Zip Lines
Zip lines are a call to adventure. They’re fast, they’re efficient, and they offer just enough risk of death to “keep it interesting.” In 2008, a Hong Kong gang was arrested for using zip lines to smuggle iphones to China. No matter how exciting your drive to the supermarket, deep down you kind of want your day to sound more like that.
So clearly we could all use a zip line to spice up our daily lives – you just have to get creative!!!
So clearly we could all use a zip line to spice up our daily lives – you just have to get creative!!!
Questions
Wee ones: If your build a zip line across your bedroom, and it starts 6 metres high on one wall and ends on a 2-meter-high mountain of pillows, how many metres do you drop during the ride?
Little kids: If you run a zip line 9 metres across your room, then 13 metres out the window to a tree, and then 18 metres across the yard into your neighbor’s pool, how long a zip ride do you have? Bonus: If the zip line jams halfway how far have you got?
Big kids: Suppose you build a zip line from your bedroom window straight into the neighbours pool, and it can support 92 kilograms at once. If you and your friends each weigh around 29 kg, how many of you can splash down together? Bonus: If your friend’s dog wants to ride with you all, how heavy a dog can you bring along without breaking the line?
Little kids: If you run a zip line 9 metres across your room, then 13 metres out the window to a tree, and then 18 metres across the yard into your neighbor’s pool, how long a zip ride do you have? Bonus: If the zip line jams halfway how far have you got?
Big kids: Suppose you build a zip line from your bedroom window straight into the neighbours pool, and it can support 92 kilograms at once. If you and your friends each weigh around 29 kg, how many of you can splash down together? Bonus: If your friend’s dog wants to ride with you all, how heavy a dog can you bring along without breaking the line?
Answers:
Wee ones: A 4 meter drop.
Little kids: 40 meters. Bonus: 20 meters
Big kids: 3 kids. Bonus: 5kg – about the size of a little chihuahua.
Little kids: 40 meters. Bonus: 20 meters
Big kids: 3 kids. Bonus: 5kg – about the size of a little chihuahua.