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People crossing the Capilano Suspension Bridge, North Vancouver, Canada, ~1910s?
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Cars stole whimsy from the world.
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What do cars have to do with this? That bridge doesn't look very different today.
You couldn't pay me to cross that thing.
I never understood how you even connect the two sides from the beginning, with these suspension bridges. Somebody really strong just throw a rock tied to a string to the other side to start with? Bow and arrow? 😅 How does it work?
Just build a lower bridge first. Duh.
Lower a rope from the top to the bottom and connect it with rope dropped from the other side?
Some of these suspension bridges are just sooo high up though. But yeah, that could work for a lot of places I suppose.
I've seen modified shotguns firing a grappling hook to the other side of a canyon. No lie.
Couldn't find that video, but rescue guys demo their shotgun method here. They only get a max 200', but the bridge builders were getting a lot farther.
And yes, I've tried both a broken brick on a string and a recurve bow to get a line 24' across my little swamp pond. :) Just just need one, thin string to get started.
modified shotguns firing a grappling hook to the other side of a canyon.
lol awesome. So yeah, I guess that's what I imagine in modern times. But sometimes you'll see stuff like "this bridge is 800 years old" and it's like way up in the mountains over this wide canyon. I'm like, cannot compute 🤖