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Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« on: 29 May 2013, 18:28:09 »
A 1ft wide wooden walkway built 700 years ago on a vertical cliff face on a Chinese mountain. It is a popular tourist attraction. I haven't got the head for heights for this but is it one you would like to experience?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332642/Chang-Kong-Cliff-Road-Tourist-trek-thousands-feet-Chinese-mountain-700-year-old-wooden-boards.html
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #1 on: 29 May 2013, 18:38:09 »
Sod that! :o
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #2 on: 29 May 2013, 18:38:30 »
Quote from: Rods2 on 29 May 2013, 18:28:09
A 1ft wide wooden walkway built 700 years ago on a vertical cliff face on a Chinese mountain. It is a popular tourist attraction. I haven't got the head for heights for this but is it one you would like to experience?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2332642/Chang-Kong-Cliff-Road-Tourist-trek-thousands-feet-Chinese-mountain-700-year-old-wooden-boards.html

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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #3 on: 29 May 2013, 18:39:12 »
I papped myself just looking at the pictures.
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #4 on: 29 May 2013, 19:37:35 »
Well there are chains to hold on to, so it would not be that bad! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)

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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #5 on: 29 May 2013, 19:45:17 »
Wow. Amazes me how they could even build it! :o
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #6 on: 29 May 2013, 19:48:36 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 19:37:35
Well there are chains to hold on to, so it would not be that bad! ::) ::) ;D ;D ;D ;)

wouldn't trust a week old "made in china" chain - let alone a 700 y/o one.  ;D
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #7 on: 29 May 2013, 20:15:28 »
I wouldn't do that even with safety ropes,, the path is not wide enough ::) ;D ;D
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #8 on: 29 May 2013, 20:29:24 »
Blimey.

We had a thread about a year ago on the forum where a similar pathway but perhaps not so high at El Chorro, Southern Spain (about 60 miles from us) was featured.

The Utube clip showed a (nutter) fellow running the Kings Walkway without a safety line and jumping the sections that had already fallen away.

They are spending 8million euro doing it up!

Here is a clip I could find with my pathetic Internet connection for a flavour. The running one is far better.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsVn6uVnemA

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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #9 on: 29 May 2013, 21:03:29 »
Quote from: Seth on 29 May 2013, 18:38:09
Sod that! :o

 :o Most definately with you on that one sir !!
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #10 on: 29 May 2013, 21:05:32 »
Perhaps the OOF should sponsor STEMO to go walking on the whole length of that?

Just an idea to stop his post count climbing again!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

(Poor Steve!) :D :D :D :D
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #11 on: 29 May 2013, 21:09:54 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:05:32
Perhaps the OOF should sponsor STEMO to go walking on the whole length of that?

Just an idea to stop his post count climbing again!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

(Poor Steve!) :D :D :D :D

Only without a safety rope :y ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #12 on: 29 May 2013, 21:11:19 »
Quote from: Cleggy on 29 May 2013, 21:09:54
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:05:32
Perhaps the OOF should sponsor STEMO to go walking on the whole length of that?

Just an idea to stop his post count climbing again!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

(Poor Steve!) :D :D :D :D

Only without a safety rope :y ;D ;D ;D ;D

Brilliant idea! ;D ;D :y :y
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #13 on: 29 May 2013, 21:13:21 »
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:11:19
Quote from: Cleggy on 29 May 2013, 21:09:54
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:05:32
Perhaps the OOF should sponsor STEMO to go walking on the whole length of that?

Just an idea to stop his post count climbing again!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

(Poor Steve!) :D :D :D :D

Only without a safety rope :y ;D ;D ;D ;D

Brilliant idea! ;D ;D :y :y
I have trouble climbing the stairs, but I'll give it a go if someone pays my air fare to China. :y
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Re: Not a tourist attraction for vertigo sufferers
« Reply #14 on: 29 May 2013, 21:14:28 »
Quote from: STEMO on 29 May 2013, 21:13:21
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:11:19
Quote from: Cleggy on 29 May 2013, 21:09:54
Quote from: Lizzie Zoom on 29 May 2013, 21:05:32
Perhaps the OOF should sponsor STEMO to go walking on the whole length of that?

Just an idea to stop his post count climbing again!! ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;) ;)

(Poor Steve!) :D :D :D :D

Only without a safety rope :y ;D ;D ;D ;D

Brilliant idea! ;D ;D :y :y
I have trouble climbing the stairs, but I'll give it a go if someone pays my air fare to China. :y

But it depends on which one of you will go ::) ::) ::) ::)

STEMO or STEMO? ;D ;D ;D ;D ;)
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