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+ Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2007 17:14:28 +0530
Tribe Set to Open Grand Canyon Skywalk
By CHRIS KAHN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; 7:33 AM
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. -- Visitors who have marveled at the Grand Canyon's vistas will now have a dizzying new option: a glass-bottom observation deck allowing them to gaze into the chasm beneath their feet.
The Skywalk, which will be unveiled Tuesday, is being touted as an engineering marvel. The glass-and-steel horseshoe extends 70 feet beyond the canyon's edge with no visible supports above or below.
All 850 inmates have been removed from the Maryland House of Correction, many under cover of night. Corrections officials had sought the outdated facility's closure for years. (Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post)
For $25 plus other fees, people will be able to see 4,000 feet straight down to the canyon floor, a vantage point more than twice as high as the world's tallest buildings.
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032000170.html
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A crowd of tourists watch the rollout of the Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Grand Canyon West, Ariz., Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The tribe will open it to the public later this month, charging $25 per person in addition to other entry fees. Organizers expect the Skywalk to become the main draw in a community of tribal attractions that includes a cowboy town, an Indian village, helicopter tours and Hummer rides through the outback. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (Ross D. Franklin - AP)
By CHRIS KAHN
The Associated Press
Tuesday, March 20, 2007; 7:33 AM
HUALAPAI INDIAN RESERVATION, Ariz. -- Visitors who have marveled at the Grand Canyon's vistas will now have a dizzying new option: a glass-bottom observation deck allowing them to gaze into the chasm beneath their feet.
The Skywalk, which will be unveiled Tuesday, is being touted as an engineering marvel. The glass-and-steel horseshoe extends 70 feet beyond the canyon's edge with no visible supports above or below.
All 850 inmates have been removed from the Maryland House of Correction, many under cover of night. Corrections officials had sought the outdated facility's closure for years. (Marvin Joseph -- The Washington Post)
For $25 plus other fees, people will be able to see 4,000 feet straight down to the canyon floor, a vantage point more than twice as high as the world's tallest buildings.
cont'd....
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/03/20/AR2007032000170.html
(IMAGE)
A crowd of tourists watch the rollout of the Skywalk on the Hualapai Indian Reservation in Grand Canyon West, Ariz., Wednesday, March 7, 2007. The tribe will open it to the public later this month, charging $25 per person in addition to other entry fees. Organizers expect the Skywalk to become the main draw in a community of tribal attractions that includes a cowboy town, an Indian village, helicopter tours and Hummer rides through the outback. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) (Ross D. Franklin - AP)
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