6/28/2006: Hanging monastery - Page 2

milkfish · 06-29-2006, 12:55 AM

The first two pictures look like the place is made of Lego and about six feet off the ground.

The third one, not so much.

Sundae · 06-29-2006, 05:46 AM

I read a book that featured a very similar structure - Dan Simmons or Sheri S Tepper I think. Far too similar to have been by chance, the descriptions were vivid enough to stay with me even if the book has not.

Beautiful, but a terrifying prospect for me (I have a similar fear to Wolf but need more reassurance as I'm not physically brave).

TropicFever · 06-29-2006, 06:44 AM

I can't imagine how it actually stays attached to the rock face. It can't be just resting on that ledge.
I guess they don't make Monastery Glue like they used to.

Griff · 06-29-2006, 06:58 AM

I assume they drilled into the rock and slid supporting beams deep into it. A cantilever like that would be very strong and rigid. There probably isn't even any bounce in the floors. If you build on those beams you can keep the rain off the supports keeping them dry and you've got construction capable of lasting Chinese amounts of time.

Spexxvet · 06-29-2006, 08:22 AM

Where's the garage? You don't expect me to walk up there, do you?

Nothing But Net · 06-29-2006, 08:39 AM

There are houses in the canyons of Los Angeles that are pretty much like that.

Elspode · 06-29-2006, 12:14 PM

Except that they're filled with coke and pron starlets instead of rice and monks.

Clodfobble · 06-29-2006, 02:05 PM

And within the next 20 years, an earthquake will probably cause them to fall right off. I'm betting on the Chinese outlasting the Californians.

footfootfoot · 06-29-2006, 08:14 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Griff

...snip...you've got construction capable of lasting Chinese amounts of time.

Chinese amounts of time.

Imponderable.

I'm getting vertigo just thinking about the enormity of that.

There was a David Whyte tape I had wherein he spoke about a similar monastery built on cliffs, maybe this one, where the novice mon ks would be sealed up in caves for three years, three months, and three days. Their food lowered to them by rope each day and their waste carried up.

He made a joke referring to a line in a poem by Mary Oliver.

I think it may have been these cliffs.

seakdivers · 06-29-2006, 08:47 PM

Ugh....very cool, but no thanks. I don't handle heights very well at all.

Tse Moana · 06-30-2006, 07:48 AM

Oh my, that's amazing, and it looks wonderful. Thanks for posting this.

06-29-2006, 06:58 AM	#19
Griff still says videotape Join Date: Feb 2001 Posts: 26,813	I assume they drilled into the rock and slid supporting beams deep into it. A cantilever like that would be very strong and rigid. There probably isn't even any bounce in the floors. If you build on those beams you can keep the rain off the supports keeping them dry and you've got construction capable of lasting Chinese amounts of time. __________________ If you would only recognize that life is hard, things would be so much easier for you. - Louis D. Brandeis

06-29-2006, 08:22 AM	#20
Spexxvet Makes some feel uncomfortable Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 10,346	Where's the garage? You don't expect me to walk up there, do you? __________________ "I'm certainly free, nay compelled, to spread the gospel of Spex. " - xoxoxoBruce

06-29-2006, 12:14 PM	#22
Elspode When Do I Get Virtual Unreality? Join Date: Dec 2002 Location: Raytown, Missouri Posts: 12,719	Except that they're filled with coke and pron starlets instead of rice and monks. __________________ "To those of you who are wearing ties, I think my dad would appreciate it if you took them off." - Robert Moog

06-29-2006, 12:55 AM	#16
milkfish A serene breakdown Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Northern NJ, USA Posts: 266	The first two pictures look like the place is made of Lego and about six feet off the ground. The third one, not so much.

06-29-2006, 05:46 AM	#17
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	I read a book that featured a very similar structure - Dan Simmons or Sheri S Tepper I think. Far too similar to have been by chance, the descriptions were vivid enough to stay with me even if the book has not. Beautiful, but a terrifying prospect for me (I have a similar fear to Wolf but need more reassurance as I'm not physically brave).

06-29-2006, 06:44 AM	#18
TropicFever Jotter of Notes Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Orlando, Florida Posts: 11	I can't imagine how it actually stays attached to the rock face. It can't be just resting on that ledge. I guess they don't make Monastery Glue like they used to.

06-29-2006, 08:39 AM	#21
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	There are houses in the canyons of Los Angeles that are pretty much like that.

06-29-2006, 02:05 PM	#23
Clodfobble UNDER CONDITIONAL MITIGATION Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 20,012	And within the next 20 years, an earthquake will probably cause them to fall right off. I'm betting on the Chinese outlasting the Californians.

06-29-2006, 08:47 PM	#25
seakdivers Icy Queen Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Southeast Alaska Posts: 700	Ugh....very cool, but no thanks. I don't handle heights very well at all.

06-30-2006, 07:48 AM	#26
Tse Moana You're just jealous 'cause the little voices talk to me Join Date: May 2006 Location: Netherlands Posts: 203	Oh my, that's amazing, and it looks wonderful. Thanks for posting this.

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