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grand canyon skywalk
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| AndreaCKY772 |
EDIT: added video at the end from cnn
here are some pics of the grand canyon skywalk. i would probably put a foot over the skywalk and then go back. that is pretty scary. it costs 75$ to go on this thing...
" Members of a Native American group based in a remote part of Arizona are hoping to entice more tourists by inviting visitors to step off the edge of the Grand Canyon.
The 1,500-member Hualapai tribe announced last week that the Skywalk—a giant, 30-million-dollar steel-and-glass walkway—will open to the public in March 2007.
The Skywalk will jut out 70 feet (21 meters) from the canyon rim, allowing tourists to go for a stroll with nothing between their feet and the Colorado River—4,000 feet (1,220 meters) below—except for four inches (ten centimeters) of glass.
The Hualapai, or "People of the Tall Pines," are working with the Las Vegas, Nevada-based Destination Grand Canyon to market the Skywalk and draw in valuable tourist dollars.
Many other tribes have turned their government-sanctioned right to run casinos into a major revenue source. But the Hualapai's remote location has undermined their efforts to host gambling.
Few tourists were willing to make the drive to the reservation with Las Vegas so close. And once they did, said Hualapai tribal member Robert Bravo, they didn't stay long.
"Ninety-four percent were coming out of Las Vegas. They'd throw a couple of nickels, a couple of dimes here and there. They're all on a time schedule."
Bravo, who serves as operations manager for the tribe's tourist hub, says other tribes can rely on gaming to support their people, but the Skywalk is the answer for the Hualapai.
"This is what's going to feed our tribe." "
if you see the news, you'll see it in real life...i could not find a real life pic on the net just yet, but the illustration gives you an idea of what it is supposed to look like
EDIT: here's a video off of cnn http://www.cnn.com/video/player/pla...lking.ktnv&wm=9 |
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| Demoted |
| paying that much money, I'd rather just commit suicide off of the edge. |
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| tubularbills |
I just saw this on the news. but i didn't catch the design.
tha'ts stupid. they should just build a bridge across the thing completely. |
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| Frenchie |
AWESOME!
A whole bridge would be better ya! |
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| tubularbills |
also, all its going to take is some fatass 500 lb person to walk to the edge of that and it'll fall off.
probably not, but honestly, if it happened i wouldn't be surprised.
this reminds me of denis leary's skit on fat people visiting las vegas. ha! |
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| idoru |
It'd be cool to walk on, but that illustration overplays how far the bridge actually goes out. The real one is kinda lame in comparison.
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| Konijn |
that's an artist's rendition: the actual thing is much uglier. cost is 25 bucks plus admission onto indian land.
it's ironic that to get a scenic view of nature's beauty, you have to destroy said environment by drilling massive anchor rods into the gorge... |
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| AndreaCKY772 |
thanks for the real pics...
and i also added a video in the original post so you guys could see what it actually looks like |
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| iammesol |
| quote: | Originally posted by idoru
It'd be cool to walk on, but that illustration overplays how far the bridge actually goes out. The real one is kinda lame in comparison.
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for real :rolleyes: |
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| Slylee |
| oh hell no...just looking at that thing makes me nervous. lol and i've hiked in the grand canyon twice. but i dunno, that's different and weird. |
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| Frenchie |
| Suicide attempts waiting to happen. |
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| Project-K |
| For that price, can't you get a helicopter ride? |
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