The Stunning Grand Canyon Skywalk
Grand Canyon Skywalk, a street of large glass half a mile above the Colorado River in Arizona, has recently opened a perch. glass bridge shaped like a horseshoe, which are unique to 70 meters from the Grand Canyon offers one of the vertical edges. Located 120 km east of Las Vegas, Nevada, Grand Canyon Skywalk glass bridge was built Hualapai Tribe Type-of-a-Grand Canyon offers the experience and make money on this tourist attraction. Opened March 20, 2007, weeks before the scheduled date. A number of visiting, such as Buzz Aldrin and Hualapai tribal elders the first step in the new structure.
Skywalk is safe?
More than three times higher than the Empire State Building, the glass bridge built over a million pounds of steel and built with a weight of 71 fully loaded Boeing 747 (more than 71 million pounds) to fight. Skywalk is designed for winds of over 100 miles per hour to maintain the eight directions.
Engineers also earthquakes in mind when designing the Grand Canyon Skywalk. This structure was built by the earthquake of 8.0 on the Richter scale in the last 50 miles of the Grand Canyon.
Grand Canyon controversy
Opening of the Grand Canyon Skywalk has revived the controversy surrounding the marketing of the Grand Canyon, one of the greatest natural wonders.
The main topic of a new attraction:
* Some people think the sore eyes
* Environmentalists believe that the Skywalk is one of the greatest wonders of the natural world into a commercial tourist attraction
* Others think that the cultural values and history of the Grand Canyon Skywalk and Hualapai tribes humiliated
* The critical question of how the tribe places and places of limited infrastructure currently supports (now there’s no water, sustainable waste, garbage, telephone or electric service area)
Grand Canyon Skywalk proponents said the new attraction is just a new way for tourists to experience the Grand Canyon like never before and effectively to Huapalai tribe to get more of this country. They believe that the new Grand Canyon West will be good for developing the local economy.
Grand Canyon West
glass bridge is only part of the building, 6,000 square feet, known as Grand Canyon West, the visitor center, gift shop and restaurant. It will cost $ 25 in the Grand Canyon unusual perspective.
Huapalai level, minister of the country, the Grand Canyon. They are planning hotels, stores and an additional golf course built near the glass bridge to the future. Part of their overall plan includes the addition of lifts to transport tourists from the coast of the Canyon of the Colorado River (Grand Canyon). pontoon boat ride, tour of the raft, and visits to low-flying aircraft and helicopters are also in their plans.
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