An unexpected suprise

[silky fox]

Do tell....?

[eggsarascal]

Happy birthday Murray.

 

You wouldn't get me on that thing for all the Tea in China!

[SteveA]

It was a good surprise. It did not feel like 95mph, as i was so high up. The most interesting bit was how they set up the breaking system, well i found it interesting.

 

95mph?! You are kidding.

[slack ma girdle]

95mph?! You are kidding.

 

Nope, the bloke who you can see in the film, managed just over 100mph. I was hoping that the fish and chips i had beforehand would give me a bit of extra momentum.

[Steve Bullman]

Perhaps he's a bit more aerodynamic than you

[Rich Rule]

Happy birthday mate, that looked fun.

 

I did one similar called the Fantasticable - Chatel a few times when I was doing winter seasons in the area.

 

The breaking system on yours looked a lot smoother than the one I went on.

[SteveA]

Perhaps he's a bit more aerodynamic than you

 

Perhaps definitely.

[slack ma girdle]

Perhaps he's a bit more aerodynamic than you

 

There is no perhaps about it.

[slack ma girdle]

Do tell....?

 

They use the auto belays that they use for climbing walls, rigged through pulleys to create three levels of breaking, so that the deceleration is gentle. If the midges weren't so bad i would have taken some photos.

[silky fox]

It looked like a smooth deceleration.