Imagine this. You are visiting a beautiful mountain somewhere in the countryside. Part of the trip takes you up a steep mountain cliff. At the top, visitors can step out on to a see-through walkway. The reinforced glass flooring hangs about 1,000 meters above sea level. Sounds exciting, right?
But then, part of the flooring cracks. There is a loud noise, and some of the glass appears to break up.
That is what tourists experienced recently during a visit to Yuntai Mountain in China’s Henan province.
The glass skywalk had only been open for a few weeks. The Yuntai Mountain Geological Park said there was no reason for worry and that the cracks had no impact on safety.”
But online discussions about this incident show some people were of a different opinion. Glass skywalks have become popular in many of China’s tourist areas. But critics say China has an issue with poor workmanship and poor crowd control.
People joked online that the setting up of these glass walkways and skyways are not transparent. Others are saying that this is nothing to laugh about.
