Peak Walk

{{Short description|Pedestrian suspension bridge in Vaud, Switzerland}}

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Peak Walk is a pedestrian suspension bridge linking two mountain peaks in the Swiss Alps. It is situated in the Diablerets massif of the Bernese Alps in the canton of Vaud, and connects the peak of Scex Rouge with another peak.{{cite news | url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-386448912.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150328211857/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-386448912.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=March 28, 2015 | title=High in the Hills | date=October 19, 2014 | accessdate=November 11, 2014 | newspaper=Sunday Tribune |location=South Africa |url-access=}} On the other peak is the viewpoint of the Glacier 3000 company. Scex Rouge is about {{convert|5|m|ft|abbr=on}} higher than Glacier 3000's viewpoint.{{cite web | url=http://www.glacier3000.ch/en/activities/peakwalk | title=Peak Walk by Tissot | work=Glacier 3000 | accessdate=3 November 2014}} Peak Walk is the world's first suspension bridge which connects two mountain peaks.{{cite web | url=http://www.glacier3000.ch/en/peakwalkopening | title=Opening "Peak Walk by Tissot" | work=Glacier 3000 | date=25 October 2014 | accessdate=29 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028235831/http://www.glacier3000.ch/en/peakwalkopening | archive-date=28 October 2014 | url-status=dead }}{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/11185186/Worlds-first-peak-to-peak-suspension-bridge-opens.html | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141025123511/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/snowandski/skiing-news/11185186/Worlds-first-peak-to-peak-suspension-bridge-opens.html | url-status=dead | archive-date=October 25, 2014 | title=World's first peak-to-peak suspension bridge | work=The Daily Telegraph | date=28 October 2014 | accessdate=29 October 2014}}{{Cite news |title= Peak Walk |newspaper= Sunday Tribune |location=South Africa |url-access=|accessdate= November 11, 2014 |date= September 14, 2014 |url= http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-382342989.html |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150328211856/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-382342989.html |url-status= dead |archive-date= March 28, 2015 }}

The bridge, which has been built by the firm Seiler AG (Steel and metal constructions) in Bönigen,{{cite web | url=http://www.seilerag.ch/ausgef%C3%BChrte-objekte/stahlbauten/h%C3%A4ngebr%C3%BCcke-scex-rouge-glacier-3000-2014/ | title=Seiler AG | work=Peak walk by Tissot | date= | accessdate=18 January 2015}} is {{convert|107|m|ft|abbr=on}} long, {{convert|0.8|m|ft|abbr=on}} wide and {{convert|1.2|m|ft|abbr=on}} high with a 15% slope. It has four pieces of key supporting steel cables with a 120 tonne loading capacity. Peak Walk is anchored by 20 pieces in the rock.{{cite web | url=http://www.telediablerets.ch/en/newspontglacier | title=Peak Walk | publisher=TéléDiablerets | date=31 October 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}}{{cite web |url= http://diablerets.ch/files/?id=79730 |title= Download the factsheet }}{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{small|(1.26 MB)}} to see the previous reference It is expected that the current number of summertime visitors of around 50,000 will double as a result of the new bridge. The designers took the extreme conditions into account, with winds of about {{convert|200|km/h|abbr=on}}. Mountains that can be seen from the bridge include Mont Blanc (the Alps' highest point), the Matterhorn, Mönch, Jungfrau and Eiger, and the bridge has a partial glass floor that afford views down through it.{{cite web | url=http://www.thelocal.ch/20141024/glacier-3000-opens-mountaintop-bridge | title=Glacier 3000 opens new mountaintop bridge | work=The Local | date=24 October 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}} In addition, the bridge became the world's second highest suspension bridge after the Titlis Cliff Walk, which is {{convert|3,000|m|ft|abbr=on}} above sea level.{{cite web | url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/switzerland/11075221/Worlds-first-suspension-bridge-between-two-mountain-peaks-to-open-in-Swiss-Alps.html | title=World's first suspension bridge between 2 mountain peaks to open in Swiss Alps | work=Daily Telegraph | last=Coffey | first=Helen | date=28 October 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}}{{cite web | url=http://clapway.com/new-bridge-links-swiss-mountain-peaks123/ | title=New Bridge Links Swiss Mountain Peaks | publisher=Clapway | date=27 October 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014}} The thin air at high altitudes and poor weather hampered construction work, and summer storms delayed the transportation of construction materials.{{cite web | url=http://www.youandi.com/Suspension_Bridge_to_connect_two_Peaks_in_the_Swiss_Alps.aspx?PAGE | title=Suspension Bridge to connect two Peaks in the Swiss Alps | publisher=We Media (India) | date=27 October 2014 | accessdate=31 October 2014 | url-status=dead | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219112649/http://www.youandi.com/Suspension_Bridge_to_connect_two_Peaks_in_the_Swiss_Alps.aspx?PAGE | archivedate=19 December 2014 }}