Posted by MarkB_MI on September 13, 2012 at 18:27:14 from (75.219.152.70):
In Reply to: zip line posted by Hoofer B on September 13, 2012 at 16:00:40:
My wife and I did a zipline during an Alaskan cruise a few years ago. The thing I noticed is that safety was foremost. (While we were on the zipline, that is. The ride up the mountain in an ATV was terrifying!) If you're not familiar with rigging this sort of equipment, I'd say "don't do it".
The ziplines we rode were all double lines. you couldn't fall unless two lines broke. Everything on the harness rigs was redundant.
Once you got on the zipline platform, your harness was always shackled to something.
The trees all had plenty of guy wires to handle the zipline tension.
Two guides accompanied the zipliners. One was the first down the line, making sure it was clear. The other was the last one down, in case of any problems.
Although the zipliners were responsible for controlling their speed, the guide at the bottom was ready to stop any zipliner who hit the end of the line too fast.
I's sure I forgotten a bunch. Sure you can do it, just make sure you keep it safe.
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