The Skywalk over the Grand Canyon

jackdaniels · #1 03-21-2007, 02:01 PM

This looks pretty cool. I'm guessing a bungee is next! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

RayPowers · #2 03-21-2007, 02:01 PM

I'm waiting for Big Steve to do a trip report about getting blown by a cheerleader on this.

Ray

tuq · #3 03-21-2007, 02:07 PM

Yeah I won't be seen on that thing any time soon.

Also, over/under on how soon it is until someone jumps from the thing?

GTL · #4 03-21-2007, 02:13 PM

For the 2,200 member Hualapai Tribe, which has tried other ventures including casino gaming only to fail, Skywalk represents a last chance to pull themselves out of poverty.

"This hopefully will benefit our people," said Wilfred Whatoname. "It's for our children, their education."

"We definitely need this," echoed Bravo. "It's going to create more revenue, more jobs for our kids, now and later on."

In nearby Peach Springs, Ariz., the capitol of the Hualapai nation, rusting old cars, stoves and refrigerators litter the scrubby front yards of dilapidated one-story homes.

"I understand the purpose of it," said Drake Havatone, whose family dominates the Hualapai tribe. "But I just don't like it. Once you start messing with nature, then you're messing with something more powerful than man."

I don't think the skywalk is going to save them. Pretty depressing story.

GTL · #5 03-21-2007, 02:16 PM

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Also, over/under on how soon it is until someone jumps from the thing?

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not much different then jumping off the edge of the grand canyon. have not been too many documented cases of those.

jackdaniels · #6 03-21-2007, 02:17 PM

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Summer is coming up soon - I put it at 3 months.

tuq · #7 03-21-2007, 02:20 PM

GTL,

I'd think it would be more like jumping off the Empire State Building or the Golden Gate Bridge than off the canyon itself. Man-made structures, large exposure, etc.

Also, why don't those Indians just build a casino? [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img] That's made all the ones down here rich.

Jeffro · #8 03-21-2007, 02:28 PM

They tried and failed.
Link

tuq · #9 03-21-2007, 02:34 PM

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"The Hualapai tribe is one of only two whose casinos failed during the Indian gambling boom of the past decade, when revenues exploded from $100 million in 1988 to $8.26 billion in 1998."

Yikes. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

TheDudeAbides · #10 03-21-2007, 02:59 PM

Jesus! Just looking at that pic gave me vertigo.