Vancouver is a perilous place inhabited by fearless people. And many of those perils involve high places.
, Vancouver’s best-known daredevil location, is where the thrill-seeking started 130 years ago. Here you’ll find yourself inching across one of the world’s longest and highest pedestrian suspension bridges — and cringing if you dislike heights.
The footbridge, built in 1889 with hemp rope and cedar planks, is 450 feet long and 230 feet above the roiling Capilano River. It has been updated, of course, but it’s still a hair-raising endeavor. It sways as you walk — a lot — especially if there’s a pack of teenagers on it trying to make it buck, bob and bounce.
“They freeze sometimes,” Susan Kaffka, vice president of sales and marketing for the park, told me later. “But our staff is really well trained. They talk to them and make sure they get across and back. Dogs are worse than people. They end up on their bellies because they’re so scared.”
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