Edge Walk!
Off topic from EQ.
On Thursday, my father and I took part in an Edge Walk at the
CN Tower. For anyone outside Canada, you may not be familiar with the CN Tower, but it's one of the tallest freestanding structures in the world.
Basically, Edge Walk is where you walk around the outside of the observation deck at a height of 356 metres (1,168ft) above the ground with no handrails. Fun stuff!
As I went into detail in chat on Thursday, you're wearing a harness tied to a rack system and you can freely move around the 1.5 metre wide walkway that wraps around the tower.
Below is the procedure roughly to prep/reaching outside:
Prep room:- Removal of all watches/loose items, metal objects, earrings etc.
- You're checked TWICE in the prep room, for proper harness/clothing/footwear securely fastened.
Elevator up top, and you pass through locked doors to final chamber before going outisde:- Instructor goes over some common sense stuff.
- Explanation of the tie-off/rack system in front of us that we each get hooked up to.
- Procedure for going outside.
- After hookup, we're checked AGAIN twice if I recall for hookup properly.
- Final tie put on clip so it's tamper proof (can't unhook yourself/others).
- Then door opens and we walk out! Rawr!
Photos & VideoHard to describe the experience without some video/pictures. So first, here's are a few pictures.
PHOTOS:VIDEO: Edge Walk - Certain clips are available in HD, but I put it together in a standard playlist. YouTube will set it for best performance/etc depending on your account settings/comp.
The video is shot from the instructors' headcam. All done in HD, but they give you a DVD with both versions. Plus you can pay an extra $10 for a USB stick of the digital photos/video segments. I opted in for the extra stick since it's best to have digital copies for any prints down the road and storage.
Edge Walk InformationHere's the official site for
Edge Walk, in case anyone is interested, and/or near Toronto and wants to take in an experience of a lifetime.
