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One hot minute now. I was doing this years ago at Pace's house. This thing is fun as hell and you might as well be flying. You will certainly feel like Spiderman or E.T. for a moment. Tourists are getting a bird's-eye view of the Alaska rainforest in a new high-adrenaline attraction that sends them zipping from tree to tree on a series of high-wire cables.
Alaska Canopy Adventures this season began offering tours of the network of suspended rope bridges and connecting zip lines stretching over three-fourths of a mile at the Alaska Rainforest Sanctuary near Ketchikan.

The idea of zipping from one structure to the next on a wire and pulley system originated in the North Carolina Outward Bound School in 1968, according to Ken Jacquot, president of the Blue Ridge Learning Center Inc., which offers ropes and challenge courses.

Jacquot said ropes and challenge courses were introduced to the U.S. public in 1963 by the Colorado Outward Bound School and were modeled after military training courses.

Cable systems were pioneered in the 1970s by Project Adventure, a nonprofit organization that uses challenge courses as a tool to help build self confidence and leadership skills, Jacquot said.

Cable termination systems first came into play in the early 1970s, and were later adjusted to include cable pulleys to reduce wear on the wire, he said.
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