Poster: A snowHead
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Already home to the highest cable car in Europe, the Klein Matterhorn may soon be topped with a 117m steel and glass pyramid, which will take it to a height of 4,000m. There are currently 76 "four-thousander" peaks in the Alps. The Klein Matterhorn's 'deluxe conservatory' would make it the 77th...
The hope is that it will lure the visitors, attracted by the hitherto distant prospect of conquering a four-thousander - albeit a manmade one - and in the comfort of an air conditioned and pressurised environment.
Local artist and architect Heinz Julen is behind the €100m (£70m) Matterhorn Glacier Paradise project, which will include a pyramid sky platform.
From: http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,,2172726,00.html
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Hopefully this is a ludicrous pipe dream that'll get no further than the drawing board!!
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Yuk.
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brian
brian
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Yes, brian, it does seem odd.
The Zermat-site article you link to states: "Construction of the glacier restaurant, the shop, the mountaineering accommodation and underground access to the glacier palace is scheduled to get under way this summer."
That was last summer. It would seem nothing has happened.
There is nothing in the Guardian article to suggest any new developments.
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The artist's impression looks rubbish, but any building on a mountaintop at 4k meters is gonna be cool. I hope they construct it.
Will be interesting to see how they get around the high winds and bad weather that plague the glacier at that height.
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Whitegold wrote: |
Will be interesting to see how they get around the high winds and bad weather that plague the glacier at that height. |
That's easy - they're putting it indoors
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very good fenland!!!
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Maybe it could be a scheme for Cairngorm to copy....put a tower on top to make it 4000m.
Should probably worth an application very early in April 2008.
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