Pat Donnelly Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 http://www.firsttracksonline.com/index.php?name=News&file=article&sid=4869 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeeW Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Juicy stuffs!! Thanks, Pat! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 FYI, there will be an extra fee to ride the Gondola, over and above your lift ticket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 I'd still ride it... At least once anyway. That is to say IF I ever get to whistler. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allee Posted September 10, 2008 Report Share Posted September 10, 2008 Glass and a 1400ft drop? Hell yeah! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gtanner Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'll be there in February... and will surely take a ride. Now I'm just waiting to hear about the first base-jumper off one of the cars....that would be cool to see! -Gord Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhaskins Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 with an unsupport span width of 1.8 miles, isn't it a little susceptible to being moved around a lot in a stiff breeze? How do they dampen something like this out? Who is going to hose off the glass bottom after the inevitable sea sickness? I know I would ride it, especially if the wind was up. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 I'd imagine being such large cars and such a large span (ie, large mass) it won't really feel like it's moving all that much. Taking the analogy to an extreme, it's kind of like standing at the top of the gateway arch... It moves, but the frequency is so slow that you don't notice it unless you're really sensitive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhaskins Posted September 11, 2008 Report Share Posted September 11, 2008 It will be interesting. They have probably modeled it extensively for low frequency vibration effects and amplitude, but, then again, there is room for error. It is gonna be really great none-the-less. Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 It indeed has potential to be a spectacular thing. At the same time though it has potential to be a spectacular fail (I sure as hell hope it isn't). Can't win if you don't play though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skategoat Posted September 12, 2008 Report Share Posted September 12, 2008 I can see how everyone will want to take one ride and that's about it. Why do I need to go Peak to Peak anyways? If I'm at the peak, don't I want to ride down? What would be a lot more useful is a gondola that travels from Blackcomb base village to Whistler base village. It's a bitch walking that in hard boots. That might also relieve some of the pressure on the bars at Whistler base and give the Blackcomb merchants more business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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