RIVA Motorsports    RIVA Performance Forums    RIVA Performance Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  General Topics Forum    Grand Canyon Skywalk !!!
Go
New
Find
Notify
Tools
Reply
  
  Login/Join 
Posted
This is awesome !!


http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/skywalk.html

Grand Canyon Skywalk
Scheduled to open January 1, 2006
Hualapai Indian Reservation

* Juts out about 70 feet into the canyon, 4000 ft above the 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

* Has a glass bottom and sides...four inches thick




2000 Stage II GP1200R 76.7 mph / 7280 rpm


 
Posts: 1989 | Location: League City, Texas | Registered: July 06, 2001Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
Posted Hide Post
All that engineering...

and then they attach it to an adobe hut! Sure hope they keep the straw wet!!

Just kidding... i hope.


Mark
http://www.hydrotoys.com
2000 GP1500R 4tecSC S3
2002 GP1500R CF 4tecSC Turbo
2004 Polaris MSX 4tecSC S3
2002 Octane
 
Posts: 4594 | Location: Mesa, Arizona | Registered: March 15, 2002Reply With QuoteEdit or Delete MessageReport This Post
 Previous Topic | Next Topic powered by eve community  
 

RIVA Motorsports    RIVA Performance Forums    RIVA Performance Forums  Hop To Forum Categories  General Topics Forum    Grand Canyon Skywalk !!!

© 2007 RIVA Motorsports