Tribe set to open Grand Canyon Skywalk ($30M tourist overlook to provide 4,000 foot perspective)

The Sierra Times / AP ^ | March 16 | CHRIS KAHN

[R. Scott]

With my acrophobia, no way - no how.

[Gamecock]

You can say that again.

[fish hawk]

Are you upset at Indians because they can do it and you can't? You should be upset at the Sierra club, not the Indians. As far as the Nation within a Nation goes, get over it, you can't do a damn thing about that but whine.

[Erasmus]

Why would someone pay $25 to jump off it when one can just jump off of the canyon lip almost anywhere else for a lot less?

If you start from a point seventy feet out from the edge, you get a much longer ride before splatting on the canyon wall.

Of course, the extra ride comes at about ten bucks a second.

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[Erasmus]

This office chair has no buttons on it anymore.

Check your stool for them.

SLAP! SLAP! SLAP!

[CT-Freeper]

The "edge effect" is the perfect description for that feeling! I don't feel so alone after reading this thread.

I personally LOVE having that "edge effect" hit me. Adrenaline rushes are the best feeling in the world. It makes me feel all tingly all over my insides.

[Gorzaloon]

Are you upset at Indians because they can do it and you can't?

I don't know about that poster, but damn right I can't.

I can't watch a video of Blackfoot and Mohawk skywalkers doing ironwork a hundred floors up, and have to look away while sitting in a comfy chair!

[NotJustAnotherPrettyFace]

The Eiffel Tower elevators are exposed to an outside view as well. My daughter almost lost it on the way up.

[GATOR NAVY]

Many years ago, I took one of those plane rides into the canyon...

We did that too in the mid-70s. What was more dangerous than usual about it?

[proud American in Canada]

I'm scared of heights and my stomach is turning just reading about it.

You couldn't pay me enough to get on that thing!

[HiJinx]

Looks like BASE jumpers have something new to play with!

In that case, I'm sure that the Arizona State Police (or Tribal Police) will be delighted to build a stylish police station down in the bottom of the Canyon below the Skywalk, perhaps incorporating a giant funnel to catch the jumpers and feed them directly into the holding cells :-)

Interesting thought. But think about it. Most BASE jumpers have a way to escape after landing. In the Grand Canyon, unless you have a mule or helicopter already waiting at the bottom - you have no way out. And God help you if you land in the Colorado River (wearing a 'chute) instead of on one of its narrow beaches. Then, you'll just eventually end up stuck in the grates at Boulder Dam.

[Billthedrill]

I can see how they'd make some serious money here. I'd pay 'em $25 to go out there and another hunnert to send somebody out to pry my fingers from the railing with a crowbar and carry my gibbering carcass back to solid ground.

[proud American in Canada]

I'm sitting here at my desk reeling, just from looking at the pictures!

It's almost like you feel like if you get close to the edge, you can't stop yourself from throwing yourself off.

I'm getting sick just talking about it, LOL!

[proud American in Canada]

I love to fly but watching a movie with people hanging from a building makes me sweat

When we rented King Kong, during certain points in the movie I started pacing the floor, breathing fast. I just couldn't watch it.

[proud American in Canada]

LOL!

[Corin Stormhands]

Since I had to escorted out of the St. Louis Arch, which is ~enclosed~, I think I'll pass on this one.

[montag813]

Non-Indians could never have built this monstrosity.

Why is it a "monstrosity"? I think they did an excellent job of fitting it into the landscape. I can't wait to go on it.

[SuziQ]

Yeah, I could see the possibility of panic attacks all around.

[2Jedismom]

LOL! No kidding. I saw this earlier today and it doesn't appeal to me at ALL.

[ArrogantBustard]

Just offering a comparison ... this glass overlook thingy lets you look straight down, and see rock ... 4000' below. BUT, you're surrounded by glass. Unless the structure collapses, you can't fall off.

OTOH, there are plenty of places where you can look straight down, and see the solid rock you're standing on. BUT you're just a few feet from a precipice, on at least two sides, and there's no railing, no wall, nothing but a whole lot of wind.

I'm going to have to check out the glass thing ... just to see which is more gut-dropping.