Grand Canyon Skywalk
 

This should be sweet to see in the near future.

An Indian tribe has decided to help out it's tourism by building a 60 foot u-shaped glass skywalk, 4000 feet high over the grand canyon. Hope nobody is afraid of hieghts ;)

from the article...
that is... unless you plan to walk back to the side of the bridge you started on to drive home. :rolleyes:

Maybe it's just the tree hugger in me, but some things don't need man's intervention. I don't care for the idea of building anything over the Grand Canyon.

my first feeling was similar to yours stant, but this bridge will probably enhance people's appreciation for the scope and beauty of the canyon... so i suppose that it may be considered an accessory to the canyon's majesty rather than something simply built upon it.

i'll take this over an indian casino any day. :)

my two cents.

Some things were meant to be left as nature intended ... it's worth the sweat to see the beauty the right way ... in a way it's a special treat for those who make the effort. I'm kinda protective of our baby in Az :)

I agree that a skybridge just sounds hideous. Having camped for a few weeks on the south rim, I can appreciate the beauty of this magnificent place, and frankly even the most stunning of pictures I took, or others I have seen, can't do it justice. If you need a glass, steel and concrete engineering monstrosity to appreciate this place, then something is terribly wrong with our world.

I am at a complete loss as to how a skybridge could possibly make the place better?

Here's how Tribal Executive Sheri Yellowhawk justifies it:

"...we have to look at the future of our kids, to have something that's economiocally feasable for their future"

What precedes this is an acknowledgment from her of disapproval from the Tribal Elders.

Geez, it's always about the children isn't it? Sounds like a corrupted western politician, instead of a vaulted tribal spokesperson. You could use this same arguement to justify filling the canyon with ping pong balls, to make a fun chuckie cheese like experience "for the children."

Your hardcore libertarian right wing tree hugging nut,

-bear

The Grand Canyon, while not as pristine as other canyonlands in the SW, still deserves protection despite being an enormous draw for tourism. If we do not protect the CANYON, it will not BE THERE for future generations--making the point of such a skybridge moot. The canyon already suffers from horrible congestion, smog, and other environmental issues. I only see this skybridge as making it worse.

If they truly wanted to protect the future of their tribe, they would protect the canyon.

Growing up in Arizona, I'm really surprised that it's a Native American Tribe that's proposing this. They are generally very protective of development on sacred land (though I'm not sure what qualifies as sacred, though I would sure hope the the grand canyon made the cut!).

This is gonna be awesome, I'd love to see it.