Get a bird's eye view of the Grand Canyon

[Barb]

HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. - A struggling Indian tribe is hoping to change its fortunes by luring tourists out over the edge of the Grand Canyon on a glass-bottom observation deck 4,000 feet above the Colorado River.

It’s called the Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped walkway that will jut from the canyon’s lip and offer the kind of straight-down, vertigo-inducing views that had previously been available only to the likes of Wile E. Coyote.

Full story here

This does nothing to help my vertigo. :drowsy:

 

[GrnMarvl14]

I guess the thousands of bridges that jut out over the Grand Canyon aren't good enough. Looking down instead of looking OVER and down is a more exciting experience? Guess now we know why they're struggling.

 

[Barb]

The problem (for me, anyway) is looking down to begin with. I don't think I'd try the Skywalk if it were free to the public.

 

[Murgatroyd]

I guess the thousands of bridges that jut out over the Grand Canyon aren't good enough. Looking down instead of looking OVER and down is a more exciting experience? Guess now we know why they're struggling.

Thousands of bridges? Which Grand Canyon are you talking about?

Personally, I prefer the hiker's eye view.

 

[Barb]

You've hiked the Grand Canyon, Murg?

 

[Murgatroyd]

I've been all the way down to Phantom Ranch. (For the uninitiated, that's about seven to nine miles from the rim depending on which trail, and about one mile down.)

 

[Barb]

I didn't know you were such an outdoorsman. My most recent hike was Mammoth Hot Springs in Yellowstone National Park.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Thousands of bridges? Which Grand Canyon are you talking about?

Personally, I prefer the hiker's eye view.

Alright, I exaggerated an overly high amount. But I know there's at least one (...or am I thinking of another canyon? I KNOW the bridge I'm thinking of spans a canyon and goes over the Colorado River).

The Grand Canyon's an impressive site, I just don't see the big wonder in going out into the middle and looking down. Don't really see how it's a big change from the sides. Hiking into it, I can see that being impressive (though I've never been much for hiking), but a skywalk? Eh.

 

[Murgatroyd]

Alright, I exaggerated an overly high amount. But I know there's at least one (...or am I thinking of another canyon? I KNOW the bridge I'm thinking of spans a canyon and goes over the Colorado River).

You're probably thinking of the Navajo Bridge, just downstream from Glen Canyon Dam, which is well upstream of the Grand Canyon proper. The next vehicle crossing downstream from there is at Hoover Dam.

The Grand Canyon's an impressive site, I just don't see the big wonder in going out into the middle and looking down. Don't really see how it's a big change from the sides. Hiking into it, I can see that being impressive (though I've never been much for hiking), but a skywalk? Eh.

Especially given that you'd be going only a few dozen feet out from the rim, when the canyon is several miles wide.