tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post4426655757624877903..comments2024-01-28T05:18:54.339-08:00Comments on The Pedalogue: Capilano Suspension BridgeLeslie:http://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-11642600019179037312007-08-16T11:01:00.000-07:002007-08-16T11:01:00.000-07:00Oh wow, Leslie thanks for sharing... you are from ...Oh wow, Leslie thanks for sharing... you are from a beautiful area of North America. I would love to see the sites but I am not sure about crossing the bridge... I will meet you in the gift shop for the fudge if I ever get there!Nancyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09004141713017997665noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-51672569864671093612007-08-16T09:36:00.000-07:002007-08-16T09:36:00.000-07:00For those of you who'd like to appreciate the view...For those of you who'd like to appreciate the view but not the actual bridge walk, I'll meet you in the gift shop for maple flavoured fudge. :D Then we can watch the native performers do their thing.Leslie:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-33324690585475414512007-08-16T08:52:00.000-07:002007-08-16T08:52:00.000-07:00I think the only thing that could make me cross th...I think the only thing that could make me cross that bridge would be an irate bear chasing me. Hopefully, I would have already bought the fudge and we could work out a deal.geewitshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11590044820333720010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-85975595746368372262007-08-15T18:53:00.000-07:002007-08-15T18:53:00.000-07:00Okay. It's beautiful. But, sad to say, I do not li...Okay. It's beautiful. But, sad to say, I do not like heights. Thus, I will never walk across it! Just have to live through everyone else's experiences about it. But how fantastic that structures like this exist!<BR/>DonnettaDonnettahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14831771508607746472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-87138803245420717842007-08-15T14:57:00.000-07:002007-08-15T14:57:00.000-07:00In a snap would I be on that bridge and most likel...In a snap would I be on that bridge and most likely make it sway a bit just for privacy while I spent a half hour looking at those mountains and forests.<BR/><BR/>One thing I learned as a mechanic is that you have to trust your equipment and i have faith that the bridge while high up and would most likely be a killer drop, I'd have to do it.<BR/><BR/>God would laugh his ass off if I was afraid of it, this is no comment on anyone else's phobia and heiresschild I loved the Chesapeake bay bridge did it in the motor home.<BR/><BR/>My only suggestion is don't do the Mackinaw Bridge in a Yugo on a really windy day about 15 years ago a lady and her car were blown right over the side.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-38829370771308926752007-08-15T08:39:00.000-07:002007-08-15T08:39:00.000-07:00I agree Leslie...that is a beautiful area and I al...I agree Leslie...that is a beautiful area and I always loved that bridge even if I did get a bit queasy walking across it...Janice Thomsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506920585319893814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-86913218180934056072007-08-14T18:59:00.000-07:002007-08-14T18:59:00.000-07:00Hi Leslie,I love the area near there and take visi...Hi Leslie,<BR/>I love the area near there and take visitors there all the time but I can't walk on the bridge itself. That swaying scares the heck out of me, so I send my visitors and hide in the gift shop.<BR/>regards<BR/>jmbjmbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563252743976699923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-13843795805907562262007-08-14T12:35:00.001-07:002007-08-14T12:35:00.001-07:00actually, it's the chesapeake bay bridge.actually, it's the chesapeake bay bridge.heiresschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02769921885594197625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-36319073364216861002007-08-14T12:35:00.000-07:002007-08-14T12:35:00.000-07:00hi leslie, i have a thing about heights also. it'...hi leslie, i have a thing about heights also. it's a beautiful picture to look at, but i definitely wouldn't walk it. i hate even driving over the chesapeake bridge here in maryland. so spooky.heiresschildhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02769921885594197625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-12715521283426431062007-08-14T08:38:00.000-07:002007-08-14T08:38:00.000-07:00I went across only once in my life and didn't want...I went across only once in my life and didn't want to do it again. It really IS scary, especially when young people think it's funny to get it swinging!<BR/><BR/>Once when I was 20 yrs old, a bunch of us (I was the only girl - with my b/friend) drove up to the back entrance way in the forest and the guys walked over it in the dark! I refused to go 'cuz if they were caught, they could've been thrown in jail!!!Leslie:https://www.blogger.com/profile/11964698251137788839noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-32948720628243474172007-08-14T00:32:00.000-07:002007-08-14T00:32:00.000-07:00I am scared of heights. I tried walking across th...I am scared of heights. I tried walking across the bridge but only made it half way and lost my nerve and doubled back. Goaded on by my wife, I tried three more times but each time I only made it to halfway. But if you add it all up, I crossed the bridge twice.Lone Grey Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16892067644551128013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-76561133005273852862007-08-13T21:08:00.000-07:002007-08-13T21:08:00.000-07:00There is a suspension bridge (nothing like this lo...There is a suspension bridge (nothing like this long one) in Croswell, MI. JRT may now about it. There is something very "insecure" about walking over them. I wrote a piece called "Faith" about that feeling. I'll have to look for it and post it.<BR/>Great Picture..Tom Kapankahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17431717152727352230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-53176834979612838852007-08-13T20:41:00.000-07:002007-08-13T20:41:00.000-07:00What a spectacular view! Reminds me of my backpac...What a spectacular view! Reminds me of my backpacking days in Lake Placid, New York.JR's Thumbprintshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10479324326541901987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-59503120282900338392007-08-13T18:01:00.000-07:002007-08-13T18:01:00.000-07:00Those bridges always fascinate me, but I simply ca...Those bridges always fascinate me, but I simply cannot make myself walk across one!someone elsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12524255841655400982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14919964.post-61020585857681848092007-08-13T16:12:00.000-07:002007-08-13T16:12:00.000-07:00Leslie, that looks beautiful. I haven't been ther...Leslie, that looks beautiful. I haven't been there for ages! Let's go sometime.<BR/><BR/>Cheers,<BR/>JosieJohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06979114933441527890noreply@blogger.com