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« Reply #12 on: November 26, 2009, 03:26:29 AM »


The bridges had no sides, and a Japanese historical source relates that the original vine bridges were so unstable, those attempting to cross them for the first time would often freeze in place, unable to go any farther.
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« Reply #13 on: November 26, 2009, 03:26:58 AM »
Three of those vine bridges remain in Iya Valley. While some (though apparently not all) of the bridges have been reinforced with wire and side rails, they are still harrowing to cross. More than 140 feet long, with planks set six to eight inches apart and a drop of four-and-a-half stories down to the water, they are not for acrophobes.

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« Reply #14 on: November 26, 2009, 03:27:09 AM »
Some people believe the existing vine bridges were first grown in the 12th century, which would make
them some of the oldest known examples of living architecture in the world.

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