A couple of boys riding the zip line at Fort Rock Family
camp.
I do not know if it is still true, but when I got acquainted
with Fort Rock Family Camp and their staff they had the
longest single span zip line in Arkansas.
It does look strange to see two small boys together on a
ride down the zip line. But that is so they get all the way
to the end. If there is not enough weight to carry them
all the way through, they would be stuck before getting
to the end of the line. Then someone would have to
rescue them.
On the other end of the scale there is a weight limit on
this particular zip lime of 350 lbs. One of the
interesting things is the way a person is brought to a
stop. It is by running into bungie cords down at the
end of the ride. Generally this works out just fine.
However, a LARGE person going into the bungie
cords at the end can have the effect of pulling back a
sling shot and it will shoot them right back out over
the lake. So they have a code [which I forgot] that the
person at the top hooking a passenger up relays to
the people at the end of the line. Then when the
passenger goes shooting through that little shed down
at the end of the line, the receivers throw another
bungie cord up over the zip line to keep the passenger
from shooting back out over the lake.
I am a bit jealous though. I am only the second oldest
person to have ridden on this zip line. I was 83 years
old my last time down it. And would you believe it,
there was a lady just over 90 years old who rode it a
while back. O well. I can't win them all.
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