Extreme Fun!

Last September, when Rhonda and I stood atop the zip line tower at Camp Barakel, we made a pact (Rhonda says it wasn't exactly a pact) that we would be back this year to ride the newly-completed zip line. We had twelve months to muster our courage to follow through, and I thought I was in good shape until we were back atop the tower yesterday. I related it to going to the gallows. After getting fitted with the harness, we had to carry our own rope to the top where we were instructed to stand on the green line facing the edge of the platform. Once everyone was in place and the signal was given, the gates opened and we were told to step to the edge. On the count of three, we had to step off and drop until our rope became taut...very freaky feeling! The ride was 950 feet long - extreme fun! This might be the closest thing to sky diving or base jumping I'll ever get. ;) (I'm in the blue. You have to turn your head sideways to see it correctly.)