Thought Chinese dry-wall was bad? Would you trust their glass?

[BelemNole]

And walk across Brave Man's Bridge?
1" thick glass between you and the void.

Video is here

 

[LesClaypool]

F noooooooo!!

 

[TarponSpringsNole]

Yeah. I really don't know about that one.

 

[alaskanseminole]

I wonder who's job is it to clean that!?!?

 

[TexaNole]

No, but, to be fair, I wouldn't trust ANYONE's glass in that circumstance. I would only marginally trust anyone's steel and concrete.

 

[DanC78]

That would be a hell no.

 

[seminole97]

I'm not afraid of heights (love planes, going up in the capitol building, etc.), but I am afraid of falling. It would take a lot of inducement to get me on that thing.

 

[2noles1cup]

1" is super thick for glass.

 

[Hungryjack]

I would assume that it is really only 1/2" glass, but laminated like hurricane glass to make it 1". That is how they do glass floors.

Now, I'm not walking across it, no thank you.

 

[NDallasRuss]

I've stood on the glass floor in the CN Tower in Toronto. That's 1,122 feet up in the air, looking straight down.

Part of me thinks the bridge is no big deal, but part of me remembers that "Made In China" typically isn't a sign of good quality.


As it turns out, the CN Tower glass floor is probably a lot safer than China's bridge:

"Thickness: 2 ½ "

Size of each panel: 42" by 50"

Layers from the top down:

• 3/8 " scuff plate (replaced annually)
  
  
• Two ½ " layers of clear tempered glass, laminated together
  
  
• A one inch layer of air (for insulation)
  
  
• Two ¼ " layers of clear tempered glass, laminated together
  

Load tests are performed annually on each panel to ensure safety"

 

[NDallasRuss]

Now this, I would do:

"The Grand Canyon of Zhangjiajie skywalk will also offer the world's highest bungee jump..."

The one time I've been bungee jumping was in Cyprus, and if I trusted those drunk idiots, I'll certainly trust the Chinese to strap a big rubber band on my ankles.

CNN link here

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

Ever seen the Russian guys who climb all over buildings and take videos? They are insane.

 

[BelemNole]

Ever seen the Russian guys who climb all over buildings and take videos? They are insane.

They also plummet to their deaths at a fair rate.

 

[LT4PLY]

My Wife had a pair of heels where the rubber tip came off so it was down to a screw head. I looked at my wood floors one day and I realized they looked like a freakin' golf ball from our room, down the hall to the kids room, and out to the garage. Couldn't imagine someone wearing a pair of those and cracking that thing.

 

[cmanole]

 

[RTM58]

Nooooo!

Glass floor cracks under tourists
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/29/travel/willis-tower-cracks/

 

[Formerly Rockymtnole]

They also plummet to their deaths at a fair rate.

I can imagine. Here's the one I saw recently

 

[DFSNOLE]

Yep. I'm not skeert.

 

[SWFNole]

They also plummet to their deaths at a fair rate.

THAT's a video to see.

 

[Nole Lou]

I can imagine. Here's the one I saw recently

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Wow, I could barely get through that video. I've seen a few, but for some reason, that somersault he does really gives me the willies.

 

[Spearchucker87]

Wow, I could barely get through that video. I've seen a few, but for some reason, that somersault he does really gives me the willies.

Yikes! Remind me to never watch one of those again...

 

[SeaPA]

Is the bridge in the OP this one, that cracked yesterday?

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world...ms-tourists/ar-AAfc0bH?li=BBieTUX&ocid=OIE9HP

Whether it is or not, I will pass.

 

[Bartdog]

Wow, I could barely get through that video. I've seen a few, but for some reason, that somersault he does really gives me the willies.

I did NOT make it through that video.

 

[plethera1]

My heart rate doubled watching that video but I did make it through.

 

[goldmom]

Can't look. Gettin' outta here.