{"id":476,"date":"2005-08-27T01:28:16","date_gmt":"2005-08-27T05:28:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.law.harvard.edu\/dbnews\/2005\/08\/27\/acrophobiacs-perch\/"},"modified":"2005-08-27T01:28:16","modified_gmt":"2005-08-27T05:28:16","slug":"acrophobiacs-perch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/08\/27\/acrophobiacs-perch\/","title":{"rendered":"Acrophobiac&#8217;s Perch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a name='a6790'><\/a><\/p>\n<table width=\"537\" border=\"0\">\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p align=\"justify\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/cyber.law.harvard.edu\/blogs\/static\/dowbrigade\/canyo8.jpg\" width=\"260\" height=\"345\" hspace=\"5\" align=\"left\">An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand<br \/>\n        Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out<br \/>\n        70 feet from the canyon&#8217;s edge.<\/p>\n<p>      The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the<br \/>\n      Hualapai Tribe&#8217;s $40 million effort to turn 1,000 acres of reservation<br \/>\n      land into a tourist destination that will also feature an Indian village<br \/>\n      and Western-themed town.<\/p>\n<p>      The walkway, with a glass bottom and sides, will be supported by steel<br \/>\n      beams and will accommodate 120 people, though it is designed to hold 72<br \/>\n      million pounds, said <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Well, obviously they are counting on the continuing<br \/>\n        obesification of America&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">Sheri Yellowhawk, chief executive officer<br \/>\n        of the Grand Canyon Resort Corp.,<br \/>\n        the tribal-owned<br \/>\n        company that<br \/>\n        is overseeing<br \/>\n        the<br \/>\n        project.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;You&#8217;re basically looking 4,000 feet down. It&#8217;s a whole new way to<br \/>\n        experience the Grand Canyon,&quot; Yellowhawk said.<\/p>\n<p>        Admission will be $25.<\/p>\n<p>        The project is still seeking an insurer, said architect David Jin.<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><em>Note to Yellowhawk: Outsource the insurance. We hear<br \/>\n        that are some crackerjack insurance companies in North Korea&#8230;<\/em><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">from<a href=\"http:\/\/news.yahoo.com\/s\/ap\/20050826\/ap_on_re_us\/brf_canyon_tourism_3;_ylt=ArlmuwkckvF61FxicSUTDPlsaMYA;_ylu=X3oDMTA5bGVna3NhBHNlYwNzc3JlbA--\"> AP<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An American Indian tribe with land along the Grand Canyon is planning to build a glass-bottomed walkway that will jut out 70 feet from the canyon&#8217;s edge. The horseshoe-shaped skywalk, expected to open in January, is part of the Hualapai &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/2005\/08\/27\/acrophobiacs-perch\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":299,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[576],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-476","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-wacky-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/299"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=476"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/476\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=476"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=476"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/archive.blogs.harvard.edu\/dowbrigade\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=476"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}