Canyon Eyesore - Page 2

Beestie · 03-22-2007, 11:09 PM

I'm not losing any sleep over it but it is a defacement of the canyon and probably shouldn't have been built.

And the load limit is so high they will never exceed it. But at 4,000 feet up, you'd have about 20 seconds to say: "If I ever get my hands on that Beestie dude, I'm gonnaa..." before you went splat.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-22-2007, 11:22 PM

A defacement to the canyon? Do you know how big the canyon is? Christ, they don't even try to recover crashed aircraft. How far out in the middle of nowhere this is. Hours drive through nothing. Who owns this area? They do. How much better this is than any of the National park service rim projects. Orders of magnitude.
This wouldn't make a pimple on the ass of a flea, on a camel, on Noah's ark ,on the great flood as seen from Pluto.

03-22-2007, 11:31 PM

I should be able to put my gum on the Mona Lisa... just on the corner though.

bluecuracao · 03-22-2007, 11:43 PM

I think it's really cool--I hope they do very well from it.

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A few members of the Hualapai Indian Tribe, which allowed the Grand Canyon Skywalk to be built, hopped up and down on the horseshoe-shaped structure. At its edge -- 70 feet beyond the rim -- the group peeked over the glass wall.

"I can hear the glass cracking!" Hualapai Chairman Charlie Vaughn said playfully.

That Chairman is a funny, funny man!

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Many Hualapai (pronounced WALL-uh-pie) worry about disturbing nearby burial sites, and environmentalists have blamed the tribe for transforming the majestic canyon into a tourist trap.

Oh, the irony.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-23-2007, 04:29 AM

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I should be able to put my gum on the Mona Lisa... just on the corner though.

You can when you own it. I can already hear you bitching about people telling what you can/should or cannot/shouldn't do, with your own property.

From here.

Crimson Ghost · 03-23-2007, 04:31 AM

"I can hear the glass cracking."
Yeah, he's a barrel of fucking laughs.
Wall-uh-pie.
More like Canyon-floor-uh-pizza.

This will end badly.

xoxoxoBruce · 03-23-2007, 04:35 AM

Scale it? You can spit over it. More likely somebody falling off trying to whiz over it.

Griff · 03-23-2007, 08:17 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Scale it? You can spit over it. More likely somebody falling off trying to whiz over it.

Now look what you've done. I have to add that to my list of PIHP. (places I have pissed)

Shawnee123 · 03-23-2007, 09:14 AM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

I've been wondering, since they said they would build it a year or more ago, in a sandy environment how will they keep it from getting scratched so badly you won't be able to see through it?

The floor is made of diamonds?

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Originally Posted by rkzenrage

I should be able to put my gum on the Mona Lisa... just on the corner though.

Now that's just funny!

Cloud · 03-23-2007, 10:56 AM

fabulous outdoor fucking spot!

Shawnee123 · 03-23-2007, 11:00 AM

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Originally Posted by Griff

Now look what you've done. I have to add that to my list of PIHP. (places I have pissed)

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Originally Posted by Cloud

fabulous outdoor fucking spot!

PIHF!:p

Sheldonrs · 03-23-2007, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud

fabulous outdoor fucking spot!

Just don't tell anyone you did it in the Grand Canyon. They might think you were talking about your partner.

Crimson Ghost · 03-23-2007, 01:36 PM

"Oh God, oh, oh oooooohhhhhhhh ssssssssshhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt........ka---splat!!!"

tw · 03-23-2007, 05:02 PM

Bungee jumping and parachute jumps.

Elspode · 03-23-2007, 06:43 PM

I like it. I understand the valid complaints about cheapening the grandeur of the canyon, but hey...its gonna be just another rubble filled shallow depression in another billion years, so who's gonna know?

03-22-2007, 11:09 PM	#16
Beestie -◊\|≡·∙■·∙≡\|◊- Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Parts unknown. Posts: 4,081	I'm not losing any sleep over it but it is a defacement of the canyon and probably shouldn't have been built. And the load limit is so high they will never exceed it. But at 4,000 feet up, you'd have about 20 seconds to say: "If I ever get my hands on that Beestie dude, I'm gonnaa..." before you went splat. __________________ ♠ ♥ ♣ ♦

03-22-2007, 11:22 PM	#17
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	A defacement to the canyon? Do you know how big the canyon is? Christ, they don't even try to recover crashed aircraft. How far out in the middle of nowhere this is. Hours drive through nothing. Who owns this area? They do. How much better this is than any of the National park service rim projects. Orders of magnitude. This wouldn't make a pimple on the ass of a flea, on a camel, on Noah's ark ,on the great flood as seen from Pluto. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-23-2007, 04:31 AM	#21
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	"I can hear the glass cracking." Yeah, he's a barrel of fucking laughs. Wall-uh-pie. More like Canyon-floor-uh-pizza. This will end badly. __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-23-2007, 04:35 AM	#22
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Scale it? You can spit over it. More likely somebody falling off trying to whiz over it. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

03-23-2007, 10:56 AM	#25
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	fabulous outdoor fucking spot! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

03-22-2007, 11:31 PM	#18
rkzenrage Guest Posts: n/a	I should be able to put my gum on the Mona Lisa... just on the corner though.

03-23-2007, 01:36 PM	#28
Crimson Ghost Larger than life and twice as ugly. Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 5,264	"Oh God, oh, oh oooooohhhhhhhh ssssssssshhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittt........ka---splat!!!" __________________ We must all go through a rite of passage. It must be physical, it must be painful, and it must leave a mark. I have no knowledge of the events which you are describing, and if I did have knowledge of them, I would be unable to discuss them with you now or at any future period. Don't waste your time always searching for those wasted years

03-23-2007, 05:02 PM	#29
tw Read? I only know how to write. Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 11,933	Bungee jumping and parachute jumps.

03-23-2007, 06:43 PM	#30
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	I like it. I understand the valid complaints about cheapening the grandeur of the canyon, but hey...its gonna be just another rubble filled shallow depression in another billion years, so who's gonna know? __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

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