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SkyJump at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas is listed as a Guinness world-record-holder for the highest commercially available controlled descen at 855 feet.
SkyJump at the Stratosphere Hotel in Las Vegas is listed as a Guinness world-record-holder for the highest commercially available controlled descen at 855 feet.
Kyle Wagner of The Denver Post
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In addition to SkyJump, the at the tower level that are definitely not for those with a fear of heights.

leans you face-down 70 degrees and then spins around 64 feet away from the edge of the hotel, 900 feet above the ground. has you upright in one long car’s worth of seating that then thrusts out 27 feet over the edge of the hotel, 866 feet above the ground; the arm abruptly plummets straight downward before pulling backward and doing it over again a few more times. shoots riders up to 921 feet high at 45 mph for 4Gs of force, then drops them and does it again. Check these photos at the end — they take them from above at a slight angle.

Want to just watch other crazy people do this stuff? Get a Tower Pass to go to the observation deck (inside or out), or go sit in the and view the SkyJumpers.

2000 S. Las Vegas Blvd., 702-380-7777, . Tower admission $20 ($12 kids); SkyJump $119.99 ($149.99 with video); all-day unlimited rides $36 (tower admission included); one ride plus tower admission $25.


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