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Terrifying 4,600ft Glass Walkway Opens In China, And Just Looking At The Pics Will Give You Vertigo
themindcircle ^ | 18 Novemer 2017 | themindcircle

Posted on 11/18/2017 4:59:10 PM PST by COBOL2Java

If you’re scared of heights, you’re going to find that this walkway is going to scare you just looking at the photos! You aren’t alone, though, and many people would take one look at this adventure and simply turn the other way. After all, who needs to walk around 5000 feet in the air, anyway, right?

If, however, you are taking one look at this glass option and thinking “How fast can I get there?”, you aren’t alone either. All you have to do is take a look at the photos and see that there are other adventurers that are looking to get in some excellent time in the world of heights. You have to admit that it would make some incredible pictures, there’s no question about that. Can you stomach the heights? That, it seems, is the question that everyone is asking themselves when they look about going on it.




TOPICS: Travel; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: china; glasswalkways; nojustno
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1 posted on 11/18/2017 4:59:10 PM PST by COBOL2Java
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To: COBOL2Java

How long before base jumpers have a go?


2 posted on 11/18/2017 5:01:47 PM PST by Comment Not Approved (When bureaucrats outlaw hunting, outlaws will hunt bureaucrats.)
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To: COBOL2Java

Hell, NO!


3 posted on 11/18/2017 5:02:14 PM PST by caver
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To: COBOL2Java

I’m trying to figure out how picture number 4 was taken.

Selfie stick? I wouldn’t put my cell phone at risk like that.


4 posted on 11/18/2017 5:03:09 PM PST by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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To: COBOL2Java

Wacky Chinese!!


5 posted on 11/18/2017 5:03:45 PM PST by Rome2000 (SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES)
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To: COBOL2Java
Wow !

Where is it? I want to go!

ML/NJ

6 posted on 11/18/2017 5:04:31 PM PST by ml/nj
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To: COBOL2Java
A fear of heights is illogical.

A fear of falling on the other hand is quite logical.

7 posted on 11/18/2017 5:05:32 PM PST by Harmless Teddy Bear (Not a Romantic, not a hero worshiper and stop trying to tug my heartstrings. It tickles! (pink bow))
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To: COBOL2Java

This is the stuff of my nightmares!

Even SOARIN at EPCOT made me ill!


8 posted on 11/18/2017 5:06:25 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: COBOL2Java

Ah, no. You think my eyes are round NOW?


9 posted on 11/18/2017 5:06:41 PM PST by sparklite2 (-)
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To: pcottraux

Theres a sharp bend in the walkway that you can see in the last shot from which one could get that angle shot. No obama-narci-stick needed.


10 posted on 11/18/2017 5:07:08 PM PST by Sirius Lee (In God We Trust, In Trump We Fix America)
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To: COBOL2Java

Just awesome!


11 posted on 11/18/2017 5:07:17 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: pcottraux

Picture Four was taken from the switchback shown in Picture Two.


12 posted on 11/18/2017 5:08:06 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: pcottraux

That photo was probably taken at the bend. Anyway, not for me. Especially the see through floor. I am not a fan of heights unless I’m in an enclosed area (like an airplane or a building).


13 posted on 11/18/2017 5:08:09 PM PST by SamAdams76
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To: COBOL2Java

Lets go!!! Looks like a lot of Fun.


14 posted on 11/18/2017 5:08:21 PM PST by EXCH54FE (Hurricane 416,Feisty Old Vet (Stand for the flag, kneel for the cross))
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Imagine being one of those who constructed it. Wow.


15 posted on 11/18/2017 5:08:31 PM PST by pluvmantelo (Open eyes, mind and heart. On the straight path.)
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To: COBOL2Java

I would walk it, but I would NOT lean on that wooden railing like that guy is. Would not.


16 posted on 11/18/2017 5:09:06 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: pcottraux

If you look at pics 5 and 7 you see that the walkway juts out a bit just ahead of the pic 4 location, so the photo was taken from there. You can key on the point where the sidewall transitions from wood to glass.


17 posted on 11/18/2017 5:10:46 PM PST by SFConservative
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To: ml/nj

Ditto. Coordinates, please!


18 posted on 11/18/2017 5:12:12 PM PST by ctdonath2 (It's not "white privilege", it's "Puritan work ethic". Behavior begets consequences.)
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To: COBOL2Java
We have the Grand Canyon Skywalk Bridge over the Grand Canyon.

I took my kids there in 2009.

It's in the middle of the desert, but they require you to park in a fenced parking lot where they charged $20.00.

Then, you cannot walk to the reception center - practically across the street, but they make you pay $30.00 per person - kids too - for the 'shuttle bus' that drives you about 100 yards.

So then you can walk on the bridge, right?
Ummm... no, not exactly. If you want to walk on the bridge, that's another $30.00 per person.

It is in the middle of nowhere, so there is noplace to eat... well... except for the on premises slop dispensary where you can pay a fortune for inedible canned slop heated in a microwave...

If ever there was an overpriced, ripoff tourist trap, this is it.

Cheaper to take the helicopter from Las Vegas.

19 posted on 11/18/2017 5:12:14 PM PST by Bon mots (Laughing at liberal tears!)
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Ah, I see it now. The picture-taker just moved the camera over far enough to create the optical illusion of hovering in front of the rail. Lol

If it were closer and I had the opportunity to walk it I might give it a try, just to say that I’ve done it. But I wouldn’t go through the trouble of traveling all the way to China for it.


20 posted on 11/18/2017 5:13:50 PM PST by pcottraux ( depthsofpentecost.com)
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