Re: Fwd: Could you walk this?.........

I am game, although I would not want be the first
person to walk across!(um- around)- when are we going?

Donna

--- Theresa <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Not sure this would be for me.  Here I found an
> artist's rendition of 
> what the skywalk will look like
> 
>
http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp
> 
> Theresa
> 
> Cathy Carpenter wrote:
> 
> >Just received this on another list. Interested? I
> did the suspension  
> >bridge over the Royal Gorge, which was pretty
> scary, but this one  
> >might be more so!
> >
> >Cathy, west central IL, z5b
> >
> >  
> >
> >>Subject: Could you walk this?.........
> >>
> >>Grand Canyon Skywalk
> >>
> >>Scheduled to open Jan. 1, 2006 Hualapai Indian
> Reservation
> >>
> >>* Juts about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft
> above Colorado River
> >>
> >>* Will accommodate 120 people comfortably (how
> comfortable would  
> >>you be)
> >>
> >>* Built with more than a million pounds of steel
> beams, and  
> >>includes dampeners that minimize the structure's
> vibration
> >>
> >>* Designed to hold 72 million pounds, withstand an
> 8.0 magnitude  
> >>earthquake 50 miles away, and withstand winds in
> excess of 100 mph
> >>
> >>* The walkway has a glass bottom and sides...four
> inches thick
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>More info:
> >>
> >>August 26, 2005-Fear of heights? This is
> definitely no place for you.
> >>
> >>
> >>The $30 million all-glass Skywalk will hover 4,000
> feet above the  
> >>Colorado River over a rim of the Grand Canyon,
> allowing tourists to  
> >>stroll on an 80-yard walk around a semicircular
> platform jutting  
> >>beyond the canyon rim, surrounded by Plexiglas
> that will provide a  
> >>spectacular view of the canyon floor directly
> below. The Skywalk's  
> >>opening is planned for early 2006, the attraction
> being part of a  
> >>new Grand Canyon West resort on the Hualapai
> reservation at the  
> >>western edge of the park, about 120 miles from Las
> Vegas.
> >>
> >>As the Arizona Republic noted, the Skywalk is part
> of an effort by  
> >>the Hualapai tribe to create a multi-faceted
> tourist resort and  
> >>revenue stream not dependent upon casino gaming:
> >>Levi Esquerra, program director for Northern
> Arizona University's  
> >>Center for American Indian Economic Development,
> said the Hualapais  
> >>are one of the few tribes to have a bustling
> economy without casino  
> >>gaming as a linchpin.
> >>
> >>"They've been able to exploit their natural beauty
> and become a  
> >>tourist destination," Esquerra said. "What we've
> normally seen in  
> >>the past between the tribes and national Park
> Service is like the  
> >>Blackfeet in Montana appealing to get free access
> to Glacier  
> >>National Park. But the Hualapais have a new and
> aggressive attitude  
> >>to develop markets on their own land."
> >>
> >>The Hualapai's Grand Canyon Resort Corp. already
> has completed the  
> >>first phase of an adjoining Indian village, where
> Navajo, Hopi,  
> >>Hualapai and Havasupai craftsmen constructed
> traditional dwellings  
> >>surrounding an amphitheater that hosts daily
> Native American dances.
> >>
> >>The first phase of a nearby Old West village also
> has been  
> >>completed, and plans are on the drawing board to
> construct a tram  
> >>from the canyon rim to the floor. Ditto for an
> anticipated high-end  
> >>resort and a campground, which will house about 50
> cabins and be  
> >>able to accommodate 200 campsites and 200
> recreation vehicles.
> >>
> >>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type
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> >>name of 1762995.jpg]
> >>
> >>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type
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> >>name of 1762a31.jpg]
> >>
> >>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> <joanmaster@optonline.net> .
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