The Zipline was wonderful. The ride up the hill was an adventure in itself. The road was a narrow gravel switch back running up the hill with a minimum number of trees cut to allow the vehicle to pass. We were warned to keep anything valuable (like body parts) inside the vehicle. The zipline has only been open since spring. The guides did say several new zipline ventures have recently popped up around Branson. The building and engineering cost $$$. They told us that the tall poles throughout the ziplines and bridges were all flown in by 'copter.
For those of you worried about walking the bridges...they were okay. Sharon was a trooper marching across
The first pic is of the final tower of the fastest Zips...the one that we all decided that we would do next time
Walking in to register.
The trail to the bridges awaits..
But first the talk.....
Then off we go....
Brave Sharon..
Watching the hooking and unhooking ...but not by us!
Beth studied very hard.
And at all times we are hook up by at least one of these!
Beth goes first
And she flys off
And then Sharon steps up.
And off she goes....
This one was the longest and the fastest zip.
We had reversed order on the this one and I got to watch Beth and Sharon come in to land.
And yes it was fun. One of the gentlemen that went with our group was 84. He needed a little more help steadying himself (balance) as he stepped up and down to get hooked up to the cables and the guides were great. SO, just saying.....age is just a number!
Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:09 pm
Wouldn't it be awesome to zip over a rain forest or a big canyon?