smiles 0 #1 February 21, 2003 anyone try flying high ----zipping?? http://www.ziptrek.com Conveyance is via a steel pulley system with sealed bearings. The tiny wheels spin as fast as 10,000 rpm as you reach speeds of 70 km/h before the slack in the line slows your descent. With construction quality carabiners on the line, and wearing complete body harness that is double roped to the pulley...you kick off from a tree platform, soar for up to 29 seconds and the guides on the other side catch you. Ziptreck Ecotours has strung an 800-metre network of cables across Fitzsimmons Creek, (gulley dividing Whistler Mnt. from Blackcomb-Vancouver B.C.) The longest line is 350 metres and cocky zipters can experiment with inverted flights...bottoms up across the valley floor. Smiles Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wingnut 0 #2 February 22, 2003 used to do it oall the time at summer camp (4-h camp) when i was younger. didn't get to do much last year cuz i was injured and didn't get to go back as a counselor.... will likely go again this year.... ours was only about 100yrds though aand a max height of 40 ft..... still lots of fun..... it was how you gotoff the high ropes course we have..... ______________________________________ "i have no reader's digest version" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
