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ACCT Names Bill Zimmermann as New Executive Director
Adventure Park Insider—Longmont, Colo., April 4, 2022—Bill Zimmermann will succeed Shawn Tierney as executive director of the Association for Challenge Course Technology (ACCT), effective today, April 4, 2022. To ensure…
Petzl Recalls TRAC CLUB Trolley
Petzl has issued a recall of the TRAC CLUB adventure park trolleys due to a risk of breakage of the black rear plate that could cause a fatal fall. As…
Child Meets Sloth on Zip Line in Costa Rica
A child on a zip line in Costa Rica rode into an unlikely obstruction on the line: a sloth. Fortunately, neither child or sloth were injured in the encounter, which…
OSHA Cites Operational, Design Failures in La Jolla Fatality
The federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration cited the La Jolla Band of Luiseño Indians for five violations related to the death of Zip Zoom Zipline employee Joaquin Romero, who…
Zipit to invest €2.5m in Irish Zip Lines
Zipit Forest Adventures plans to invest about €2.5 million ($2.75 million) to roll out new high ropes courses in Kildare, Ireland, and at Coillte forest parks, including at the popular…
Go Ape UK Becomes Employee-Owned Company
Last October, Tristram and Rebecca Mayhew passed ownership of their UK-based Go Ape and its 35 sites to the company’s 1,000 staff. According to a lengthy report in The Telegraph,…
Signature Research Level 1 & 2 High and Low Element Certification Training
Signature Research is holding a Level I and Level II high and low element certification training at Bellevue Challenge Course, Bellevue, Wash., April 4-8, 2022. Each training course will cover…
Pennsylvania Adventure Park Gains Zoning Approval
The Williams Township Zoning Hearing Board in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley voted unanimously to approve the zoning application for a new high ropes course to be built on a four-acre lot…
