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07-29-2016, 04:16 PM
Skyscraper in Shanghai lets visitors walk on glass walkway without handrails
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Gulp. This walk is **t for the faint-hearted.
On Thursday, the Jinmao Tower in Shanghai opened its glass skywalk (http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-07/29/c_129187475.htm) to the public. Daredevil visitors can **w walk or sit on the glass walkway for up to 30 minutes.*
Here's the catch: there are ** handrails to hold onto. Instead, you'll be harnessed to an overhead rail while you move around freely on the 60-metre long walkway.
SEE ALSO: China keeps trying to prove its glass bridge is safe, so it drove a 2-tonne SUV over it (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/zhangjiajie-volvo/)
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Image: 163.com (http://news.163.com/photoview/00AP0001/2189819.html#p=BSUA2MI000AP0001)
The 88-story skyscraper stretches 420.5 metres (1,380 feet) into the air, making it the third tallest building in the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/jinmao-tower-skywalk-opens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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Gulp. This walk is **t for the faint-hearted.
On Thursday, the Jinmao Tower in Shanghai opened its glass skywalk (http://news.xinhuanet.com/photo/2016-07/29/c_129187475.htm) to the public. Daredevil visitors can **w walk or sit on the glass walkway for up to 30 minutes.*
Here's the catch: there are ** handrails to hold onto. Instead, you'll be harnessed to an overhead rail while you move around freely on the 60-metre long walkway.
SEE ALSO: China keeps trying to prove its glass bridge is safe, so it drove a 2-tonne SUV over it (http://mashable.com/2016/06/28/zhangjiajie-volvo/)
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Image: 163.com (http://news.163.com/photoview/00AP0001/2189819.html#p=BSUA2MI000AP0001)
The 88-story skyscraper stretches 420.5 metres (1,380 feet) into the air, making it the third tallest building in the country. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/07/28/jinmao-tower-skywalk-opens/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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