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Non Caving Related => Non-Caving Chat/Info => Topic started by: Tim Watts on Mar 02, 2015, 03:41 AM

Title: Now THATS what i call a zip line!
Post by: Tim Watts on Mar 02, 2015, 03:41 AM
you've gotta see this!

Anyone got 2200m of rope? (all in one length!) - thats 7218 feet!

120km/h - 75mph!

And most likely a helicopter to install it! Or perhaps a decent powered Radio controlled drone running out decent strength 2mm dynema line or something which the rope could then be installed from.

Fair game - those bearings are screaming!

https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x109gyb_tyrolienne-de-2km-de-millau_sport?start=1
Title: Now THATS what i call a zip line!
Post by: Tim Watts on Mar 02, 2015, 03:47 AM
nupe - it was a full size chopper.

don't like the guy initially trying to feed the rope out almost getting tangled up - eeek!

heres video showing how they set it up.

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1ipyr1_ffs-ssf-tyrolienne-millau-2013_sport?from_related=related.page.int.behavior-meta1.36aa3285439be5f042ea6c20b55f6b10142526786
Title: Now THATS what i call a zip line!
Post by: Iestyn Rhys Pritchard on Mar 02, 2015, 08:55 AM
jesus christ. how much tension must there be on that rope? how does it not snap?!?
Title: Now THATS what i call a zip line!
Post by: Frank Hill on Mar 02, 2015, 12:53 PM
not a steel cable and no back up! that's mad