Grand Canyon to Get Glass-Bottomed Walk

Associated Press ^ | August 26, 2005 | AP

[Hegemony Cricket]

How long ago did you go to Royal Gorge? I was there almost thirty years ago, and thought it was very cool. Fortunately, I don't have a terrible fear of heights. The best thing was the sign about halfway across that said "No Fishing Off Bridge" (1500 feet down to river, IIRC).

[andyk]

Friend who knows MK gave my son some cool stuff.

Sweet! I'm jealous.

[Ignatz]

Lol! I just ordered the movie from Amazon. Can't wait!

[TXBubba]

Can't really remember when. Based on my probable age though it would have had to have been about 20+ years ago. Gee, that sounds like a long time ago.

Saw the lesser Gorge in NM last year. Did okay on that one. Maybe the age thing had something to do with it. Ever notice how your elementary school shrinks every time you go back to visit?

[ChiefChris]

"I'm just glad that Max Baer Jr. ("Jethro Bodine") was never able to scare up a backer for his Beverly Hillbillies-themed hotel and casino."

Acutally, he has. Max Baer Jr. just got his gaming license yesterday.

[hispanarepublicana]

I'd probably freeze halfway out and have to have someone pick me up and carry me back.

[proudofthesouth]

I'm with you. When I visited the St. Louis Arch I wouldn't even lean over to look out its windows.

[Aggie Mama]

It looks like a giant wall-mounted ironing board.

[Lx]

That's no worse than walking on the catwalk under the Auburn-Forresthill bridge. The best part is climbing the three stories of ladders down to one of the concrete pylons.

See that skinny little line under the main roadway, it's the catwalk and it's made of those metal grids so you see through them. I think this bridge is double the height of the Golden Gate bridge. I hated getting stuck carying the beer down to the pier. This was also the bridge in the movie XXX where the Vette took a flying leap.

I haven't been there in years so I don't know if you still can get access to the catwalk. It was always protected with barbed wire fencing but someone always cut it down. It was always easier to get on it on the Auburn side.

[Chewbacca]

What would be the legal weight limit for that walkway?

How many overweight people are allowed to stand on the edge at a time?

Looks more like a diving board to me.

Wouldn't someone carrying a small pipe bomb be able to blow a hole in the glass bottom causing those standing on it to plummet to their deaths?

[fish hawk]

What's the earthquake ratio around that area?

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

People in glass houses and et al.

[Ursus arctos horribilis]

Willing to bet this tribe does not miss Rock Fort after what a wounded, but sharp shooting 14 year old Thad Buckman dealt them back in 1864. In the complete story, while four or five adults loaded for him, he dropped more than a few of the 50 to 80 attacking Hualapai (Wallapai) warriors.

http://yumasun.com/artman/publish/articles/story_11682.shtml

[Mercat]

Are these people also the Havasupai? My hubby and I went on a hike down into the Havasupai reservation in the early 80s. It was totally undeveloped... amazing trip. We went down Moony falls on ancient chains left there by early prospectors and covered with spray from the falls. It was terrifying. But the bottom of the canyon was incredible.

[birbear]

How many overweight people are allowed to stand on the edge at a time?

hehehhehe... that's just it... I bet i get the whole place to myself... nobody would want to be on the platform with me.

ehehehehehehehehehehehehe.


(I weigh about 380)

[nwrep]

The slits between the planks in the the Royal Gorge Bridge almost did me in.

Hah! Same experience here. I remember getting wobbly about halfway across it.

[festus]

You reckon the gitmo boys would talk if we tossed em out on the end of that ?

[Calvin Locke]

Yeah, I was think whatever became of the construction firm
that did the Kansas City Hyatt Regency Walkway.

[wolfcreek]

BASE-JUMPER ALERT!