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Scariest walkway in the world

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That looks awesome. And the main lesson learned from this project? One word: rebar. :doh:
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WOW!!
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I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have the nerves to film that while I was walking it
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I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have the nerves to walk it! The first spot where you need to walk on the steel brace with nothing but air below you would be my turning around point.
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paulhubbard wrote:I'm pretty sure I wouldn't have the nerves to walk it! The first spot where you need to walk on the steel brace with nothing but air below you would be my turning around point.
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Gee, that looks safe!
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If I were a little closer to Spain and it were still open I would be all over that. As it is some Via Ferreta routes in Italy are sketchy enough.
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My knees are shaking and I'm sitting in front of my laptop. :scared:
I did a little research on the subject and found this one in Zion National Park https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B0hkc9dIfNU :o
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I wish my plane flights were that empty. Usually they are cramming people into overhead bins ...
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First I'd have to develop a pretty close friendship with the guy that attached the cables to the rock wall. I'm supposing OSHA has not visited this site? :D
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Walking that is no big deal.

Now building it, that's where the huevos kick in.
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Just read the guy who filmed this, Daniel Ahnen, died while climbing Everest on March 2, 2011.
http://hazardouspioneers.blogspot.com/2 ... ining.html
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Gee, that's really sad! Sorry to hear about it.
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OK - as crazy as that was think about some of those washed out sections on NK - the drop off and exposure were pretty wild too. I was kinda shocked at some of those!! But I agree - when I would have to start walking along those iron bars - uhhhh nope - I am a wuss and I am turning right around.

I do look forward to Angels Landing tho...... :D
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Kwai Chang wrote:those washed out sections on NK - t:D
what washed out sections? I haven't been there since October, but everything seemed copasetic to me. Now Nanko or Royal Arch - not washed out cause they were never there in the first place :sl:
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what washed out sections? I haven't been there since October, but everything seemed copasetic to me. Now Nanko or Royal Arch - not washed out cause they were never there in the first place :sl:
OK - being a newbie maybe they weren't so bad after all - they were def cool - buy also kinda scary tho!!! Sooooo looking forward to leaving the corridor trails and trying out the MULE FREE trails!!!

Need more time!!!! Dang JOB!
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Get rid of the job, live in your car, become a backpacking bum.... ;)
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azbackpackr wrote:Get rid of the job, live in your car, become a backpacking bum.... ;)
HAZBB for short? :sl:
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I'm thinking this would go under the "Climbing" category. Don't watch if you're afraid of heights!
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