Tuesday, May 11, 2010

Hawaii Part 2

We spent 5 hours on Wed doing a zip line course across a mountain range. There were 7 different zip lines going from the top of one ridge to the next. It was over 3 miles of flying and was so amazing. Not only were the views breathtaking, the feeling of flying was so exhilarating. I would not describe myself as boring but I have never done anything as daring as this and yet it was not scary! The harnesses felt extremely secure and the guys who were working the operation were awesome.


It was pretty windy and rained a tad so it was fairly chilly. You cant see it in the picture below but this was a complete rainbow. You could see where it started and where it ended. I'm certain we could have found the pot of gold if we would have tried:)

Me getting ready to take off. Zippin

This was one of the ridges that we zipped over. We were 650 feet above the ground at one point. That is quite high but yet it was not scary.





There were 11 of us total so some of the time was spent waiting for our turns. The last line that we went on was the longest and fastest. They said we got up to about 40 mph. Chad and Jared decided it was a race and didn't take the proper measures to slow themselves down very well. Chad hit his knee on the brake on the last one but that was the extent of any injuries that occurred while on this crazy adventure.
It was definitely worth every penny and was so neat. If you are ever in Maui I would strongly recommend Flyin Hawaiian.

1 comment:

Hiatt Family said...

That looks like SO much fun! I'm glad that you were able to go on such an amazing vacation!