Walking on air

Or rather, four inches of glass.

Beginning next year, visitors to the grand Canyon will be able to walk 70 feet from the cliff's edge and stare down at the Colorado River 4, 000 feet below them. The Skywalk at Grand Canyon West is the brainstorm of Las Vegas businessman, David Jin, with the help of more than $10 million in investment capital.

The walkway will be part of a tourist destination on the Hualapai Indian Reservation that includes Western- and Indian-themed villages and helicopter, pontoon and horseback rides. The Skywalk and accompanying visitors center have the potential to draw an additional 300,00 tourists to the canyon and spur economic development, essential for the nongaming tribe.

I will not be one of those tourists. A stroll along the Skywalk will cost $25. You couldn't pay me the $25 to even go out 7 feet, let alone 70.

Okay, the walkway is uniquely engineered using one million pounds of 2 1/2-inch-thick steel rods to support the equivalent of 72 Boeing jets and withstand an 8.0 magnitude earthquake 50 miles away and winds in excess of 100 mph. I don't care. You're still not getting me on it.

Glass walkway over the Grand Canyon... $10 million.
Not barfing into the Canyon when fear of heights sets in... Priceless.