Walking on a glass walkway suspended on the side of a mountain is supposed to be terrifying — but not this terrifying.
Just two weeks after it opened to a nervous public, a walkway in China’s central Henan province was evacuated after cracks appeared.
Reports describe visitors running and screaming in panic as they saw the damage on the U-shaped path at Yuntaishan (Yuntai Mountain) Scenic Park.
“Just witnessed a historic moment — Yuntaishan’s glass walkway is broken,” wrote one user on Weibo (China’s micro-blogging site) with the screen name “leedonghaeshuohyukjaenihaowodeai.”
“As I was approaching the end of the passage, I heard a sudden loud ‘bang.’ My legs were shaken. I looked down and saw the pane underneath me had shattered.
“Some people screamed. I yelled, ‘It really cracked. It really cracked!’ Then I ran pushing the people in front of me. I was terrified.”
Opened on September 20, the cliffside path spans 260 meters (853 feet), with a 68-meter glass-bottom (223-foot) section. It hangs at 1,080 meters (3,543 feet) above sea level.
