The Overlook glass platform, 4000 feet above the Colorado river will be finished in Feburary and open to the public in March.
I get a little queasy looking at the pictures. I know they say it’s safe but, four inches of glass between me and 3/4 mile of air? I don’t think so. Is it worth the $25/visit? Not to me.
My question is, what will it look like in ten years?
The shoe coverings ought to help maintain a clear view, but it still makes me a little dizzy thinking about it.
Mr. K and I may be going to the Grand Canyon right around that time. It will be interesting to see what kind of a draw this turns out to be. I may let other people be the guinea pigs as far as structural soundness goes.
I want to see this.
But then I am the kind of person who is fascinated by mesh stairs and the Glass Flooe at the CN Tower.
I wonder if they figured out a good way to clean the underside of that thing. A really long pole from the canyon floor?
I’s kinda shaped like a good luck horseshoe. I hope that’s just coincidence and not a relied upon safety feature.
“Overlook”??
Is naming this after the haunted hotel in a well-known (and twice-filmed) Stephen King horror novel really a good publicity move?
Even without that association, “Overlook” suggests that they forgot something. Not a good association, to my mind.
I’m reminded of a certain Far Side cartoon…
I’d like to go out onto that thing. Granted, I’ll probably be crawling on my hands & knees, continuously praying that God doesn’t let me plummet to a horrible death, but I’d go.
I climb 100 foot towers but that thing makes me a little uneasy looking at it. But I’d definitely go out on it.
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That makes my butt hurt.
25 bucks to walk 20 or so feet and back? I wouldn’t pay 25 bucks to walk across a mile long bridge from one edge of it to another. Five seems reasonable.
I’d go out on it. I’ve done the CN Tower and that wasn’t so bad, though that’s not exactly the same thing. Just the same I’d probably still spend the entire time on it with firmly clenched buttocks.
I’d go, but my husband (vertigo, acrophobia) would not and would probably try to keep me from going, as well. $25 seems a bit stiff, though. How much is it for an hour in a 'copter?
$25? I wouldn’t pay $25 go out on it. Maybe $5.
What, you think you’re gettin’ scalped?
I think it’s cool, and I’d do it.
Just remember, folks! This thing is over a hundred miles away from both the Grand Canyon National Park north and south rim tourist areas.
I don’t feel comfortable when I’m ten feet away from the edge. Not only would I not pay $25 to do this, but I would not do it if you offered me $25.
I don´t like the cantilever design; seems that you´ll have to look down between the thick supports. If I´d designed the thing I would have built a single central load bearing beam firmly attached to the canyon side, it would had been supported by cables running up to a tower, more or less like half a suspension bridge… The catwalk would be attached around the perimeter of the beam.
I *so *want to see this! I haven’t been to the canyon yet, but I’m thinking next year may be the year!