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

wonder how far this is from the 2007 garden railroad
convention site.... hum....

Donna

--- Cathy Carpenter <cathy.c@insightbb.com> 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.
> >
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> >
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> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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> <joanmaster@optonline.net> .
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