No Way

 

1. ’staring through the glass floor’ - No. Freaking. Way. Either - Ever.

   Posted by wardmama4       03/21/2007  at  02:26 PM  



2. Oh. Dude. That would be such a TRIP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Provided, of course, that you didn’t. I, personally, would get such a nut!

   Posted by cmblake6       03/21/2007  at  04:28 PM  



3. I would do it. I would make sure I had a clean pair of drawers handy first, but I would do it.

   Posted by Yellow Dog       03/21/2007  at  04:54 PM  



4. No way.  I have trouble being on the roof of my 1 story house.  Easy stomach....

   Posted by John C       03/21/2007  at  06:35 PM  



5. not to be picky, but you mean acrophobia and you wouldnt get me out there either

   Posted by DixieKraut       03/21/2007  at  07:31 PM  



6. Holy, I wouldn’t even go the furthermost point for a few thousand dollars.

   Posted by Matt714       03/21/2007  at  08:47 PM  



7. The Calgary Tower has a section of the floor replaced with glass. It’s “only” 525 feet up but it certainly made me nervous stepping out on the glass. I don’t know if I would chance the Grand Canyon view. That’s a long way down!

   Posted by LyndonB       03/22/2007  at  02:46 AM  



8. In all fairness, no way you’d survive the fall.  Dead on impact I’d be willing to bet.  Of course, if you could get past the “oh shit I’m about to die” part of the fall, it could be a fun last experience.

   Posted by Elliott       03/22/2007  at  03:07 AM  



9. Agorophobia is the fear of open spaces.  Acrophobia is the fear of heights.  Either way, I’m with you - NO FREAKIN’ WAY!!!

   4000 feet to the canyon floor means you have time to scream yourself breathless 3 or 4 times at least before you turn into a red puddle of goo.

   Posted by MOMinuteman       03/22/2007  at  11:48 AM  



10. 4000 feet up, the typical “terminal velocity” for a falling human body is 100-120 MPH, 147-176 FPS. So, average about 25 seconds to scream aaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwsssssssssssssssshhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiittttttttttttttttttttttt… before making the final splashdown.

    Just remember, it’s not the fall that kills, it’s that sudden stop at the bottom.

    Posted by Rat Patrol       03/22/2007  at  12:08 PM  



11. I might try it once.. but $50 for the chance minimum seems a bit steep.. And no freaking way would I go on that thing with 119 other people....I’d like to know what average weight they used to come up with 120, and seems like with 120 on that thing at 1 time if you didn’t have
    agoraphobia issues you’d probaly have claustrophobia issues for sure..

    “They’ll allow up to 120 people at a time to look down to the canyon floor more than 4,000 feet below, a vantage point more than twice as high as the world’s tallest buildings.”

    Posted by Infinity       03/22/2007  at  07:50 PM  



12. Looks like a fun place to BASE jump from… :D

    Posted by Dane       03/22/2007  at  09:39 PM  



13. It can’t be that bad. In Toronto, the CN Tower observation deck is over 1100 feet above the concrete below. There is a section of deck (the glass is over 8 inches thick) that is completely transparent.

    It was actually fun to walk out into the middle of it and watch all of the people look at me like I was nuts. I just thought of it as Rapture practice.

    Posted by babylonandon       03/23/2007  at  05:55 PM  

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