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#2893870 - 11/03/09 01:47 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: enigma6584]
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I'm not one to be scared of heights at all,but even I would have the common sense to stay away from that.

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#2893894 - 11/03/09 02:30 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Cworth]
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Originally Posted By: Cworth
I'm not one to be scared of heights at all,but even I would have the common sense to stay away from that.


I agree, not afraid of heights. The condition of what was left of the path with just a steel bar that looked like railroad track. The supports under it are what I would be
worried about. Constructed that long ago, rust and corrosion holding concrete. No thanks.
All I need to think about is the 35W bridge collapse in Minneapolis a couple years ago
and that bridge was built in the early 60s.

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#2893902 - 11/03/09 02:50 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Cworth]
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Originally Posted By: Cworth
I'm not one to be scared of heights at all,but even I would have the common sense to stay away from that.


Truly - walking this is a pure case of bigger balls than brain.

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#2893988 - 11/03/09 05:39 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Lone Star Ace]
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Originally Posted By: Lone Star Ace
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There is a hiking trail like this called Mt. Huashan in China as well.

There are several other listed on this site.
http://www.ssqq.com/ARCHIVE/vinlin27d.htm


My girlfriend wants to take me there... I think I'll have to fake an old sports injury that day, and any other day she wants to go.
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#2894031 - 11/03/09 07:33 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Legend]
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Makes you wonder when they last did any maintenance on those chains and logs they need to traverse that face of rock. Another case of balls bigger then brains.

Tale a look at these roads, trails and what ever

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#2894102 - 11/03/09 10:45 PM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: JimK]
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That's really crazy, yet at the same time I can imagine that the thrill of being that close to become a skydiver must be quite attractive to some.
From the wiki article, it's nice to know that they're looking to restore it - that way you can spend more time looking around you rather than down at your feet. Gorgeous scenery though.

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#2894342 - 11/04/09 09:15 AM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Gopher]
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This is nuts. Imagine watching this on an Imax screen ? bet there would be some bent up arm rests.




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#2894349 - 11/04/09 09:25 AM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: JimK]
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I think I'd rather scale a cliff in Yosemite with actual proven mountaineering gear than do something like that.
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#2894359 - 11/04/09 09:36 AM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: 20mm]
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There's absolutely no way I could walk these paths, me a heights just don't mix.
I'm OK if there's something solid like a railing between me and the drop but otherwise forget it.
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#2894385 - 11/04/09 10:10 AM Re: This should get your heart pumping a bit. [Re: Mark Aisthorpe]
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Yep, there sure is a serious pucker factor watching them on that boards hanging 1 km up.

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