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

Sorry Donna, I get severe vertigo on the third rung of a ladder. That ain't
happening.

On 11/11/05, Zemuly Sanders <zsanders@midsouth.rr.com> wrote:
>
> Hope you enjoy it. I cannot imagine having a good time there. <LOL>
> zem
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Theresa" <tchessie1@sbcglobal.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Sent: Friday, November 11, 2005 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Fwd: Could you walk this?.........
>
>
> > 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 image/jpeg which had a
> >>>name of 1762995.jpg]
> >>>
> >>>[demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type image/jpeg which had a
> >>>name of 1762a31.jpg]
> >>>
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Kemp TX
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