We hopped into the back of an army person ell carrier and like soldiers heading off to battle we had our gear, harnesses and helmets. The wet weather was welcome because it kept us cool and hydrated as the anticipation sucked the water from our system making us swallow hard. This would normally be the description from a military blogger, but this describes the scene as we headed off to our zipline adventure.
I wasn’t really nervous about being dangled over the jungle until they told us a few of the details. The highest line was 250 feet above the ground and the longest line was more than 3 football fields at 941 feet. They had what they referred to as the "bunny line" taking it from the idea of a bunny slope in a ski area, and then the next 6 lines were for the professional zipliner.
One of my fellow travelers and I both knew we were in trouble when we thought it would be cool to do a video of us zipping through the jungle on our lines, and they in
dicated that if we dropped our flip cameras they would be gone forever. Yes that is a long time. I was hoping at this point that we would not drop ourselves and be gone forever. The thing is this adventure is probably more safe than any other excursion I was doing while here in Hawaii.
After our safety discussion we put our helmets on and went into battle. Not the battle you would normally associate with war, but we had to battle the thrill and excitement of dealing with a rush of adrenaline and fun that went with this excursion. I highly recommend this type of adventure to those of you that love the thrill of letting go and giving up control of nature. Gravity works to your advantage sometimes and you can gather in the beauty and feel a rush all at the same time. Thanks to the folks at Kauai Backcountry Tours for making our time there safe and enjoyable.
I gave the a little advice while I was there. They need to be able to upload video or photos to family and friends back home. So they need that router to be installed for Internet access. I’m kidding of course, but to be able to have a sign waving behind the last guide that says thank you and come again might be a great way to have people upload that picture to Flickr!
80% of the movie Tropic Thunder was filmed on this property!
Photos: (My feet 250 feet above the jungle and @ChefMark)
Tags: HawaiiHTA, Hawaii, Kauai, BackCountry Tours
