High-altitude glass-bottomed bathing pool opens in Zhangjiajie

Just how brave are you? The world’s first high-altitude glass-bottomed bathing pool has opened at a hot spring hotel in Zhangjiajie, already famous for its breath-taking glass bottom bridge. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

2.5 meters in length, and with a width of 2 meters, the glass bathing pool is suspended off the side of a 9-storey-high steel structure building. The pool is 0.6 meters deep. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

2.5 meters in length, and with a width of 2 meters, the glass bathing pool is suspended off the side of a 9-storey-high steel structure building. The pool is 0.6 meters deep. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

2.5 meters in length, and with a width of 2 meters, the glass bathing pool is suspended off the side of a 9-storey-high steel structure building. The pool is 0.6 meters deep. [Photo: Chinanews.com]

The tallest man in Asia, Zhang Huanzuo, was first to face the glass bottom bathing pool challenge. Despite temperatures of only 9 Celsius, the 2.38-meter-tall man managed to stay in the water for a grand total of 30 minutes. [Photo: Chinanews.com]