328 Feet above Canadian Soil. Bridges in the Sky.

328 Feet above Canadian Soil.
Bridges in the Sky.

       Canadians and the soil they live on have always had a rocky history. That was the first things I learned when I decided to go to Canada for the first time. The land can be harsh and barren and in most places, it is impossible to grow anything that can be eaten by people. This may be one of the reasons there aren’t a lot of people in Canada, but where there are people there are a lot of them. Bad soil is not something you would notice however if you went to Vancouver because it is full of greenery, which may also be why it is full of people. In some places it wasn’t always that way, and still isn’t and people are far and few between. Then there are some places where oh there the most wonderful sights you will ever see. Vancouver is one of them. Two of the best places to check out the profoundness of Canadian outdoor beauty are found in Vancouver. They are called Lynn Canyon Park, and Squamish BC in Vancouver and they are wonderful reminders of how nature always prevails even in the harshest of conditions. These two places are absolute best ways to see Vancouver’s beauty. They are also for some ‘the scariest thing that they have ever had to do in their life’ to quote a passer-by. Yes, folks, the best way to experience Vancouver nature is on a suspension bridge.

        Imagine yourself 213 feet/65 meters above a Canadian soil walking across a bridge that is 328 feet/100 meters long. As you walk you can reach out and touch the tops of some of the trees if you dare to. You look out into the horizon to see miles of trees and mirrored water as far as the eye can see. Below you see the middle of two mountains filled with green giant trees, grass, brown pine needles, and rocks cover the ground. You’re standing on a bridge that connects two mountain tops together, and you are thankful there is a bridge under your feet. I remembered at this point seeing a cloud at my eye level at the top of the mountain because we had to take a sky gondola to get where we were. This is Sky Pilot Suspension Bridge.

           We slowly walked across not because we were scared but we just wanted to take it all in. This is the place we could see while driving to work while going to the store, when we opened our windows during the day to see the mountains above us. This is also the place we did not want to drop our phones in, as we looked down like many others were looking to see dropped phones. We didn’t see one, good job actually looking at nature everyone and putting your phones away even if it was only out of what I know was only fear. We will tell everyone it was because you wanted to look out at nature and laugh in the face of danger. We will not tell them it was because you couldn’t stand to lose your phone in the abbess of the jagged rock slopes. When we finally got across the second time (that’s right we walked across two times in a row) a voice from behind me said ‘let’s go across the other bridge it’s not as big but its right over there.’ Shridi then points off maybe north into the trees.

                  Lynn Canyon Suspension Bridge is not the same kind of monster as the Sky Pilot Suspensions Bridge. We found a lot of really scared people who couldn’t brave the bridge in the sky trying to cross the canyon bridge. Foreheads literally dripping with sweat. Honestly, if I was scared I would rather take the sky bridge because Lynn Canyon bridge is 164 feet/50 meters above a canyon floor, I floor cover with white water rapids and nice sharp rocks.

      It is amazingly beautiful but if you are scared of heights I am not sure you will feel so well walking across white water and rocks. Also, if you drop your phone there, there is no hope of recovery for you are the phone. The good news is it is only 157 feet/47 meters long, so you want to be scared for long. The sweaty guy we let pass us made it across with his heart in tacked, and couldn’t stop smiling once across. Oh, he also wasn’t scared of heights he was scared of the materials the bridge was made out of. I call this construct-aphobia when someone is scared of walking across a bridge, stairs, or anything that they are unsure of the quality of the build. For example, if you were told to walk upstairs that were old and some were broken and the rest looked like they might cave in at any moment you would be like nope not walking up those, right. Well the bridge is actually well built there are some wooden grips that do need to be replaced but those only keep you from slipping, because the bridge is made out of slippery sheet metal. Okay I know these description isn’t helping but the bridge is safe, we made it across and so did everyone else. This bridge is also as high as the middle of the trees and the water is breathtaking. There were more people on this bridge so we didn’t have as much time to look out over the bridge, it was still amazing. Once I got off both bridges there was a moment I felt like I needed to get my land legs back. You don’t notice the feeling of weightlessness until you exit the bridge and the longer you stand there the more you can feel it. If you’re like me and not scared of things like this, you will feel so relaxed and enjoy the weightless feeling, if you are scared you can be proud for the rest of your life that you made it across. Either way, this was one of the best birthdays Shridi ever had, did a mention we also did ax throwing up there.