[at-l] Are You (Wo)Man Enough?

[greyowl at rcn.com (greyowl@rcn.com)]

Hey way cool.  But then again I use to hang out of helicopter 
doors at 3000 ft.   A fall of 60 ft will kill you just as dead as a 
fall of 3000 ft.  Of course few are rational enough to realize that.

Bob Grey Owl Dudley

---- Original message ----
>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:36:49 -0500
>From: Jan Leitschuh <janl2@mindspring.com> 
>Subject: [at-l] Are You (Wo)Man Enough?  
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>Afraid of heights? Thought The Knife Edge was fun?
>;-)
>
>The Grand Canyon Skywalk -
>
>I set out to prove this false, and - Snopes sez it's true.
>Urp!
>
>Details:
>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
>
>Check out the photo.
>  http://www.snopes.com/photos/architecture/skywalk.asp
>
>also, National Geo:
>http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2005/08/0826_0508
26_grandcanyon.html
>
>
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