Scariest Glass Walkway Path (4,700 Feet above) in Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie, ChinannIt is certainly not a path for the faint-hearted. On...
Scariest Glass Walkway Path (4,700 Feet above) in Tianmen Mountain, Zhangjiajie, ChinannIt is certainly not a path for the faint-hearted. On one side a sheer rock face, on the other a 4,000 ft drop - and all to separate the brave traveler from a deadly plunge is a 3ft-wide, 2.5in thick walkway. And if that is not enough to bring terror into the pit of your stomach, the path running alongside a Chinese mountainside is made out of glass, allowing a crystal-clear view of where one false step can take you.nSo it was perhaps understandable that this woman tackled the walkway by sticking as close to the cliff as possible, feeling her way along with tentative steps.nnThe skywalk is situated 4,700 ft above sea level on the side of the Tianmen Mountain in Zhangjiajie, China. nThe 200ft long bridge joins the west cliff at the Yunmeng Fairy Summit, the summit of Tianmen Mountain and Zhang Jiajie.nAnd it would appear to be too scary for the cleaners - tourists are asked to put on shoe covers before passing to help keep the path clean. The pathway, built earlier in the summer echoes the glass-bottomed walkway at the Grand Canyon in the U.S.nThe 70ft bridge is 4,000ft above the natural wonder and allows tourists to look through 2.5in of crystal-clear glass to the Canyon floor below.nThe Tianmen mountain, literally translated as Heavenly Gate Mountain is so called because of a huge natural cave that occurs halfway up to the summit.nnSituated in the Hunan Province, Its highest peak is around 5,000ft above sea level and it is home to a wealth of rare species of plants nA four-mile-long cable car was constructed in the park, which is said to be the longest of the same type in the world.nAnd no matter how terrifying the glass walkway may be - it can only be an improvement from another sky high mountain walkway located in the same province.nThe Shifou Mountain, located 82 miles away, offers sightseers a 3ft-wide road made of wooden planks thousands of feet high.nWhen finished the wooden 'road' - which is the width of a dinner table - will stretch for 1.8miles making it China's longest sightseeing path.nnnnnnlongest passenger cableway of high mountains in the world, China's newest tourist attraction, Don't look down! The terrifying see-through path stuck to a Chinese cliff-face 4,000 ft above a rocky ravine,nnmusic:nDivider by Chris Zabriskie is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)nSource: http://chriszabriskie.com/divider/nArtist: http://chriszabriskie.com/ Less
