Matt Burgess
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China opens terrifying glass walkway on the side of Tianmen Mountain

The pathway is 100 metre long and 1,500 metres up a mountain

This article was originally published by WIRED UK

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    This 100 metre walkway has opened on the side of the Tianmen Mountain in China
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    The Coiling Dragon path opened this week and has 99 turns around its path
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    Tourists walking on the pathway are given special protective shoes to protect the glass
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    The walkway has been constructed in the Zhangjiajie Tianmenshan National Park
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    To get to the walkway visitors can take a cable car or face a long uphill walk
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    Overall the mountain's summit is 1,518.6m above the ground below
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    The path is just 1.6 metres wide but comes with a handrail to cling onto
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    At the very top of the mountain is the Tianmenshan Temple
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    The pathway is one of a number of glass walkways built in China recently
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    The world's longest glass bridge (300m) opened in Shiniuzhai Geopark in Hunan, China, last year
Matt Burgess is a senior writer at WIRED focused on information security, privacy, and data regulation in Europe. He graduated from the University of Sheffield with a degree in journalism and now lives in London. Send tips to [email protected]. ... Read More
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