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

[jbullar1 at twcny.rr.com (Jim Bullard)]

Oh well, I'm relieved to know that I might only fall 2000' (and 
slide/bounce 2000' more) before hitting bottom. Very reassuring. :) I 
*might* do it but I'm sure I've have some large butterflies in my gut until 
I got off the thing.

At 04:13 PM 11/17/2005 -0500, Mara Factor wrote:
>The Auckland Sky Tower has a glass floor that most people avoid and it's 
>only 1000 feet high.  I was making lots of people nervous as I walked 
>along it a couple of years ago.
>
>I put a few pics together:
>
>http://friends.backcountry.net/m_factor/aucklandpics.html
>
>I did not bungy jump off it, but some do.  The bungy is a "guided" jump 
>with guylines preventing the jumper from swinging around.
>
>I understand the elevation change from Skywalk to river is 4,000 feet but 
>what's the true vertical drop from the skywalk to the ground?  I couldn't 
>find that on any of the web sites that google brought up.  The walls of 
>the Grand Canyon from rim to river are not vertical so the true vertical 
>drop from the walk is probably somewhat less than 4,000 feet.
>
>Just curious,
>
>Mara
>Stitches, AT99
>
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>>From: Jan Leitschuh <janl2@mindspring.com>
>>Date: Wed, 16 Nov 2005 12:36:49 -0500
>>
>>Afraid of heights? Thought The Knife Edge was fun?
>>;-)
>...
>>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
>
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