# Grand Canyon Overlook opens in March **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [December 11, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675 "2006-12-11T13:16:07Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![picunurse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/7bcc69/32.png) [@picunurse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/picunurse)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/1 "2006-12-11T13:16:07Z")
The [Overlook](http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp#update) 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? ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/2 "2006-12-11T13:40:08Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/3 "2006-12-11T15:03:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Eonwe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eonwe/32/240_2.png) [@Eonwe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Eonwe)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/4 "2006-12-11T15:34:30Z")
I wonder if they figured out a good way to clean the underside of that thing. A really long pole from the canyon floor? ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/5 "2006-12-11T15:45:40Z")
I’s kinda shaped like a good luck horseshoe. I hope that’s just coincidence and not a relied upon safety feature. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/6 "2006-12-11T15:55:43Z")
“ **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. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/7 "2006-12-11T17:26:28Z")
I’m reminded of a certain **Far Side** cartoon… ---
**Author:** ![Diceman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@Diceman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diceman)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/8 "2006-12-11T17:46:50Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 5:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/9 "2006-12-11T17:52:32Z")
I climb 100 foot towers but that thing makes me a little uneasy looking at it. But I’d definitely go out on it. ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/10 "2006-12-11T18:17:46Z")
_hurk_ ---
**Author:** ![NinetyWt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/cc9497/32.png) [@NinetyWt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/NinetyWt)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/11 "2006-12-11T18:31:20Z")
:eek: That makes my butt hurt. ---
**Author:** ![Wee\_Bairn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/90db22/32.png) [@Wee\_Bairn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wee_Bairn)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/12 "2006-12-11T18:32:25Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Mindfield](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mindfield/32/19759_2.png) [@Mindfield](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mindfield)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/13 "2006-12-11T18:33:27Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Queen\_Bruin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/e274bd/32.png) [@Queen\_Bruin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Queen_Bruin)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/14 "2006-12-11T18:37:19Z")
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? ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/15 "2006-12-11T18:39:45Z")
$25? I wouldn’t pay $25 go out on it. Maybe $5. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2006, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/16 "2006-12-11T18:43:55Z")
What, you think you’re gettin’ scalped? ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/17 "2006-12-12T00:11:16Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Governor\_Quinn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/d26b3c/32.png) [@Governor\_Quinn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Governor_Quinn)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/18 "2006-12-12T00:13:57Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/19 "2006-12-12T00:25:29Z")
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. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [December 12, 2006, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675/20 "2006-12-12T00:41:38Z")
I \*so \*want to see this! I haven’t been to the canyon yet, but I’m thinking next year may be the year! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/grand-canyon-overlook-opens-in-march/383675.md?page=2)