Londoners cool off in 'sky pool' suspended 115ft in the air between two buildings - video

[Judi Lynn]

As Britain enjoyed its warmest day of the year so far on bank holiday Monday, a few Londoners were spotted taking a dip in what is thought to be the world's first 'sky pool'.

The transparent pool, which is suspended between two high-rise residential buildings, is located next to the US embassy in Nine Elms, south London. Currently it is only open to those living in the exclusive blocks


Source: BBC News

Tue 1 Jun 2021 12.21 EDTLast modified on Tue 1 Jun 2021 13.52 EDT

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/video/2021/jun/01/londoners-cool-off-in-sky-pool-suspended-115ft-in-the-air-between-two-buildings-video

[shanti]

1. No thanks!

[spanone]

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[tblue37]

2. I can't help thinking of those glass bridges in China that have cracked or broken.

(Can you believe that there are 2,300 glass bridges in China?)

Just recently a man was trapped on one that broke up during 90mph winds!

[Progressive Jones]

20. Water weighs 8 pounds per gallon. That pool has tens of thousands of gallons in it.

that's a lot of weight. I don't like this one bit!

[Crunchy Frog]

3. I'd be throwing up in that pool.

[lunatica]

4. That scares the bejesus out of me!

Even looking at it gives me vertigo! Yikes!

[Scottie Mom]

7. Same here.

I got queasy just looking at at.

[lpbk2713]

5. That much water would be very heavy.

And that would apply a lot of stress to whatever supports it.

Thanks but no thanks.

[leftyladyfrommo]

6. No. I hate water and heights. nt

[Ron Green]

8. It's a fun piece of infrastructure that highlights the audacity of humans.

It’s certainly not the kind of construction we need if we’re gonna make a more resilient world.

[Hortensis]

10. If everyone who could see me in a bathing suit was too far away to,...

absolutely! Wow!

Some years ago out of nowhere I developed a crippling phobia of FALLING, which for instance stopped me maybe a quarter way up Mexico's Chichen Itza. Those things are STEEP, had to crawl down backwards from where I gave up while others climbed past and one even ran down. But when I can trust infrastructure to keep me from falling, I love heights. And I'd love to trust it long enough to enjoy.

[Ligyron]

21. It's much harder to go down that thing than up

Been there, done that.

[Hortensis]

22. :) I remember a guide book suggested descending on one's derriere,

but no one had to do that when I was there. They closed the steps I think not too long after. I'd wanted to see the world as people then saw it from the top, beyond clearings in the jungle, though few would have been privileged to, and some not twice.

[JHB]

11. I have too much of an "If anything goes wrong, it'll happen when I'm on it" complex

It's cool, but you won't get me on one until structural anti-gravity tech is invented.

[Treefrog]

12. Uh uh.

Nope. No, just no.

[area51]

13. I wouldn't want to swim in it,

nor the one in Houston.

[smirkymonkey]

17. That's even worse.

It's thirty stories higher!

[LisaL]

14. No, thank you.

Remember the guy stuck on a glass bridge in China after wind blew out the panels?

[Marrah_Goodman]

15. No way in hell I would do that.

[smirkymonkey]

16. Nope.

Not in a million years. I am terrified of heights and it's just a matter of time before something horrible happens there.

[demtenjeep]

18. yes

I would LOVE IT

[Raine]

19. Being exposed like that in a bathing suit from all angles

Uh NO THANKS!!!

[North Shore Chicago]

23. Would swim here

in a NY second!

Adrenaline junkie always looking for a fix.