Zip-liNinG
How’s your head for heights? If the answer to that question is even remotely negative, you should probably skip the next few pages.
At some point every hillwalker has reached the summit of a mountain, enjoyed the views, and then gazed at the pub in the valley below and thought ‘I wish there was a quicker and easier way down…’ Unfortunately summit-to-pub zip-lines are not yet a thing (although that’s probably for the best), but if the idea of flying through the air like Superman (or Iron Man if you’re more Marvel than DC) appeals to you, there are plenty of zip-lining locations among the mountains for you to enjoy. The premise is simple: ascend to a high point (be that a hill, building or platform), get attached to a taught cable via some kind of harness system, and slide down the wire over varying distances and speeds to a lower point where you will come to a controlled (hopefully) halt and be detached from the cable. Simple really, but those seconds of joy and freedom as you speed through the landscape suspended above the ground is the stuff of childhood fantasies, and a fun-filled pleasure that plenty of adults will never grow too old for.