I have updated the Dragon Website and I have added a Saturday Run for those who might want to join....
I have found a Zip Line Company and SkyhighNY and myself will be going and would love to have a few more to join us.... I am afraid of heights and I will be testing my limits but I am willing to try......
General Admission Ticket - $89 + Tax
Wahoo Ziplines is unique to the Smoky Mountains, with no other zipline of this magnitude in the surrounding area. With over 2 miles of cable, the zipline is split into 6 signature lines from 900 to 1600 feet long and from 40 to 250 feet in the air! Each line will amaze you as you soar through the mountains, taking in the panoramic scenery, and feeling like you're flying. This adrenaline pumping adventure takes place over 80 acres in the shadow of the Great Smoky Mountains. Come prepared to spend the next 2 hours of your life zipping, flying, soaring, and bouncing through the canopy of the trees at speeds of 40 MPH. Safety is our main concern. To ensure the safety of our guests, all of our guides have undergone rigorous training and each has been certified through Universal Zipline Technology (UZT).Each tour consists of riding our 6 very unique ziplines. Participants wear gloves, helmet, and a harness with a carbineer that is attached to a pulley that will be placed on a cable strung between platforms. You push off the platform and zip along the cable going from hilltop to hilltop. You will be anywhere from 40-250 feet off the ground and, literally, flying between the trees at a height where birds and other wildlife hang out on the branches. Getting started, First, the experience will include some 'how to' information plus a safety briefing. You will see how we put on the harness, latch into the cable. After you learn the basics and watch a demonstration, you will get your chance to participate in a once in a lifetime adventure.
Oh hell yeah!!!! Count me in.
As far as the danger factor... I was a lineman. I looked at the video and noted the cabling. Both the cable size and the coupling at the towers was quite solid. It is all good and no reason for alarm.
Now if we were doing it this way, then there would be some alarm (sky twisting).
leisurely drift down a river which is cheap or high adrenaline zip through the mountains, but $$.
How am I supposed to choose???
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at the time the avi pic was taken, both of those yellow SKYs were mine...the premier & the upgrade
leisurely drift down a river which is cheap or high adrenaline zip through the mountains, but $$.
How am I supposed to choose???
You know you are going for the adrenaline rush... Stop fighting it... I mean hell, the high point of a river drift is peeing your pants without anyone noticing (just river water stains). The high point on the zip line is peeing your pants and everyone notices.
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