National Geographic => Grand Canyon’s Glass Walkway to Open Next March
A see-through walkway with a 4,000 ft drop under it? They’ll be cleaning the puke off it daily.
The 1,500-member Hualapai tribe announced last week that the Skywalk—a giant, 30-million-dollar steel-and-glass walkway—will open to the public in March 2007.
The Skywalk will jut out 70 feet (21 meters) from the canyon rim, allowing tourists to go for a stroll with nothing between their feet and the Colorado River—4,000 feet (1,220 meters) below—except for four inches (ten centimeters) of glass