Grand Canyon Glass Skywalk

fluffer · Mar 21, 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6469941.stm
Who's brave enough?!
Just the thought of it gives me the heebie jeebies

ToddG · Mar 21, 2007

I'd go in a heartbeat. I bet you can get some great photos from there.

kman445 · Mar 21, 2007

id go on that too. its obviously safe otherwise they wouldnt let people go on it.

fleurya · Mar 21, 2007

Too bad you can't see straight down the entire depth! I would definitely do it.

Incidentally, Petronas Tower is taller than Sears Tower. They show that in the numbers, but make it look smaller in the graph for some reason.

kman445 · Mar 21, 2007

fleurya said:
Incidentally, Petronas Tower is taller than Sears Tower. They show that in the numbers, but make it look smaller in the graph for some reason.

maybe there not including the tower at the top.

D3v1L80Y · Mar 21, 2007

kman445 said:
its obviously safe otherwise they wouldnt let people go on it.

That is exactly what the White Star Line said about the Titanic.
And come to think of it, NASA said that about the Challenger and Columbia shuttles.
... and then there was the Hindenburg
... and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
..... etc
......... etc
.............. etc

:black:

PapaNoHair · Mar 21, 2007

kman445 said:
id go on that too. its obviously safe otherwise they wouldnt let people go on it.

Probably - but remember it was built by the government using the lowest bidder!!

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TheCustomer99 · Mar 21, 2007

fleurya said:
Too bad you can't see straight down the entire depth! I would definitely do it.

Incidentally, Petronas Tower is taller than Sears Tower. They show that in the numbers, but make it look smaller in the graph for some reason.

That's because they only count the top floor of the Sears Tower in its height. The antennas do not count, otherwise the Sears would be the taller building. The whole "antennas don't count" thing made us Chicago-suburbanites pretty angry.

fleurya · Mar 22, 2007

TheCustomer99 said:
That's because they only count the top floor of the Sears Tower in its height. The antennas do not count, otherwise the Sears would be the taller building. The whole "antennas don't count" thing made us Chicago-suburbanites pretty angry.

Me too!!! I live about 1 1/2 hours from Chicago. But , I guess it's a moot point now. There's about 3 or 4 buildings under construction truely taller. Held the record for some time though!

rman · Mar 22, 2007

The antennas use to count in the height of the building. As we see they changed the rules. I saw a program on the Discovery about tall building and the reason for the antennas was to increase the hieght of the building.

Brown Study · Mar 22, 2007

If I had the money, I'd put up the tallest building in the world and made entirely of antennas, just to foul up the rule-makers.

ToddG · Mar 22, 2007

But under the current rules, your building wouldn't qualify as the tallest building in the world. Q.E.D.

Brown Study · Mar 22, 2007

Only if I put rabbit ears on top of the antennas.

iKitten · Mar 24, 2007

D3v1L80Y said:
That is exactly what the White Star Line said about the Titanic.
And come to think of it, NASA said that about the Challenger and Columbia shuttles.
... and then there was the Hindenburg
... and the Tacoma Narrows Bridge
..... etc
......... etc
.............. etc
:black:

Exactly what I've been thinking since they opened the thing!