Grand Canyon Skywalk

[steveg]

Holy Crap Batman!! 

This one I just HAVE to go on someday! (Paula will happily wave at me from a comfortable distance of about 3 miles from the rim if I know her!).

It has a glass floor so that you can look straight down 4000 feet!! Oh wow! - I want one!

The Skywalk is due to open 1 week from today and was unveiled yesterday...

(Right click and select "View Image" to see pictures bigger)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Canyon_Skywalk

[kelli]

I think its cool. Not sure that I would make it all the way out to the end but I would go out a little bit.

[steveg]

I think its cool. Not sure that I would make it all the way out to the end but I would go out a little bit.

At a fee of $25 each to go out there, I think I would be making sure I "went all the way"

 (see - nice boys do too!  hehehe  )

Steve

[Jackyd99]

I've actually heard the fee is as high as $75...I think it's kinda cool, but at the same time an eyesore.

The Grand Canyon is a natural beauty - and to build something like this - even as nicely done as it is - kinda spoils it for me.

[resa]

For someone ( like me )who is afraid of heights, that is insane!

[steveg]

The Grand Canyon is a natural beauty - and to build something like this - even as nicely done as it is - kinda spoils it for me.

Good Point Jacky - I hadn't thought of that angle Hmmmm {re thinking things now}

Steve

[Clarimonde]

My work colleague was watching a story about this on BBC News yesterday and said it was hilarious because the reporter they had covering the story was terrified of heights and wouldn't step out onto the sky walk so he just reported from the side! 

[Windsong]

Don't blame them one bit!  With my luck, I'd go out there and the dang thing would snap off and fall like a rock!  Nope.....not on my list of MUST DO!

[steveg]

Don't blame them one bit!  With my luck, I'd go out there and the dang thing would snap off and fall like a rock!  Nope.....not on my list of MUST DO!

Oh, come on lass! The darned thing is designed to hold 120 people, and I know we are both “big folks” but surely not *That* big? 

Hehehe

[concon]

 

[B.Kay]

Don't blame them one bit!  With my luck, I'd go out there and the dang thing would snap off and fall like a rock!  Nope.....not on my list of MUST DO!

Oh, come on lass! The darned thing is designed to hold 120 people, and I know we are both “big folks” but surely not *That* big?  

Hehehe

Bringing this up reminded me that I heard a broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 talking about the skywalk earlier this week.  He made a joke and said it could hold 120 people or 40 Americans.  

[steveg]

Bringing this up reminded me that I heard a broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 talking about the skywalk earlier this week.  He made a joke and said it could hold 120 people or 40 Americans.   

Really?? - Now I was Kidding, but for this to be said on the BBC is just plain insulting - I would have complained in a second about that and insisted on an apology being broadcast. Whilst it may be borderline racism (is being an American considered to be a race, or simply a nationality?) - certainly if it is considered racist then the law has been broken, and if you feel insulted then you (not necessarily you Belinda, but whomever may feel that way) have a right to an apology.

This sort of remark pisses me off (Apologies for the language, but that's how I feel) I think I am rather sensitive to this one as I am married to a "large" American person, and when I hear comments like this I feel that they are insulting my wife personally and I squirm inside - I'm sure the broadcaster though this would be seen by the listeners as "ha ha very funny" and it probably was, but not to all of us.

Grrr

Steve

[B.Kay]

Bringing this up reminded me that I heard a broadcaster on BBC Radio 2 talking about the skywalk earlier this week.  He made a joke and said it could hold 120 people or 40 Americans.  

Really?? - Now I was Kidding, but for this to be said on the BBC is just plain insulting - I would have complained in a second about that and insisted on an apology being broadcast. Whilst it may be borderline racism (is being an American considered to be a race, or simply a nationality?) - certainly if it is considered racist then the law has been broken, and if you feel insulted then you (not necessarily you Belinda, but whomever may feel that way) have a right to an apology.

This sort of remark pisses me off (Apologies for the language, but that's how I feel) I think I am rather sensitive to this one as I am married to a "large" American person, and when I hear comments like this I feel that they are insulting my wife personally and I squirm inside - I'm sure the broadcaster though this would be seen by the listeners as "ha ha very funny" and it probably was, but not to all of us.

Grrr

Steve

Thanks, Steve.  It's nice to know you feel the same way I do about it.  I  thought I might be overly sensitive, but this is the second or third negative comment I've heard about Americans on Radio 2 recently.  I think the reason I'm most offended is because if the race (or nationality) being discussed was Pakistanis or Arabs, for instance, it would be perceived as racism (actually, the comments probably wouldn't even be made) but with Americans it's ok.

Ok, I'm off my soapbox now.  Sorry for hijacking your thread.

[steveg]

Ok, I'm off my soapbox now.  Sorry for hijacking your thread.

No problem - it's not a hijack at all - it's a very valid point, and if you feel up to it, go ahead and complain and I for one will happily join with you - it's about time this stopped

Steve

[Jackyd99]

Not to lessen your frustration...I can see why you are angry...

I used to be really sensitive about what I perceived as anti-American comments and generalizations.  I even complained a couple of times (got no response).  The USA is fair game here, as are the French, other Europeans, etc.

I get comments all the time about whether or not there is a Bubba in my family or if someone in my family is married to their sister (got asked that today as a matter of fact)....because of the region of the USA that I am from.

Ignorance leads to these sorts of comments - and to be honest, I'm sure there are a fair share of "Limey Bastard" generalizations going on in the USA....

Good luck with the complaints at any rate....