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Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge now has world s highest bungy jump
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Straddled between two cliffs in China s Hunan province, a 430-metre glass-bottomed suspension bridge offers the world s highest bungy jump from a footbridge.
Visitors to the Zhangjiajie Grand Canyon Glass Bridge can take a leap from a height of 260 metres, a stomach-churning way to take in the views of the surrounding Wulingyuan wilderness, a UNSECO World Heritage site.
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The cost of the jump over the Wulingyuan wilderness, a UNSECO World Heritage site, was cut to about $306
The pedestrian bridge, once the longest glass-bottomed suspension bridge in the world, first opened in 2016
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May.11.2021
If you enjoy walking across glass-bottomed pedestrian bridges stretching high above rocky canyons, you may want to stop reading here.
Last week, a man was stranded on a glass-bottomed pedestrian bridge 330 feet above a canyon in the Piyan Mountain Cultural Tourism Scenic Area outside the city of Longjing, China, after sudden gale-force winds damaged the bridge. Fortunately, the man was rescued and taken to a hospital, China’s state-controlled news outlet Xinhua reports.
A Harrowing Experience
The incident began at 12:45 p.m. last Friday, when record-making high winds of up to 93 miles per hour blew out several glass panels, trapping the tourist high above the ravine, according to a statement posted on the Weibo account of local authorities.