MR

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:53 pm**

Apparently, the CN Tower in Toronto offers thrill-seekers an experience they'll never forget. It's called The Edge Walk and it's exactly what it sounds like. They put you in a jumpsuit and attach you to an overhead rail via a cable and allow you to walk around the outside of the tower on a narrow catwalk with no fence or guardrail. :shock:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV0J3XXx ... re=related

I wasn't afraid of heights in the slightest when I was a kid but it seems the older I've gotten, the more they really bother me - and I couldn't do this for love or money! As soon as I stepped out onto the catwalk, I'd be reduced to a puddle of paralyzed goo! :lol:

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 3:57 pm**

dude yer in AZ - you can do that at the Grand Canyon...

http://grand-canyon.com/grand_canyon_skywalk.htm

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:12 pm**

Love the CN Tower....that's one high sucker.

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:14 pm**

Shit, that video was making me sick just watching it. Not a big heights person here!

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:16 pm**

Andrew wrote:Shit, that video was making me sick just watching it. Not a big heights person here!

Hey Drew, I realize you're not in Sydney but, have you ever done the Sydney Harbor Bridge walk?

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 4:22 pm**

slucero wrote:dude yer in AZ - you can do that at the Grand Canyon...

http://grand-canyon.com/grand_canyon_skywalk.htm

Totally not the same though. The floor you're waliing on is like 2 feet thick and you're surrounded by a fence that's taller than you are, so any "shock" factor or scariness is pretty much gone. Add to that it's ridiculously expensive to walk out on that ugly monstrosity and there's literally no attraction for me whatsoever. IIRC, it costs $35.00 to walk on it.

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 10:43 pm**

JRNYMAN wrote:
Andrew wrote:Shit, that video was making me sick just watching it. Not a big heights person here!

Hey Drew, I realize you're not in Sydney but, have you ever done the Sydney Harbor Bridge walk?

No....might one day. Only done the Sydney Tower.

Posted: **Thu Aug 09, 2012 11:04 pm**

I've dined in the revolving restaurant but I don't think I'd want to be on that catwalk regardless of a safety harness or not. :shock:

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:07 am**

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWxOx2eSqdo

no way!

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 2:35 am**

Bet none of them would have the balls to go out on that ledge if they weren't wearing the harnesses.

How about this one, a hell of alot higher up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPWkbLVw04

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 10:11 am**

A group of Rush fans from all over the world are doing this during Rush's Toronto run in October. They are doing it as a fundraiser for the European RushCon charity which is a Downs syndrome organization.

http://www.facebook.com/events/424037370952022/

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 11:34 am**

JRNYMAN wrote:Apparently, the CN Tower in Toronto offers thrill-seekers an experience they'll never forget. It's called The Edge Walk and it's exactly what it sounds like. They put you in a jumpsuit and attach you to an overhead rail via a cable and allow you to walk around the outside of the tower on a narrow catwalk with no fence or guardrail.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IV0J3XXx ... re=related

I wasn't afraid of heights in the slightest when I was a kid but it seems the older I've gotten, the more they really bother me - and I couldn't do this for love or money! As soon as I stepped out onto the catwalk, I'd be reduced to a puddle of paralyzed goo!

I lost me cookies... :shock:

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:24 pm**

scarab wrote:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWxOx2eSqdo

no way!

Yeah, me either.... That's just more than I could endure. It's a l o n g way to the top of that thing and then you have to climb back down - backwards. I'd be too stressed and fatigued. Given the height of that tower, I can't see why base jumping wouldn't be the preferred method of decent for the guys who service it. And being the extreme height mongers those guys probably are, you have to believe they are also skydivers.....

Posted: **Fri Aug 10, 2012 9:30 pm**

The Sushi Hunter wrote:Bet none of them would have the balls to go out on that ledge if they weren't wearing the harnesses.

How about this one, a hell of alot higher up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPWkbLVw04

Umm, not quite...
The Macau Tower is 1,109 ft. and the CN Tower is 1815 ft.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:38 am**

JRNYMAN wrote:
The Sushi Hunter wrote:Bet none of them would have the balls to go out on that ledge if they weren't wearing the harnesses.

How about this one, a hell of alot higher up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPWkbLVw04

Umm, not quite...
The Macau Tower is 1,109 ft. and the CN Tower is 1815 ft.

My bad, thought he quoted a different amount of meters.

Posted: **Sat Aug 11, 2012 2:48 am**

The Sushi Hunter wrote:
JRNYMAN wrote:
The Sushi Hunter wrote:Bet none of them would have the balls to go out on that ledge if they weren't wearing the harnesses.

How about this one, a hell of alot higher up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GPWkbLVw04

Umm, not quite...
The Macau Tower is 1,109 ft. and the CN Tower is 1815 ft.

My bad, thought he quoted a different amount of meters.

No prob. 1,109 ft. is nothing to sneeze at! It's just a couple hundred feet short of 1/4 mile! :shock:

MR

CN Tower "Edge Walk"... No Freakin' Way!

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