Have a Fear of Heights?

[Alex]

Why'd they ruin it with those walls? Maybe a slight downward slant towards the far end?

I'd do it if it were cheap, but there's no way I'd pay what they're charging.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Alex

I'd do it if it were cheap, but there's no way I'd pay what they're charging.

The prompted me to look it up...holy hell, I'd barely be able to motivate myself to walk out there for free. >$80? "Oh hell no" doesn't begin to describe it.

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by AllyOops!

[font="Georgia"]Have you guys seen or read about this?

I agree with GD:

Originally Posted by Ghoulish Delight

.... "Oh hell no" doesn't begin to describe it.

You'd see me screaming like a baby.

But, if the floor was solid (and the price reasonable), no problem.

[innerSpaceman]

Yep, zapp and I were all set to go ... until we saw the price tag. Ef That!

But I'd do it in a heartbeat ... and I think the glass walls on the finished product are a lot lower than on that artist's rendering. But $80 after an hour's detour down an 18-mile dirt road is not getting me out on that bridge. Fear of Heights has zip to do with it.

(Now that it's been mentioned, I'm also not keen on it sticking out from the rim. Structures like the Watchtower and the Lookout which blend with the rim are wonderful, and those like the Kolb Studio and this bridge should be torn down!)

[Prudence]

At Bryce we ran into someone who had just been on that bridge thing-y. He said the clear portion of the floor is already all scuffed up.

[BarTopDancer]

I should add that I have no problem with rails being put up on canyon formed structures (I think we went out on Bright Angel Point) and a few other jetti's that had railings around them. Yes, they go into the canyon too but I don't think (and that's just my uneducated opinion) that they would cause as much damage as the sky walk.

[Kevy Baby]

$80?!? Um, no effin way!

[innerSpaceman]

I used to have a very debilitating fear of heights, but cured it (for the most part) by doing things like zip-lines and skydiving and standing on scary edges whilst reminding myself that I was no more likely to simply fall over (or have things somehow rise out of my pockets) when standing on solid ground adjacent to a sheer drop than I was when on solid ground in the midst of other solid ground.

That said, I don't like rollercoaster lifts that climb too high, and I'm more comforable on a mountain peak than a skyscraper cap.

[CoasterMatt]

I got to slowly ride to the top of Supreme Scream in maintenance mode, and it was pretty groovy.

blueerica, if you like the skycoaster at Lagoon, you should do the 300 ft. model in Florida - you fly out over water and it's got an amazing amount of freefall.

[Kevy Baby]

OK - getting a little off topic, but in a search for more info about Supreme Scream (I honestly did not know it was at Knott's), I came across this entry about a roller coaster called Kingda Ka at Six Flags Great Adventure in Jackson, NJ:

On May 21, 2005 Six Flags Great Adventure introduced Kingda Ka, the tallest, fastest roller coaster on the planet to the public. This $25-million Swiss designed "rocket coaster" uses hydraulic motors to launch the trains along a horizontal section of track from zero to 128 mph in an impressive 3.5 seconds. The trains then begins a vertical ascent up a steel tower that peaks at 456 feet or 45 stories. Crossing over the apex the train enters a vertical descent plunging through a 270-degree spiral twist again reaching speeds in excess of 100 mph. One final surprise comes before the brake run, a 129-foot tall camelback hill, that offers plenty of negative G's also known fondly as "airtime".

I would be surprised if CM has not already been on this (and has appropriate commentary), but the description alone scares the heebie jeebies out of me