Catwalk opening soon at New River Gorge

New River Gorge visitors will be able to walk directly across the canyon on a 30-inch-wide steel span 850 feet above the river starting in the spring.

The National Park Service has picked Bridge Walk LLC to provide year-round guided tours on the New River Bridge's maintenance catwalk, according to The Charleston Gazette. The catwalk is a 30-inch-wide path that hangs below the bridge and stretches more than 3,000 feet across the canyon.

Bridge Walk and the state Department of Transportation will coordinate the development of a safety system for catwalk hikers, and work out a catwalk-access plan. Bridge Walk's managing partner, Benjy Simpson, said catwalk hikers would wear climbing-type harnesses and clip on to a secure overhead cable....

Also includes a list of boofests at parks and links...

http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/09277/1002404-37.stm

That sounds pretty cool. I have never been there but 850 feet is a ways up there.