ACCT Withdraws Draft Standard Submission
The Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT) has withdrawn the draft standard it submitted for public review in November 2022 after finding that the large volume of comments received during…
Author Jordyn Bremmer
World’s Longest Over Water Zip Line
Guinness World Records certified a new 5,807-foot-long (1,770 meters) zip line in Khasab, a port city on northern Oman’s Musandam Peninsula, as the longest zip wire over water. The dual…
Zip World Adds New Spiral Zip Ride
Welsh adventure park operator Zip World opened a new gravity-powered “spiral suspension track” at its Penrhyn Quarry location in Bethesda, Wales, this May. The attraction, Aero Explorer, starts roughly 115…
Accessible Treetop Walkway and Tower Opens in Ireland
A new fully-accessible suspended treetop walkway and observation tower opened June 21, 2022, in Rathdrum, Ireland—about an hour south of Dublin—as part of the new “Beyond the Trees” development within…
Zip-Line Coaster to Open at Mont Sutton
A new zip-line coaster from Quebec-based Zip-Rush is slated to open this month at Mont Sutton ski area in Quebec. Construction began on the roughly CA$1 million attraction in April.…
Alliance Collaborative to Hold Bootcamp for Trainers and Inspectors
The Alliance Collaborative is hosting a three-day “Bootcamp” for professional and in-house inspectors and trainers, Sept. 19-21, 2022, at Trail’s End Camp in Beach Lake, Pa. The event is for…
Snow King ZipTour Opens
A new two-span ZipTour opened at Snow King Mountain in Jackson, Wyo., June 8. It was manufactured by Terra-Nova LLC of Utah. The first span from the top measures 2,800…
Treetop Trekking 1000 Islands to Open in Ontario
Treetop Trekking 1000 Islands is scheduled to open May 14, located between Gananoque and Brockville on the 1000 Islands Parkway in Ontario at the site formerly operated as Skywood Eco…
Tradewinds Island Resorts Adds Zip Line
As part of a recent expansion, TradeWinds Island Resorts in Saint Petersburg, Fla., unveiled the Zing Ray Zip, a three-story-tall dual zip line that takes guests soaring above the beach.…
Kenya to Build Zip Lines Across “Extinct Volcano”
In an effort to draw tourists to Kenya’s Mount Longonot National Park, zip lines will be installed across the mountain’s 1.1-mile-wide crater. Kenya’s tourism cabinet secretary Najib Balala sees the…
