Following the logic of throwing stones in glass houses, it seems obvious that you shouldn’t be dropping mugs on glass bridges.
But yesterday, that’s exactly what happened, as tourists visiting a new glass walkway alongside Tianmen Mountain in China’s Hunan Province noped out of the entire situation as a section shattered under their feet.
The catalyst? A dropped steel mug.
Firstly, who needs their cuppa so badly they need to bring it onto a cliff face? Second, do civil engineers have plans in case of porcelain-based emergencies? Third… a whole walkway out of glass? Seems a bit excessive, imo.
Luckily, nobody was hurt (excluding the contents of said mug), but it’s highly likely Death himself feels deeply cheated and will seek recompense.
Tourist Lee Dong Hai took control of the situation with a totally reasonable response, as he yelled “it cracked! It really cracked!” before pushing “the people in front of me so that we could run out of the way.”
While it seems like a particularly insulting way to tempt fate in the first place, officials claim the glass – which is three panels deep – is usually strong enough to support 800kg per square metre.
Aussie acrophobes, you can breathe easy. Similar structures in Australia, like Melbourne’s Eureka Skydeck – a hanging glass cube perched high above the city – have mercifully mug-free safety records.
Adorably, visitors to the cliff face walkway are also given little foot covers to keep the glass crystal clear. Fortunately, nobody has had to die wearing shoe-mittens.
Yet.
via news.com.au.
Image: ChinaFotoPress via Getty.
