"Step into the Void" in the French Alps Viewing Platform - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Homer J Simpson
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 01:44:47 am
content: Found this the other day.Pictures just from a Google search.Viewing platform is on the Aiguille du Midi mountain in the French Alps.[imghttp://s2.firstpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/08_Step-into-the-Void.jpg]http://[imghttp://s4.firstpost.in/wp-content/uploads/2013/12/05_Step-into-the-Void.jpg]http://Could you do it??KT

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 01:51:05 am
content: That would be cool!

author: pickle9000
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 01:57:53 am
content: No

author: staxquad
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 08:29:17 am
content: that ain't stepping into the void at l'Aiguille du Midithis isshortlonger

author: EEVblog
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 08:58:00 am
content: Quote from: staxquad on January 24, 2014, 08:29:17 amI would so do that, if I had a week left to live.Though I suspect their margin of error is bigger than you'd think, so maybe more psychological than extreme danger (as far as wing suit flying goes)

author: grumpydoc
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 09:40:52 am
content: QuotePossibly - though some of the wingsuit crowd like to take your margin for error and slice it up for more fun.https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LEFCQRwj28w#t=48Jeb actually said in interview that he'd seen his companion fly over the markers and thought "I can go a bit closer than that"

author: Kremmen
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 01:46:16 pm
content: Quote from: Homer J Simpson on January 24, 2014, 01:44:47 amSure. Been there a couple of times. Aiguille du Midi is the peak directly above Chamonix and next stops are Mont Blanc and Vallée Blanche. We have been skiing there a couple of time with SWMBO.On the other side of the French Italian border is Courmayeur, another ski area with excellent off-piste deep powder slopes. There is a ski route from Aiguille du Midi to Courmayeur via Punta Helbronner but that is not for the faint of heart. All in all, Chamonix is a rather demanding ski resort - over 30% of the slopes are rated black. And they do mean black.Photos:Near Aiguille Rouge - view towards Chamonix and beyond, Aiguille du Midi. You will get an idea of the nature of the ski slopes as seen on the opposite sideAscending to Aiguille RougeSWMBO at Aiguille du Midi. Waiting behind her is the fabulous and perilous Vallée BlancheChamonix from somewhere around A du M / Vallée BlancheMont BlancThe old upper terrace of Aiguille du Midi cablecarP.S. i think things like that are great fun, and so does the wife. But then we are both ex skydivers so vertigo is not really an issue.

author: GreyWoolfe
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: January 24, 2014, 02:36:21 pm
content: I would do it in a heartbeat. My wife wouldn't just say no, she would say HELL NO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

author: Macbeth
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 25, 2014, 05:28:26 pm
content: Well I've never had any trouble going up in wobbly cable-cars. This is childs play, surely? Would be great fun though.

author: Rory
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 25, 2014, 08:57:11 pm
content: The Grand Canyon in Arizona has a similar tourist trap, the Hualapei Tribe has a skywalk bridge that they charge you $70 for the tour to walk over the bridge over a 4000 foot drop. No cameras allowed and they charge $20 for a picture.