Zipline Ride
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Wed 20 Aug 2014 22:57
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Our Zipline Fun
Ride
 Queenstown is all about fun, we saw
the adverts for Ziptrek and went to book.
  All we had to
do was choose between the Moa and the Kea – Kea it is
then.
 We met our group, our guides Jags on the left and Jess on the
right, both in orange helmets. The rest of our group were a smashing set of
youngsters from Australia all on a skiing holiday. One of the chaps was actually
afraid of heights, how amazing that he would put himself through such a
challenge.
   Off to our
first zip. Jess went to the other end to see us in. Jags
clipped me on, checked my harness, told me to
walk down as many steps as possible, sit into it and Whoosh.
  Jags went off
first on our next zip. Before he went he showed us how to
flip upside-down.
   Way to go Big Bear.
 The views were extraordinary.
  One zip we had
to do something, Bear chose a Hakka with Jags in support, I did
a heart for our grandbabies.
 Bear thoroughly enjoying himself.
  Such fun.
  Flying Bear.
   In between
zips, we learned about kiva.org, an incredible
service helping the needy that want to get on. Say we leant a hundred dollars to
Kiva, they would in turn lend it to someone who, for example, wanted to set up a
shop on one of the islands in the Pacific who otherwise would have no chance of
borrowing. That person would pay the money back in time, that done the money
comes back to us. Something we will have to look into. We also learned a bit
about the flora and fauna of the area. This chap is the famous tuatara.
   The last zip,
the longest and fastest had the most
security.
  We had an extra clip and a safety net
if we Jags missed our first break. The the net was lowered and on we
went.
   The worst bit
was waiting for my turn, walking down the slightly wobbly stairs and sitting
into it.
 Once away it was brilliant and over all too
soon.
  All safe and
what a laugh.
  At the end of our trip there was a freshly carved high chair, don’t ask, we didn’t, but
Bear tried it out.
 Cannot thank Jess and Jags enough for giving us such a
brilliant afternoon.
ALL IN ALL A GREAT WAY TO
COME DOWN A MOUNTAIN
FABULOUS, SPEEDY
THRILLS |