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Zip line popularity soars along with injuries, study finds
AP via CNS News ^ | October 5, 2015 | LINDSEY TANNER

Posted on 10/04/2015 11:52:39 PM PDT by Vision Thing

Edited on 10/05/2015 1:29:58 PM PDT by Admin Moderator. [history]

CHICAGO (AP)

(Excerpt) Read more at cnsnews.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Hobbies; Outdoors
KEYWORDS: adrenilinejunkies; ziplines
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1 posted on 10/04/2015 11:52:39 PM PDT by Vision Thing
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To: Vision Thing

Don’t get your hair caught in the zipline.


2 posted on 10/05/2015 12:03:28 AM PDT by donna (Pray for Revival.)
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To: Vision Thing

But, whee, what a ride! I love ‘em. Bones and cuts heal, usually. I think it is worth the risk.


3 posted on 10/05/2015 12:08:15 AM PDT by Jemian
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To: donna

I don’t even want to imagine the pain from that. Ouch.


4 posted on 10/05/2015 12:08:26 AM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Vision Thing

Waiting for the Obama Zip Line Control Speech.


5 posted on 10/05/2015 12:23:23 AM PDT by Kickass Conservative (Missing Tagline. Reward for return.)
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To: Jemian

The one in Vegas at the Fremont Street Experience looks like a long yet safe one. I think it goes for about a quarter mile. That should be a satisfyingly lengthy ride. And no tree branches and other obstacles, too.


6 posted on 10/05/2015 12:24:11 AM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Vision Thing

Whatever

Live a little

I put a 3 inch gash in my leg, on a zip line, in Mexico and lived to tell about it...


7 posted on 10/05/2015 12:35:48 AM PDT by Vendome (Don't take life so seriously-you won't live through it anyway-Enjoy Yourself ala Louis Prima)
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To: Kickass Conservative

Wouldn’t be too surprising given there’s actually a government department that tracks these injuries. They have a “national injury database operated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission”.


8 posted on 10/05/2015 12:42:36 AM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Vendome

did you even feel it when it happened? It seems the ride would be so overwhelming and distracting that you’d notice the injury only after the ride was done.


9 posted on 10/05/2015 12:50:23 AM PDT by Vision Thing ("Community Organizer" is a shorter way of saying "Commie Unity Organizer".)
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To: Vision Thing

Look, we have a zip line near us at Mount Sunapee, nh. What a hoot. I don’t remember anyone being really hurt. But the same things happen if you go skiing , hiking or play a sport of some kind. Once you’re harnessed in, hold on for a great ride.
Idiots. Always trying to take the fun out of life.


10 posted on 10/05/2015 2:51:41 AM PDT by lucky american (Progressives are attacking our rights and y'all will sit there and take it.)
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To: Vision Thing

Last Fall my wife and I took the canopy tour in Hocking Hills Ohio.
A blast!,
We ain’t no spring chickens but it was easy and great fun.

http://www.hockinghillscanopytours.com/index.html

Another thing we tried, really fun, a Segway tour of Columbus.
Wish I could find an excuse to buy one.


11 posted on 10/05/2015 3:13:44 AM PDT by Vinnie
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Safety tips? The AP does love its Nanny State.


12 posted on 10/05/2015 4:26:36 AM PDT by relictele (Principiis obsta & Finem respice - Resist The Beginnings & Consider The Ends)
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To: Vision Thing

I worked with a guy whose wife forbid him motorcycles and firearms yet gave him a zipline ticket for his birthday.

Go figure...


13 posted on 10/05/2015 4:31:57 AM PDT by Rides_A_Red_Horse (Why do you need a fire extinguisher when you can call the fire department?)
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BKMK


14 posted on 10/05/2015 4:57:30 AM PDT by Faith65 (Isaiah 40:31)
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To: Vinnie

I run a Trail Life USA troop. We met up with a bunch of other troops at hocking Hills two summers ago. Some of our boys did the zip line while others went canoeing.

Coincidentally, the canoe’s got to the zip line area just as our zip line guys got there. We’ve got the photo’s to prove it.

Both groups had a blast. Hocking Hills is a neat area.


15 posted on 10/05/2015 5:12:59 AM PDT by cyclotic (Liberalism is what smart looks like to stupid people)
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To: Vision Thing

Look for more government regulations.

Good grief! I am an old woman, and I had my second zip line experience in August. I have a SIL in her 70s and a sister in her 60s who have gone zip-lining in Costa Rica. Oh, and I refuse to wear a helmet while I am on a bicycle.


16 posted on 10/05/2015 6:02:21 AM PDT by Bigg Red (Let's put the ship of state on Cruz Control with Ted Cruz.)
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To: Vision Thing

I much prefer modern roller coasters like Top Thrill Dragster...120+MPH launch, 420 feet vertical...but that’s just me.


17 posted on 10/05/2015 6:39:46 AM PDT by Prov1322 (Enjoy my wife's incredible artwork at www.watercolorARTwork.com! (This space no longer for rent))
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To: Vinnie

http://techcrunch.com/2015/01/13/slide-into-your-dms-like/

These are super popular right now and made by different companies. I’ve seen them as low as $300 something on Amazon. I was just at our fair and one of the vendors had top of the line models for $499. I’ve been thinking of buying one for the grandson is why I’ve been watching them.


18 posted on 10/05/2015 9:00:58 AM PDT by sheana
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I just saw them for sale at the mall. A big GI was trying to stand on one. Only way he could was to hold hands with the salesgirl.
Come to think of it maybe he was faking it to hold her hands. :^)


19 posted on 10/05/2015 11:48:03 AM PDT by Vinnie
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To: sheana

There’s a commercial on TV, think it’s for Claritin.
In the background is someone on a zipline going over a wide, deep canyon.
Obviously out West somewhere.
Would love to try that one.


20 posted on 10/05/2015 11:53:29 AM PDT by Vinnie
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