Is this the world's scariest bridge?

Mott the Hoople said:
There's a few out west that are way up there. I know that driving across the Macinac bridge was a white knuckle experience and it's only 250 feet above the water and driving over the New River Gorge Bridge I about vapor locked. It's about 1,000 ft over the river. I've never driven over the Royal Gorge Bridge in CO and I pretty much don't want too. It's also about 1,000 feet over the river but it's longer than New River Gorge Bridge.
Click to expand...

The New River gorge is awesome. I've driven over it many times, even hiked to the bottom (or near bottom) using these stairs. There's a catwalk under the road you can cross but you have to be harnessed. I'm trying to work up the nerve to do it, even with my fear of heights.

320px-New_River_Gorge_Bridge_walkway.jpg
 
christiefan915 said:
The New River gorge is awesome. I've driven over it many times, even hiked to the bottom (or near bottom) using these stairs. There's a catwalk under the road you can cross but you have to be harnessed. I'm trying to work up the nerve to do it, even with my fear of heights.

320px-New_River_Gorge_Bridge_walkway.jpg
Click to expand...

Fuck those catwalks. My buddy and I did this on the last stretch of our road trip and it was EXHAUSTING.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
There's a few out west that are way up there. I know that driving across the Macinac bridge was a white knuckle experience and it's only 250 feet above the water and driving over the New River Gorge Bridge I about vapor locked. It's about 1,000 ft over the river. I've never driven over the Royal Gorge Bridgein CO and I pretty much don't want too. It's also about 1,000 feet over the river but it's longer than New River Gorge Bridge.
Click to expand...

Pussy. I fly across that bridge.
 
christiefan915 said:
I wouldn't advise it for anyone with heart or lung problems.
Click to expand...

Well Mike has heart problems now, but mostly it was being stuck in a car driving 20 hours a day for 8 days, subsisting on gas station hot dogs and McChickens. Not exactly the sort of preliminary exercises one should do before anything other than a Terry Shivo reenactment.
 
christiefan915 said:
The New River gorge is awesome. I've driven over it many times, even hiked to the bottom (or near bottom) using these stairs. There's a catwalk under the road you can cross but you have to be harnessed. I'm trying to work up the nerve to do it, even with my fear of heights.

320px-New_River_Gorge_Bridge_walkway.jpg
Click to expand...
I think I could deal with the stairs. Don't know about the cat walk though. I don't have a phobia about heights per se but I'm not very comfortable with them either. Twould be a good way to face the fear though.
 
Mott the Hoople said:
It's weird. It's come on with age. When I was your age I was completely comfortable with heights. Didn't bother me at all. About the time I was in my mid 30's I started to feel less and less comfortable with heights.
Click to expand...
My acrophobia came on when I was six, on the observation deck of the Empire State Building. I was clinging to the wall opposite of the railing and my 13 year old brother picked me up and brought me over to the edge.

I have never forgiven him.
 
apple0154 said:
The article notes, "Anyone afraid of heights should probably give this walkway a miss - because at 1,500ft above a glacier it could be 'the world's scariest bridge".

But I get your point. I'm planning on building something like this next spring over a portion of my fish pond.

images
Click to expand...

That bridge just leaves me cold! :eek:
 
Mott the Hoople said:
It's weird. It's come on with age. When I was your age I was completely comfortable with heights. Didn't bother me at all. About the time I was in my mid 30's I started to feel less and less comfortable with heights.
Click to expand...

Heights are the only thing I'm afraid of, but that bridge is fine.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top