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New 3,200-Foot-High Glass Walkway Cracks Underneath Visitors’ Feet
KFOR ^
| OCTOBER 7, 2015
Posted on 10/07/2015 12:29:31 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Walking on a glass walkway suspended 3,280 feet (1,000 meters) up a mountain is supposed to be terrifying — but not this terrifying.
Just two weeks after it opened to a nervous public, a walkway in China’s central Henan province was evacuated after cracks appeared.
Reports describe visitors running and screaming in panic as they saw the damage on the U-shaped path at Yuntaishan (Yuntai Mountain) Scenic Park.
“Just witnessed a historic moment — Yuntaishan’s glass walkway is broken,” wrote one user on Weibo (China’s micro-blogging site.)
(Excerpt) Read more at kfor.com ...
TOPICS: Culture/Society; Extended News; Foreign Affairs
KEYWORDS: stupidty
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To: nickcarraway
well the glass is Made In China
To: PGR88
Maybe the other side of those shorts expose a coin slot?
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:54:13 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:55:07 PM PDT
by
thackney
(life is fragile, handle with prayer)
To: nickcarraway
Rather a pity... It must be awesome.
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:55:33 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: nickcarraway
Sigh. A 1000 meters above SEA LEVEL.
Doesn’t say how high above the ground itself immediately below the walk way. I’ll hazard to guess it’s MUCH less than a 1000 meters above the ground.
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:56:16 PM PDT
by
catnipman
(Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:56:40 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: NativeSon
To: nickcarraway
“As I was approaching the end of the passage, I heard a sudden loud ‘bang.’ My legs were shaken. I looked down and saw the pane underneath me had shattered.Sounds like much more than a "crack" in the glass.
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:57:50 PM PDT
by
Popman
(Christ alone: My Cornerstone...)
To: aomagrat
Women who walk on glass bridges should wear.....
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/07/2015 12:58:41 PM PDT
by
Vaquero
( Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
To: nickcarraway
That picture is actually a very nice illustration of the consequences of panic. If it were me, and the glass was cracking under my feet, I think I would have a very tight grasp on the steel cables. In fact, they'd have to send out a goon squad to pry me off of it.
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:00:00 PM PDT
by
sphinx
To: NativeSon
I’ve been on a couple of free- hanging wobbly foot bridges over ravines/ rivers in China. The first was so high, that I couldn’t go more than a few yards. Without my heart in my mouth, so turned back.
The second was lower, but jerk college kids thought it was fun to jump up and down.
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:14:47 PM PDT
by
Exit148
((Loose Change Club founder) Put yours aside for the next Freepathon!)
To: nickcarraway
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:20:58 PM PDT
by
Old Yeller
(Obama's Iran nuclear deal - The Devil is in the details.)
To: nickcarraway
That’ll jack up the pucker factor!
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:27:29 PM PDT
by
Doomonyou
(Let them eat Lead.)
To: FourPeas
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:39:25 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(TED CRUZ FOR POTUS! TED CRUZ FOR POTUS! TED CRUZ FOR POTUS!!!)
To: Vaquero
If merely dropping a mug shatters it, can you imagine a good hail storm? Never mind humans stomping around. You couldn’t pay me enough.
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:46:56 PM PDT
by
bgill
( CDC site, "we still do not know exactly how people are infected with Ebola")
To: subterfuge
Yep...lowest bidder. Greatest kickback.
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posted on
10/07/2015 1:57:53 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: nickcarraway
Chasm
Spanned by bridge with a glass floor
Made in China
What could go wrong?
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posted on
10/07/2015 2:03:25 PM PDT
by
FourPeas
("Maladjusted and wigging out is no way to go through life, son." -hg)
To: nickcarraway
A non-flexible material used where earth tremors are probably frequent? What could possibly go wrong?
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posted on
10/07/2015 2:05:58 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
To: Sacajaweau
Women who walk on glass bridges should wear.....Parachutes?
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posted on
10/07/2015 2:09:16 PM PDT
by
JimRed
(Excise the cancer before it kills us; feed & water the Tree of Liberty! TERM LIMITS NOW & FOREVER!)
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