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So I want to face a fear of heights and or falling. Not gonna skyjump (ever!). But I'm thinking zip line. So went looking for a locator. -- (link)

Posted by mara Feb 12 '10, 11:44

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Yee ha! (www.ziplinerider.com)

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I know a person who's best-friend's 4th cousin's wife went zip-lining and died. -- nm - loosi si Feb 12, 11:50 2
- well, technically she died 13 and a half years later but still ... -- nm - loosi SI Feb 12, 11:54
- actually, the zip line gave her cancer. then she died before she reached the bottom -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 11:51
They're ranked by least number of deaths. -- nm - Mop (228 lbs) Feb 12, 11:47
skydiving was so much less scary than ziplining (but I'm not afraid of heights). much less sense of speed. wind whipping by, but you're so removed - mafic Feb 12, 11:47 11
- Skydiving kicks ass. I've only done one tandem jump ever, but it was amazing. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 11:52 4
  - Indeed. I paid the extra hundred bucks and had the guys hold onto my arms until I pulled the cord. - Dr.Vermin Feb 12, 11:55 3
    - I jumped by myself with a static line. Not much free fall that way, but I preferred the ride after the chute came out. - pmb Feb 12, 11:58 1
      - We were high enough that we had 30 seconds of free fall. Just. Awesome. -- nm - Shaun Feb 12, 11:59
    - I think Shaun is talking about being in the air, not a hotel room. - crash davis Feb 12, 11:57
- thats a good way of putting it -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 11:51
- Whoa, really? Ack. -- nm - mara Feb 12, 11:48 1
  - for me anyway, but I have zero trouble with heights. a beginner course at a climbing gym is good. - mafic Feb 12, 11:52
- and yet, easy to tell that your ass just fell out of a friggin plane. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 11:47 2
  - it might have been just fractions a of a second but there was a disconnect between the time I stepped off & the time I realized I wasn't in the plane -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 11:52
  - good point. dude did a flip when I went, so I got to see the plane shrink to nothing extremely quickly. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 11:49
We did a great one in Cancun. Selvetica. Tons of fun -- nm - oblique Feb 12, 11:46
I too want to do a zip line -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 11:45 9
- used to set them up all the time when I still climbed. ours were maybe a little less safe than they should have been. -- nm - mafic Feb 12, 11:48
- *snip* -- nm - poochinski Feb 12, 11:47
- I'm also thinking climbing wall. One of those indoor places that really coddle beginners. :-) -- nm - mara Feb 12, 11:46 6
  - I've done a tandem skydive (my instructor strapped to my back). Actually the experience is quite magnificent. -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 11:48 2
    - Well, now you and mafic are making me rethink. I wonder if it would be more expensive, harder to find. Plus, I gotta think it's more potentially - mara Feb 12, 11:52 1
      - it definitely did cost more than the zip line site I'm looking at right now. I figure that the instructors have a very vested interest in safety -- nm - crash davis Feb 12, 11:56
  - oh those are fun... -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 11:47 1
    - I'm almost more nervous when I'm belaying than when I'm actually climbing... -- nm - znufrii Feb 12, 11:47
  - Those are fun. -- nm - TFox Feb 12, 11:47

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