Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Flight of the Gibbon

Yesterday we went up into the jungle outside Chiang Mai for a day with Flight of the Gibbon, one of the original zipline tour companies in Asia.  Among the day's activities were the world's longest single zipline at over 800M, and some up close time with wild gibbons who live on the course.


Fin gearing up

launch platform

walking to next platform













Scott in feet up landing position




Megan coming in hot!


Whitman led the charge
























Lachlan--our spider monkey





Lachlan and Zaylie getting hooked up for a tandem run

Industrial strength hardware--we felt very safe




Scott and Lachlan




Whitman on rappel descent




Zaylie was a trooper

We learned that female gibbons are blonde-white




end of the line








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7 comments:

  1. Ashleigh BarberApril 11, 2017 at 12:49 PM

    You guys! So much fun!! Way to pave the way, Whitmonkey 🐒🗺🙌🏼

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  2. Nancy BarberApril 11, 2017 at 6:59 PM

    I already can't wait to read the kids' "What I did this summer" compositions. Jealous.

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  3. Claire GreenleeApril 11, 2017 at 10:14 PM

    Looks like so much fun!I concur with Nancy!! Everyone must be learning so much about themselves:)) Love all of you!

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  4. Sarah VRApril 12, 2017 at 5:47 AM

    Wow, that is one amazing day! Love the happy faces, even the gibbon looks amused. Xxooxxooxxxoo

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  5. Barbara Buckner SuarezApril 12, 2017 at 7:39 AM

    AWESOME!!!

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  6. Brandon BarberApril 17, 2017 at 7:01 AM

    Good to see that the clan rose to the challenge! God I love gibbons. I used to visit the gibbon at Lincoln Park Zoo pretty frequently when I lived in Chicago. He always reminded me a little of Scotty, especially when it was flinging poo. Zip on, Ward Barbers!

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  7. jennyApril 27, 2017 at 6:43 PM

    Z's legs!!

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