I’ve never been there, but I really doubt that there’s an uninterrupted vertical drop of 4,000 feet below the Skywalk. It says that the Colorado River is some 4,000 feet lower in elevation than the Skywalk, which extends horizontally 70 feet out from the rim of the canyon. I doubt if the river below is only 70 feet laterally from the rim. If I’m wrong about this, I’m sure someone will let me know.
The guy might have struck a few hundred feet down, then bounced a very long way down after that, but I don’t think he did a 4,000-foot free fall. I also don’t think the S & R team would have tried to rope down 4,000 feet, either.
Another piece of Daily Mail journalism.
I worked for a subcontractor to the project when they built it. You are absolutely right. The first bounce from off the very end would only be about 100ft down, after that it was a tumble.
They misrepresent the true location of the bridge attraction. It is not at all over the main part of the canyon and river, it is off in a side canyon and a good 1.5 miles from the main canyon. So the depth under the walk isn’t even close to 4kft, more like 2,000ft.
There is.