Slog - Comments on Bridge to Nowhere (But Terror) http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror I heard about this on the BBC as I was falling asleep last night (including a Native American woman speaking about how it is a desecration of a burial ground and its existence felt like knives poking into her very body). One may walk out in this thing and look down BETWEEN ONE'S FEET to the floor of the Grand Canyon FOUR THOUSAND FUCKING FEET BELOW. Nightmares ensued.... Copyright 2008 Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:17:18 -0800 Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:26:17 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Max Solomon again with the grand canyon cantilevered toilet seat.

this isn't in the NP, and it is native amurkins that are doing it, for cash. so much for the knives in your body. i feel that way when i look at every crap 8 pack townhouse being thrown up in seattle.

"you do it to yourself, yourself. you & no one else" - thom yorke

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675665 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675665 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:21:24 -0800 Comment by monkey Okay but I would totally pay twenty bucks to walk out on that thing.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675674 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675674 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:25:42 -0800 Comment by Chris B Ditto. I think my legs would be Jello and my bowels would be liquefied by the time I made it back to the actual ground but that looks cool!

]]> Chris B http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675679 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:27:26 -0800 Comment by E. Steven That's nothing. You want nightmares? Check out this.

http://vice.typepad.com/vice_magazine/2007/03/you_know_when_y.html

]]> E. Steven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675699 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675699 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:42:34 -0800 Comment by about as extreme as i get @3 LOL, and Ditto!
I hope video of this doesn't surface. Should be something to really experience.

]]> about as extreme as i get http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675707 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675707 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 15:48:07 -0800 Comment by monkey #4 EEEEEEEEEEEEWWW!!!!!

Sadly, my first thought was, "that poor guy can't jack off."

My second thought was, "with hands like that he probably has a hard time finding anyone to jack him off."

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675727 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675727 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:01:42 -0800 Comment by E. Steven Bet you'll never eat crispy strips ever again.

On a related note, if you enjoy Chinese dumplings, never see the Fruit Chan film 'Dumplings'.

]]> E. Steven http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675738 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675738 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:06:53 -0800 Comment by eric It is owned by a tribe. $$$$$$$$$ mega.

Totally cool, but very scary.

Can I do it on all fours?

]]> eric http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675744 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675744 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:11:30 -0800 Comment by Dougsf I'm into it. Too bad the one they build doesn't look half as cool as that illustration.

]]> Dougsf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675748 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675748 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:14:38 -0800 Comment by andy niable the scary part: its FLOOR IS MADE OF GLASS....

]]> andy niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675763 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675763 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:26:14 -0800 Comment by andy niable the scary part: its FLOOR IS MADE OF GLASS....

]]> andy niable http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675765 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675765 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:26:37 -0800 Comment by Max Solomon but the steel beams that support that glass (more like lexan) floor are 4' deep & about 8' apart.

]]> Max Solomon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675770 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675770 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:31:50 -0800 Comment by lawrence clark I would not walk out there, but I imagine it would be no different than going flying in a plane at four thousand feet.

]]> lawrence clark http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675788 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675788 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:46:57 -0800 Comment by Fnarf There's no such thing as "Native American", only hundreds of different tribes. This thing is being built by the Hualapai, and if there's any graves nearby they are theirs. So what's this "Native American woman"'s beef exactly?

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675805 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675805 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:57:26 -0800 Comment by him And you know when you walk out there, there will be some jackass next to you jumping up and down as high as he can.

]]> him http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675833 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675833 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:18:37 -0800 Comment by DOD It's going to become the #1 destination for people wanting to dramatically end their life. How could it not?!

]]> DOD http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675869 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675869 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:46:54 -0800 Comment by SDA in SEA 1) I would totally pay $20 to go walk out on that thing.

2) Am I an asshole for having very little sympathy for the Native American woman? I mean, sure, they were here first. Whitey pushed them off their land. Forced marches. Yadda, yadda, yadda. Generally speaking I respect the rights of Native Americans, and side with them when they conflict with the government. But really, I'm not seeing how this is like desecrating a burial ground. And "its existence felt like knives poking into her body" is so over the top it just makes me want to laugh.

3) While I would totally walk out on that thing, I confess I would probably have a death grip on the railing the whole time. And @15, if some jackass started jumping up and down next to me I would knock him out cold before he ever made it to his second jump. That shit is just not funny.

]]> SDA in SEA http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675870 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675870 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:47:34 -0800 Comment by John Lilburne @4

In a fair world that dude would totally be able to climb walls like a gecko or punch through sheet steel or something.

]]> John Lilburne http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675888 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675888 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:07:02 -0800 Comment by DrewVSea Finally, we get to see what Will E. Coyote always saw.

]]> DrewVSea http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675913 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c675913 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:26:03 -0800 Comment by acrophobia I read about this awhile back. Apparently the architects that are designing it are worried that over a not too long period of time erosion will weaken the wall. I guess that makes it even scarier. Here's another article and another artistic rendition.

http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/05/11/grand.canyon.skywalk/index.html

]]> acrophobia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676065 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676065 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:25:35 -0800 Comment by acrophobia Sorry, wrong link. Here's a better one with more photos of people actually standing on it.

http://news.yahoo.com/photos/ss/events/us/030807grandcanyon/im:/070321/photos_ts_afp/8d572fa1634e670c4d314d6330512972;_ylt=AqY.11hMuRnDdhcA_fVjc37mWMcF

]]> acrophobia http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676070 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676070 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 21:29:01 -0800 Comment by something else that makes me have to pee a little.

]]> something else http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676116 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676116 Architecture Tue, 20 Mar 2007 22:08:56 -0800 Comment by Joe Sheesh, I realize fear of heights is a common thing, but do we really have this many nervous nellies? Or is it that only the fearful are motivated to comment? Because I know there are BASE jumpers in the Seattle area. But maybe they have more exciting things to do than read Slog. Personally, I always thought the most enjoyable part of skydiving was climbing around on the outside of the plane at altitude, but different strokes....

This isn't a new idea, either. The CN Tower has glass blocks in the floor you can walk on while looking down on Toronto.

If I ever get down that way I'll definitely take a stroll out on this thing. I'll be the guy jumping up and down next to you, too (and good luck taking a swing at me -- fear may make you strong, but it gives you lousy eye-hand coordination).

As for the controversy -- this was built on Hualapai Indian land, with their permission, with the hope that they would earn some income from it. So while there may be some First People who have problems with it, there are a whole bunch who not only are ok with it but actively helped get it built. Are they any less authentic, and are their feelings any less valid, than the "knives in the body" woman?

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676235 Architecture Wed, 21 Mar 2007 00:40:04 -0800 Comment by Gully Foyle Ooh, a new unit of measure. How many fucking feet are there to the average foot?

]]> Gully Foyle http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676987 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c676987 Architecture Wed, 21 Mar 2007 09:34:12 -0800 Comment by Andrew @17

I agree with you. But the entire desecrating sacred ground thing is getting really really old. But then I am an atheist so all religous beliefs are pretty much B.S.

Again, I ask that the great spirit, God or whatever strikes me down as I wipe my ass with toilet paper that has picture of Mohammad on it.

]]> Andrew http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c677056 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c677056 Architecture Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:19:32 -0800 Comment by sniggles Joe, I can smell your testosterone from Minneapolis, and it's making me hard.

]]> sniggles http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c677067 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/bridge_to_nowhere_but_terror#c677067 Architecture Wed, 21 Mar 2007 10:26:17 -0800