Fear of heights?

[Triple_7]

As for the rock falling, well, it's been there since the last iceage and it is fairly well lodged. I don't see it going anywhere soon.

Till you stand on it  That would be my luck

I remember the CN tower and that glass floor.  I didnt mind walking on it till people started jumping on it.  Even though it shouldnt break it still bugged me

Having stood on that little wall of the Grand Canyon i dont think im interested in a glass bridge

[Ecko]

Not so good there. But there's a cliff about half a mile along the fjord that the crazy norweigens do BASE jumping off.


As for the rock falling, well, it's been there since the last iceage and it is fairly well lodged. I don't see it going anywhere soon.

Do you mean Lysbotn? That's one crazy place, you can get as much as 20 seconds freefall!!

[Woodlouse2002]

Do you mean Lysbotn? That's one crazy place, you can get as much as 20 seconds freefall!!

Well it's in Lysefjord so it could just well be the place.

[Ecko]

Well it's in Lysefjord so it could just well be the place.

It's the place where the famous Stuntman/coordinator Terry Forrestal was killed, and a huge discussion about whether or not it's irresponsible for the norwegian goverment to allow basejumping from the cliffs.

[Woodlouse2002]

It's the place where the famous Stuntman/coordinator Terry Forrestal was killed, and a huge discussion about whether or not it's irresponsible for the norwegian goverment to allow basejumping from the cliffs.

I'm not suprised he was killed. It's literally 1000metres of sheer cliff face and for landing you've got a patch of grass maybe 50 foot square. Hardly easy me thinks.

[Ecko]

I'm not suprised he was killed. It's literally 1000metres of sheer cliff face and for landing you've got a patch of grass maybe 50 foot square. Hardly easy me thinks.

Yeah but for one of the worlds most experienced people..

But actually that wasn't the case at all. I saw this great documentary on it.



It was when he was doing some practice jumps, with a friend, that it happened. They had done a couple of jumps previously but since it's 2 hour walk up the cliff, it wasn't many.

He messes up one of the jumps, and lands on a very small piece of the clip about halfway down. People of course see this, and all jumps are immediately terminated, and a rescue mission started.
But actually no one is at the airfield where the norwegian rescue chopper is stationed, because it's a holiday. So it takes some time to get a rescue team together, but eventually, they get it.
The weather has now turned bad, really bad, but they continue on to the cliff and they do spot him alive, but it's impossible to rescue him from the chopper.

A volunteer norwegian rescue team of experienced climbers are then set to rescue him, but since the weather is so bad, they have to wait to the next day.

Terry up there all alone, hardly wounded gets desperate and chooses to use the reserve chute (he didn't use real basejumping chutes- they only have one!) and jumps but the chance of survival was minimal.


Sad story really. Even more wrong though is that Terry's Sister drags the norwegian VOLUNTEER rescue team to court..
:-/

[TacitBlue]

I can't help but wonder how that rock got there. I mean it's wedged in like change between the couch cushions. And as for BASE jumping, that's on my "never do under any circumstances" list.

[Souichiro]

The first one that tries to make me stand on that rock will experience Hellish Pains! NO BLODDY WAY....... Well maybe

[Woodlouse2002]

I can't help but wonder how that rock got there. I mean it's wedged in like change between the couch cushions.

It was left there just by chance by a passing glacier. Probably the very same glacier that tore up the landscape leaving a fjord in it's wake.

And as for BASE jumping, that's on my "never do under any circumstances" list.

Somehow I'm inclined to agree with you.

[Souichiro]

Somehow Base-Jumping really seems cool to me...

Then Again

I am Dutch

And Slightly insane

Which is the smae really

[Hagar]

Having stood on that little wall of the Grand Canyon i dont think im interested in a glass bridge

No little walls where I was. Behind those picnic tables is a 1 mile drop.



http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1129654955

[tsunami_KNUW]

The Space Needle has a section on the observation deck with glass floors. Even though I have no fear of heights, it was hard to convince myself to walk on it.

Really?  ??? I don't remember that being there.

Its not standing on the rock that would get me, its the jumping down onto it, to get there first

haha, same here! It looks like a 5 foot drop and one little slip climbing down could be...well...you get the picture  ;)

[beaky]

Fantastic pic, Woodie!
 I'd hop down on that rock in a heartbeat- it could only get wedged in more; nothing to worry about.
Her's another link that shows a rendering of what the grand Canyon Skywalk will look like:
http://www.destinationgrandcanyon.com/pressrelease.html

[beaky]

No little walls where I was. Behind those picnic tables is a 1 mile drop.



http://www.simviation.com/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=photos;action=display;num=1129654955

Where's yourself, knees knocking together?
I wonder how many honeymoon trips to the Canyon have ended with:
"OK, hon, you're still out of frame... take one more step back..."

[Woodlouse2002]

[quote]Fantastic pic, Woodie!