Why even bother with a helmet?

[missymaya]

Yeah, whoever wants to bike that path can go ahead and do that. I'll just stay on solid ground, where all the mountains are man made and not very tall and falling off my bike wont mean falling off a cliff, thank you very much

[wannaduacentury]

I wouldn't ant to walk close to the edge much less ride like that. whew! Beautiful scenery though.

[bmccasland]

I think I could handle walking, but no way on god's green earth would I be on that trail on any bike! I've back-packed one of the "lesser used" trails in the Grand Canyon and had similar drops - the thick red wall band you see in most canyon photos happens to be 500 ft. The gal I was leading was pooped and wanted to stop on the trail to sleep, I got her to hike back about 1/4 mile to a safer (wider) space when it finally sunk into her thick head that if she rolled over she'd be dead.

[slinkedog]

I could never walk that close to that kind of a drop! Much too afraid of heights! I was in Pisa many years ago when you could still climb to the top of the campanile, or the leaning tower. I wouldn't even go up that thing, especially when I read the sign at the bottom that said (in very bad English), "If you have uncontrollable urges to jump from high places, please do not ascend the campanile.

[DebW]

I think a common quote about rock climbers applies here: "There are old climbers, and there are bold climbers, but there are no old bold climbers." Those guys will either wise up or not live long.