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| September 2010
| Lyndsey Matthews
Posted on 09/29/2010 4:29:35 PM PDT by Pyro7480
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To: therightliveswithus
I’ve never been particularly afraid of heights... The Royal Gorge bridge did unnerve me... looking straight down over the edge, or between planks, or through knotholes in the planks - it made me queasy.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:03:52 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: Pyro7480
To: Charles Henrickson
What’s your favorite color?
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:08:10 PM PDT
by
Holen1
To: who knows what evil?
I remember the original Cooper River bridge quite well. Built in 1928 and declared obsolete from its inception.
The second span opened in 1966. I was a Citadel cadet and recall when the new span was closed from time to time and the old narrow span became two-way again. Even in my little 1956 Volkswagen the old span was hair raising epecially with my girlfriend clutching my gearshifting arm like a scared cat.
However, IMO nothing can beat for sheer fright the shortlived Tacoma Narrows brdge aka “Galloping Gertie”. Google the original color footage of its writhing death in a high wind.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:08:27 PM PDT
by
elcid1970
("O Muslim! My bullets are dipped in pig grease!")
To: knarf
From a pure aesthetic sense, the Cut River Bridge in the Upper Peninsula is a favorite of mine.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:11:18 PM PDT
by
cripplecreek
(Remember the River Raisin! (look it up))
To: knarf
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:16:45 PM PDT
by
Keith in Iowa
(FR Class of 1998 | TV News is an oxymoron. | MSNBC = Moonbats Spouting Nothing But Crap.)
To: Pyro7480
Maybe not long enough to make the list, but at 650' above the Rio Grande, the Gorge Bridge outside of Taos, NM has plenty of pucker power:
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:19:52 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Am working on plans for a Knights Templar Community Center next to the Kaaba in Mecca.)
To: Pyro7480
The I35W bridge in Minneapolis was kinda scary for a few seconds. I heard that riding that thing down to the ground was quite the experience.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:19:56 PM PDT
by
Wissa
(Gone Galt)
To: Ready4Freddy
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:21:44 PM PDT
by
Pyro7480
("If you know how not to pray, take Joseph as your master, and you will not go astray." - St. Teresa)
To: elcid1970
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:21:51 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Pyro7480
Too bad they didn’t include the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys in the middle of a tropical storm :-)
To: Ready4Freddy
Yeah, been over that one a few times. I walked out to the middle to take pics of the gorge.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:25:43 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Pyro7480
Chimney Rock, North Carolina, 315'. I was unable to cross this bridge as a small male child in 1962. Or maybe my Dad forced me to, and I've blocked it from my mind. All I know is that I'm now scared sh!tless of heights:
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:26:51 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Am working on plans for a Knights Templar Community Center next to the Kaaba in Mecca.)
To: Pyro7480
Too bad they didn’t include the Seven Mile Bridge in the Florida Keys in the middle of a tropical storm :-)
To: Fast Moving Angel
Sorry for the double post - computer hiccup.
To: Pyro7480
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:41:42 PM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true)
To: Pyro7480
Glenn Canyon Dam in Arizona is kinda scary.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:42:54 PM PDT
by
Beowulf9
To: Pyro7480
I’ve seen Royal Gorge but wasn’t wiling to pay $10 to cross a bridge. The railroad pass 45 mile long gravel road I took to get there was fun enough. No guardrails, gravel, huge drops, multiple switchbacks, one lane wide for two way traffic. Someone’s backing up. That was great.
I cross Big Mac often driving a bus taking kids to a Christian Camp in northern Michigan. Just moved to Maryland and have only crossed the Bay Bridge once.
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posted on
09/29/2010 5:52:24 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
(Boy Scouts-Developing Leaders in a World of Followers.)
To: Pyro7480
Been across the New River Gorge Bridge on US 19 in West Virginia - it has sides so you can’t see the gorge very well though. Always thought it was the highest in the U.S., guess not.
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posted on
09/29/2010 6:10:11 PM PDT
by
Some Fat Guy in L.A.
(Wanna learn humility? Become a Pittsburgh Pirates fan!)
To: fieldmarshaldj
I’ve tried to walk out to the first observation section 3 times. Just can’t make it.
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posted on
09/29/2010 6:19:03 PM PDT
by
Ready4Freddy
(Am working on plans for a Knights Templar Community Center next to the Kaaba in Mecca.)
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