The Capilano Suspension Bridge

Tue, 25 Aug 2009 23:59:59 -800

On our way out of Vancouver we made a slight detour to the Capilano Suspension Bridge.
The current bridge is a 450 foot long steel cable bridge with wooden planking
that crosses the Capilano River; it's sufficiently well anchored to have
sustained a direct hit by a 46-ton Douglas fir tree without serious damage.
Crossing the bridge is a somewhat shaky endeavour, owing to the length of the
cables and the number of kids running and stomping their way across it. The
eastern end has a guard booth; the guard watches for snotty kids doing their
best to destabilize the platform and yells at them to stop. I stopped halfway
across the bridge and attempted to take a few 360-degree panoramas; they're
sloppy.