Wow Cara. Sounds like fun and I would def do those. One day I'm gonna make it to Dollywood and hopefully I'll have my kids with me they are my riding buddies.
On 10/10/14, Cara Quinn <caraqu...@caraquinn.com> wrote: > There is a ride I just went on last month on Pikes Peak, called The > Terror-dactyl. > > It is at the top of a 700 foot deep canyon with a river at the bottom. > > You and another person sit in a pair of connected seats side by side, which > are at the top of one edge of the canyon. > > You are only held in by a very thin harness. They then remove the floor from > beneath you both and slowly tilt your seats down so you are now facing > straight down the canyon wall, and you are only held in at this point, by > your harness. > > I love these sorts of rides and trust me, it is pretty scary at this point, > even if you cannot see. ;) > > Finally they count down from three to 1 and release you. You fall straight > down the canyon wall and swing out to the center of the canyon and onward > toward the other side. You then begin to drift into a spin and swing > backward toward the canyon wall where you started and so on. > > The seats swing on a single cable, so you continue to spin as you swing. > > The zero G is like nothing I've experienced so far and I have gone on every > zero G ride I can find. :) > > Once the ride calms down, it is actually amazingly graceful and beautiful. > It's like you are flying and gently twirling in a dream. You are basically > out in close to complete nothingness. It's also really cool as you can hear > the river a long way off below you. It is about 2 or 3 hundred feet below > you and you can hear it flowing as you swing above it. It is awesome! :) > > There is also a ride in Vegas which I plan on trying which has you jump off > of a platform 850 feet above the ground. You are in a harness and jump > straight down the side of the stratosphere. So it's like BASE jumping or > bungee jumping on steroids. :) > > You go all the way to the ground so it is quite a lot of zero G. > > I'm looking forward to it! > > Smiles, > > Cara :) > --- > iOS design and development - LookTel.com > --- > View my Online Portfolio at: > > http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn > > Follow me on Twitter! > > https://twitter.com/ModelCara > > On Oct 10, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Charles, > > Better you than me. The vomit comet gets the name for a reason because > almost everyone who goes through that part of training upchucks. Since > I don't like getting sick I'd prefer to stay far away from anything > with that kind of rep. > > > > On 10/10/14, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: >> Although I like bumper cars, I would like them even better if I could see >> where I was headed. Bash! Bash! Bash! The same with bumper boats. >> >> During astronaut training, they ride what they refer to as the "vomit >> comet". I'd like to experience that bit of weightlessness. >> >> --- >> Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're >> finished, >> >> you! really! are! finished! > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
