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    Setting up a zip line

    I just wanted to thank everyone for the interesting comments, and especially Dave Spencer (thanks for the calculations!) and TheTreeSpyder for your help. We're contacting ACCT to get more info and trying it out on our own (low and slow, of course). I'll post some pictures when we get the kids...
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    Setting up a zip line

    Dave, your pictures are incredible. Good info about the rope and rigging. The tensionless tie off is the method we have worked on so far, now we're moving on to trying to figure out the logistics of where to hang it. (i.e. how much of an angle should be created between the trees?) We know that...
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    Setting up a zip line

    Nick: We have thought about using wire cable, if we have to. Our problem is that we go to a bunch of different sites. We don't have a "home base" where we climb exclusively. That was one reason for trying to do it with rope. We thought it might be easier, lighter, and less expensive to rig it...
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    Setting up a zip line

    Howdy. I'm part of a non-profit group that does recreational tree climbing with kids that have disabilities. We've been doing it for a couple of years, and we're trying to expand the experiences that we can offer disabled climbers. To that end, we're working on the details of setting up a zip...
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