Read the latest news from around the zip line and adventure park industry. New park openings, incidents, supplier news, standards updates and more. Please email Karolyn Towle at [email protected] if you would like to submit information for a Park Brief.
Adventureworks! Associates, Inc., will lead a 40-hour level 2 Ropes Course Instructor training and testing event April 25-29 in East Kootenay, British Columbia. Successful completion of the course, a practical…
High 5 Adventure Learning Center has promoted associate executive director Jennifer Ottinger to executive director. In her new position, Ottinger now leads the 29-person team at the nonprofit adventure-based educational…
A 15-year-old student died in February 2021 from complications related to asphyxiation after the leg loops of his harness came undone while he was navigating a high ropes course in…
A woman has filed a lawsuit against the Hyatt Corporation and Safety Engineering Ltd., alleging her child fell 65 feet to the ground, sustaining severe head injuries, while using a…
Granite Insurance has promoted Jamie White to chief financial officer and named Ben Todd the new leader of its climbing gym insurance division. White joined Granite Insurance in spring of…
A tentative workshop schedule has been posted to the Professional Ropes Course Association (PRCA) website in advance of its annual conference, scheduled for Jan. 18-21 in Starke Wells, Fla. Qualified…
Petzl has discovered ropes can be mounted incorrectly in the rope adjuster of certain GRILLON products, preventing the products from successfully performing their blocking function, which can result in a…
The family of a Stowe Mountain Resort, Vt., zip line tour guide who died two years ago on the course is suing the resort and several equipment manufacturers for wrongful…
