The steel-and-glass structure will jut 70 feet out over the south rim of the Grand Canyon, we're told, it will support 72 million pounds, accomodate 120 visitors, and withstand wind gusts of up to 100 miles per hour. Visitors will have a bird's eye view of the Canyon floor 4,000 feet below. Most amazing of all, it's not a hoax.The steel-and-glass structure will jut 70 feet out over the south rim of the Grand Canyon, we're told, it will support 72 million pounds, accomodate 120 visitors, and withstand wind gusts of up to 100 miles per hour. Visitors will have a bird's eye view of the Canyon floor 4,000 feet below. Most amazing of all, it's not a hoax.Top Related Searches south rim of the grand canyon wind gusts glass structure steel and glass skywalk eye view
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Awesome!
For someone like me that suffers from agoraphobia, this not a place I would ever want to visit.
Right or wrong. This is Harlene’s friend’s written feelings about the Skywalk.
Just in case you’re traveling to Grand Canyon to see the new Skywalk, you may want to read this.
NOTE: This is unedited, crass and somewhat to the point . . .
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Hi Guys,
The following is unedited from an email a friend sent me regarding their recent trip to see the new Skywalk at the Grand Canyon. For anyone thinking about going, here is a reality check for you…
Best regards, Harlene
Chris wanted to see the new “thing” at the Grand Canyon,
so we went this weekend. It is advertised as $25.00 to go out on the
skywalk and the pictures show a beautiful building next to the walkway.
Well; they are not quite “HONEST.” It is $25.00 to go on the skywalk, but
it is $50.00 to be on the reservation. You find this out after wh at they
say is a 1 hour trip down a 57 mile dirt road. Wrong! This dirt road is 57
mile alright; the fastest you can go is 25 mph; you do the math!!! So,
after this long drive you get the good news it is $75.00 a person!!! Chris
said maybe we should forget it; I said after that road we are not coming
back so get out the damn credit card out. Then you get on their bus for a
10 min ride to the “walkway”; bu ilt in one of the ugliest places on the
whole Grand Canyon; not a tree to be seen and the water is gray below!
Their building is not started, so you have a trailer to go into to go
through a metal detector and leave your camera and purse in the trailer.
The walkway glass was cracked which lead me to believe they may have a few
engineering glitches and I got my ass off the thing right away after
seeing that! Believe me it is not as big or long as it looks on TV. They
do give you a buffet lunch, with your ticket, at “Guano” (means poop)
Point. The Indians used to go over the cliff here to pick up bird shit to
use for Makeup (war paint). You get to sit in one of the windiest places
on earth to eat your chicken or ribs covered with blowing dirt. We passed
on the lunch. There are buses leaving every 10-15 min with 52 people on
board at $75.00 per person $3,900.00 per bus from 8:00 am until 6:30 pm.
That’s $156,000.00 per day! I guess they are making a lot of money. They
are flying people in from Vegas and Laughlin to go see this thing! I guess
the Indians are smart; but not so honest about all the details of the
activity. We had to stop and change a tire for a young girl who took her
grandparents out there. They had the right kind of car and good tires; but
the road is terrible, they blew out the side wall of the tire. They must
have hit the side of the road and a big rock. They did not know where the
spare tire was and were completely helpless. The tow truck would have come
out there but it would have been 2.5 hours and $400.00! The girl was very
scared and grateful we stopped to help. Some guys stopped to ask if this
was the right way to the Skywalk. Grandpa yelled out, “go back it is not
worth it!!”
One last detail, the hotel the Indians run to accommodate this adventure looks great online, but the sign at check in says “SINCE THE TRAINS COME BY EVERY 10 -15 MINS PLEASE ASK FOR THE FREE EAR PLUGS”.
We immediately canceled our reservations and made it to Kingman , AZ for the night. We got up at 6am and got the hell out of Arizona!
that ia so cool ive been there i just never been stupid enought o try cause i never heard of it but i will nxt time lol jk thats awesome though.
It rocks also its just cool
These storiez can come to life if you just look really deep and see that these things can happen to anybody and anywhere its like looking in the mirrior and seeieng a reflection and a reflection of you hurting yourself but your not hurting yourslef somebody else is hurting you………..but worst like the winstead story of course it was true they know that the pushed her down that sewer hole and they are going to by haunted by her for the rest of there lives and anybodyelse that didn’t believe that she was pushed they will also bu haunted to because they know the truth and always believe things like this can happen because you never know when it could happen to you………………………………………….you better watch you back be the. Look out and the risk taker of your own life
I read all of these, and only the GIF scared me. -_-”’ They’re all still OK though..