Jeff and I had a long weekend. His mother gave us a very nice Christmas gift last year for a zip line tour, one night stay and breakfast at
Historic Banning Mills. We were told the tour would take about 3 to 4 hours. I assumed this meant we were going on a lovely nature hike to a zip line location and then back again. Nope. We zip lined for 4 hours from tree to tree, like Tarzan (sort of). We were in a group with about 15 strangers and we geared up (helmet, harness, crab claws, rope, gloves, etc.) and crossed a cable bridge and from there completed 9 zip lines from tree to tree.
The first one was about 450 feet. I had a scary feeling in my stomach for about 2 seconds and then 8 seconds later it was over. The rest of the zip lines were about 50 to 100 feet. Then the second tour was the final 5 zip lines of our package. We crossed several bridges in this tour, a couple of which only consisted of 3 cables; 1 for your feet and two for your arms. Think tightrope walking but safer. The longest zip line on this part of the tour was 1500 feet and Jeff and I got to race. He beat me but it was super fun going about 60 miles an hour way above a creek. The views really were amazing. We didn't take a bathroom break until the end of the tour. We could have but you have to take off all your gear and it's a bit of a hassle.
Jeff also did the free fall. It cost extra but he got 2 jumps off a tower. He said it made the trip but I had no interest in doing that myself.
You jump off the red platform. We did not take our cameras on the tour because we were concerned about losing them or damaging them. All the pictures we took were the next morning while watching another group get ready. Anyway, it was a super fun trip, very exhilarating. In my next post I'll talk about our trip to Helen.
The first one was about 450 feet. I had a scary feeling in my stomach for about 2 seconds and then 8 seconds later it was over. The rest of the zip lines were about 50 to 100 feet. Then the second tour was the final 5 zip lines of our package. We crossed several bridges in this tour, a couple of which only consisted of 3 cables; 1 for your feet and two for your arms. Think tightrope walking but safer. The longest zip line on this part of the tour was 1500 feet and Jeff and I got to race. He beat me but it was super fun going about 60 miles an hour way above a creek. The views really were amazing. We didn't take a bathroom break until the end of the tour. We could have but you have to take off all your gear and it's a bit of a hassle. 
Jeff also did the free fall. It cost extra but he got 2 jumps off a tower. He said it made the trip but I had no interest in doing that myself. 
You jump off the red platform. We did not take our cameras on the tour because we were concerned about losing them or damaging them. All the pictures we took were the next morning while watching another group get ready. Anyway, it was a super fun trip, very exhilarating. In my next post I'll talk about our trip to Helen.
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WOW!
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