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A while backe we got bored. It was Winter. Check it out!
Summer brings a new challenge to climbers in Michigan. And the kids who sometime keep us from climbing trips. Or, better yet, go with us.
We don't have mountains or good crags in Michigan, but we have trees. And swamps. One could, it so motivated, build a platform in a tree 47 feet up. Another 3 feet up you could hang a cable. If that cable was 500 feet long, you could span a swamp. Climbing up requires some effort. Getting down is the fun part! 
And to give some real perspective, a few low quality videos. My kids and I'm the one filming the last run...
Kate!
Max!
Yeee Haaaa! 
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"They've got us surrounded. Poor bastards." -Chesty
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that looks sick , did you guys build that too?
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Quaife, lightened SVT Flywheel, SPEC stage II clutch, removed resonator, k&n drop in - various other goodies too.
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Needs less "needs more"
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Looks like fun.
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Thanks Kim.
My friend (in pics w/ orange shirt) did all the work. Iy's in his backyard. I just test it for, um, structural integrity (6'2" 250).
It's waaaaay fun. 
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Aren't you the one with like ridiculous back problems? 
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Sweet, I wanna go
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Zip lines are an absolute scream; although I've done it too many times to count, every time I head back to Costa Rica I hit either the Rincon or Monteverde lines. It never loses it's fun factor, no matter how many times you do it.
You're lucky you've got tall and strudy trees around you; I'm quite jealous as I would kill to set up a line or two on my property...
The really wild ones in CR are around 1/4 mile long and you hit around 35 MPH, suspended way the hell above the forest canopy. Best time to do them is in the fog, as you get a really eerie feeling of complete suspension since you have no visual clue as to how far the ground really is beneath you. Rincon has one that runs through a old volcanic canyon that has some nice rapids running through it. Although it's one of the shortest runs around, it's probably my favorite as there's some rock scrambling that goes on and brings you REAL close to the rapids at one of the end runs (thank God there are places still left on the planet that haven't let lawyers f**k up all the fun for a paying public willing to bear a few risks).
I've got a video of one of the first Monteverde runs that I did, which I synced Wagner's "Flight of the Valkyrie" to; it's pretty freaky.
What a b**chin' way to spend Summer weekends. I'd burn through pulleys like there's no tomorrow.
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Originally posted by Rouar:
Aren't you the one with like ridiculous back problems?
I think we found a cause! 
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Originally posted by Rouar:
Aren't you the one with like ridiculous back problems?
Yes, and permanant nerve damage to my right foot. But I'm at a point where I will not let pain keep me from doing the activities I enjoy. I made a few deals with my surgeon (and my wife). Some things are off limits (golf, bowling and roofing) but I won't miss them at all. I sold my kayak; which I do miss! Skiing is TBD. Climbing is OK, but I should avaid any whippers (like a 20+ run-out, JaTo you Nutter!)
Basically, everything in moderation. No more extreme stuff.
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