This time we take all of you guys to a magical experience of Walking above the Sky. I am sure this will be an experience of a lifetime to all of you guys… How about spending a beautiful Christmas vacation in the Grand Canyons skies? The Grand Canyons skywalk is built 4000ft above the Colorado River. This bridge is made up of glass and steel. Walking on this bridge makes you feel like walking in the sky because of its marvelous glass structure. Thanks to the engineering brains behind this marvelous project. You can explore the Grand Canyon from a magnificent height to enjoy the view of nature. If you want to go on an adventurous trip with your family this Christmas vacation, this is the place for you.
Wow! View from the The Grand Canyons Skywalk
The Grand Canyons Skywalk: A profile view
Skywalk: The ultimate experience
Tourists taking the walk of their lifetime
OMG! The edges of the Glass walk
Glass panel floors of the The Grand Canyons Skywalk
Glass floors
The Grand Canyons : View from West rim
History behind the project
This project was the idea of a businessman called David Jin. One day as he went exploring the Grand Canyon in a helicopter, he thought of sharing the experience of enjoying the Grand Canyon from a height with everyone. The project idea developed in the year 1996, David Jin got an approval for the project in the year 2003 and the project was finally completed in May 2011.
Safety of the project
If you are afraid of heights don’t be as this project is absolutely safe. The engineers found out that each square inch of the canyon rock can withstand approximately 16000pounds of pressure.
The sky walk is tested extensively to check if it can even withstand the heavy winds blown through the Canyon.
1 million pounds of steal and about 64,000 pounds of glass in used to build this amazing horse shoe shaped bridge.
How to get to the skywalk?
From McCarran International Airport you can take a helicopter tour to the Grand Canyon skywalk and you can reach there in minutes. If you want to hire a rental car and drive down from Las Vegas to Grand Canyon it will take about 4hours 53minuts to get to the destination.
You can visit http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com/ to get more info and view the video here at the homepage http://www.grandcanyonskywalk.com