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Grand Canyon skywalk completed

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"worry about disturbing nearby burial sites, and environmentalists have blamed the tribe for transforming the majestic canyon into a tourist trap."


Maybe a more traditional casino would have appeased the ancestors and tree-huggers better.
 
Not if they hung the casino out over the edge of the canyon.

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Remember the post awhile ago announced this project. The beam was much shorter in the conceptual plan. Wishful thinking I guess.
 
ukinam, I wondered about those rails, too. It does appear to be retractable. $50 per ticket is pretty steep, but I might do it once. That's gotta be an incredible rush to look thru the floor of that walkway.
 
"The architect's vision is that visitors will have the sensation of floating freely without the intrusion of visible supports..."

Yeah, not so much.

If I had to guess, I'd say those rails are part of the system they used to launch the structure out, but that it is not intended to be retracted.

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I read that the whole system was spring damped to resist jarring from the winds. I also wondered how they were going to prevent abrassion from the sand and people walking on the glass. I guess the $25 booties answer that question.

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I would have liked to have a few open manholes in the deck for more fun.

Ciao.
 
Who is going to clean the bottom of the glass when
it gets film covered? .
 
They will get a HgTX's to bring a bridge inspection machine over and clean while inspecting.
 
I wonder if they make a snooper truck small enough to get out onto the cantilever...

Maybe they could do a variation on the magnetic scrubbies they use in fishtanks, but with a hose attached for water & cleaning fluid?

Hg

p.s. Is anyone else getting tired of seeing the word "jut" over and over again, or is it just me?



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I think it would be cool to walk out there with a vibration analyzer and a metronome. I wonder what kind of acceleration one could produce by bouncing at the natural frequency or one of its subharmonics.
 
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