Starling Travel » Arizona http://www.starling-travel.com Travel on the cheap! Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:00:26 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Grand Canyon Skywalk http://www.starling-travel.com/2007/04/04/grand-canyon-skywalk/ http://www.starling-travel.com/2007/04/04/grand-canyon-skywalk/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 12:00:35 +0000 Laura Moncur http://www.starling-travel.com/2007/04/04/grand-canyon-skywalk/ Chris Kahn with the Associated Press has a great description of what it is like for him to walk across the Grand Canyon Skywalk.

The Skywalk’s builders have said repeatedly that the deck is extremely durable. It’s essentially a huge steel horseshoe, capable of withstanding 100 mph winds and holding several hundred 200-pound people at a time.

I had no reason to doubt them. But out on the edge, my mind was racing: I tried to remember if any government regulatory agency had checked how well this thing was anchored to the cliff. I wondered what it would sound like for a million pound hunk of metal to uproot and tumble 4,000 feet. Like an earthquake, I bet.

This new installation is a walkway of glass and metal that stretches into the vast expanse that is the Grand Canyon. If you have ever wanted to experience the Grand Canyon as a vertigo-induced nightmare, the Haulapai Reservation has created the experience for you!

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