Buzz's Bridge
"Eric Chomko" wrote in message
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On Mar 26, 11:49 pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
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"Eric Chomko" wrote in message
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On Mar 26, 5:01 pm, "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)"
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"Eric Chomko" wrote in message
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On Mar 20, 8:27 pm, Pat Flannery wrote:
They opened the Skywalk over the Grand Canyon today, and even the
TV
coverage of going out on it looked pretty scary.
I think the Hualapai tribe probably has a real winner here from a
financial point of view.
Talk about going on a vision quest. :-)
There was talk about building a span bridge across the whole thing.
Now this. So much for not changing it from its natural state.
"Across the whole thing." Yeah.. in someone's pipe dreams.
10 mile long bridge in the middle of nowhere. Right
No, it would be in Marble Canyon. Much less than across the Granite
Gorge, though there was discussion about doing that as well.
So in other words, not really what we were talking about.
Have you ever been to the Grand Canyon? I have 7 times. I have over 30
days inside the canyon alone and over 125 miles of hiking. I am going
back for an eight time this fall.
Do you even know the difference bewteen Phantom Ranch and Hermit's
Rest?
Between Granite Gorge and Marble Canyon? Hint: Both Marble Canyon and
Granite Gorge are parts of the Grand Canyon. MC is much narrower than
GG. In fact there IS a bridge across MC at the north end of GC for
regular traffic.
Before you call me clueless you had better get a grip on who you are
talking about and about what.
As for "not changing it from its natural state" it hasn't been in its
natural state for over 100 years.
How so?
Well hell one could argue even further, but I'm sticking to Europeans
doing
things like mining and the like in the Canyon.
That was asbestos over 100 years ago and a few solo minors with burros
looking for gold and silver. Neither gold or silver was ever found.
The point is that things that occuured within the Grand Canyon before
it became a national park are considered relics of the canyon and that
includes any Indian pottery shards, arrowheads, etc., mining or
minor's equipment and even the old phone line to Phantom Ranch at the
botton even though it was there well after GC became a NP.
So yes, GC is not exactly like it was 100 years ago, but the point is
to try and preserve it the best that we can.
Eric
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