What was your first impression of your first encounter with a
suspension bridge? Was it at all un-nerving? If so, might it have been because
of the mighty chasm over which it spanned?
UBC has recently added a new twist. It’s a suspension bridge through
the mighty conifers of the UBC Botanical Garden. I was half expecting to find a
red VW Bug dangling below it, midspan.
We checked it out last weekend and it’s quite an experience. Just make
sure you’re a good distance away from any rambunctious youngsters intent on trampolining the suspended structure into the stratosphere. Fortunately I’m educated enough to know that such
a structure is engineered with a very generous safety factor.
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| Steel cables supporting the platforms are wrapped securely around the tree trunks. |
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| This "peek-a-boo" artist provides some scale for the girth of the trees used for the platforms. | | | | |
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| A bird's eye view. |
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| One foot at a time...Don't look down! It's only 23 meters to the forest floor below. |
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