally dropped his steel water bottle on ahe glass"

Makes me wonder why they did not use safety glass on top of polycarbonate. Polycarbonate is used to make ballistic glass and it cannot shatter. Further, it's far stronger than tempered glass and probably less expensive too.

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I will be in Vegas soon, is it close? Awesome feeling...

Wolverine wrote:I will be in Vegas soon, is it close? Awesome feeling...

According to the Hualapai it's 2 hrs away, I would plan 3 one way.

And it ain't cheap!

Simon W wrote: According to the Hualapai it's 2 hrs away, I would plan 3 one way. And it ain't cheap!

I highly recommend avoiding it, it's nothing short of a tourist trap. They shuttle you out there, charge you with a ridiculous tribal fee for entering there land, and the visitor center is just an expensive gift shop. The glass bridge is not worth it.

If you want a thrill, take an airplane tour of the grand canyon. Nothing like riding in a small airplane and hitting the updrafts and down drafts that come off the canyon walls.

Super Fluke wrote: I highly recommend avoiding it, it's nothing short of a tourist trap. They shuttle you out there, charge you with a ridiculous tribal fee for entering there land, and the visitor center is just an expensive gift shop. The glass bridge is not worth it. If you want a thrill, take an airplane tour of the grand canyon. Nothing like riding in a small airplane and hitting the updrafts and down drafts that come off the canyon walls.

More or less what this guy said. I didn't mean to endorse the skywalk!

If you get airsick easily take some robotussin before your air tour :p

Super Fluke wrote: I highly recommend avoiding it, it's nothing short of a tourist trap. They shuttle you out there, charge you with a ridiculous tribal fee for entering there land, and the visitor center is just an expensive gift shop. The glass bridge is not worth it.

Well, that's kinda the whole point of why the Hualapai built it.
From the wiki entry [ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand… ]

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According to Hualapai officials, the cost of the Skywalk was $30 million.[5] Future plans for the Grand Canyon Skywalk complex include a museum, movie theater, VIP lounge, gift shop, and several restaurants including a high-end restaurant called The Skywalk Café where visitors will be able to dine outdoors at the canyon's rim. The Skywalk is the cornerstone of a larger plan by the Hualapai tribe, which it hopes will be the catalyst for a 9,000-acre (36 km2) development to be called Grand Canyon West; it would open up a 100-mile (160 km) stretch along the canyon's South Rim and include hotels, restaurants, a golf course, casinos, and a cable car to ferry visitors from the canyon rim to the Colorado River, which has been previously inaccessible.

Opponents within the tribe view the project as disturbing sacred ground.[6] Supporters within the tribe counter that it is an opportunity to generate much-needed cash to combat serious problems that plague the small 2,000-resident reservation, including a 50% unemployment rate, widespread alcoholism, and poverty.[5] Other tribal members are happy with the Skywalk, but they have expressed concern over future overdevelopment. They are also concerned about the potential lack of sustainability because the water used in the development is not taken from the Colorado River but trucked in from elsewhere.
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But certainly not without controversy. Continuing the wiki excerpt:
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Effective February 7, 2012 certain members of the Hualapai Tribal Council, without prior notice, seized control of the Skywalk which was built and previously run by Grand Canyon Skywalk Development (GCSD), a Las Vegas, Nevada corporation. Currently Grand Canyon Skywalk Development is not in charge of daily operations at the Skywalk.[8] GCSD was awarded 28 million dollars in damages by an arbitration board, which was upheld in U.S. District Court in February 2013.

Environmentalists

People outside of the tribe, including Arizona environmental groups and former National Park officials, have expressed concern about the project's obtrusiveness in the natural environment, considering it a defacement of a national treasure. Former Grand Canyon National Park Superintendent Robert Arnberger has described the development as "the equivalent of an upscale carnival ride," adding that he has been unable to resolve "the apparent conflict between the tribe's oft-stated claim that there is no better caregiver and steward of the Grand Canyon than the tribe, and their approach to the land -- which is based on heavy use and economics."[5] Tribal leaders counter that the 4.5 million people a year who visit the National Park portion are already overburdening an area and, further, that the tribe needs financial income.[citation needed] The skywalk attracts a reported 370,000 visitors per year[10] and the tribe charges for rim-side weddings and stunt jumps, including one by Robbie Knievel. The tribe made a foray into opening a casino but it has not been able to generate sufficient income.
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Super Fluke wrote:If you want a thrill, take an airplane tour of the grand canyon. Nothing like riding in a small airplane and hitting the updrafts and down drafts that come off the canyon walls.

But adding to visual, noise, and air pollution.

Super Fluke wrote: I highly recommend avoiding it, it's nothing short of a tourist trap. They shuttle you out there, charge you with a ridiculous tribal fee for entering there land, and the visitor center is just an expensive gift shop. The glass bridge is not worth it. If you want a thrill, take an airplane tour of the grand canyon. Nothing like riding in a small airplane and hitting the updrafts and down drafts that come off the canyon walls.

Ok guys I listen to you, but maybe the plane will be expensive?

Simon W wrote: More or less what this guy said. I didn't mean to endorse the skywalk! If you get airsick easily take some robotussin before your air tour :p

Maybe while I'm in Vegas we can go climb, about that?