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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 19/02/2015 8:55 AM, John Willis
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Btw the playground-type zipwires which I see in nearby parks are around
50 meters, are the 10m types predominant in your place?
Richard
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Something so "dangerous" in the US for children's playgrounds were removed a long time ago, but in Japan, they still have plenty of giant steel things to play on and, on three occasions, I have found ~ 10m zip line like rides. They are in playgrounds or parks near the slides or jungle gyms.
The last one I found was in a children's play park, with many different kinds of large concrete or steel playground fixtures that US cities would have demanded ripped out for liability reasons a long time ago ><. They have specialty support columns, two wires, with bump guards and and enclosed pulley that rides the wires, and a rope that hands down that you hold onto as it zips down the small incline.
Tsunatorimachi Park
near 1672-34 Tsunatorimachi, Isesaki-shi, Gunma-ken 372-0812
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://goo.gl/maps/rq6e0">http://goo.gl/maps/rq6e0</a>
It is the tan rectangle at an angle below the round concrete thing in the east side of the park.
Javbw
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Your words 'dangerous' immediately brought to mind ... <br>
There is an 'adult' playground in Manash, South Australia ...
there have been a number of adult deaths there ..
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash,_South_Australia">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monash,_South_Australia</a> <br>
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It has been a while since I was last there .. they now have a
flying fox... I do remember the slippery slide .. umm 20 m
vertical height.. the human powered roller coaster.. lots of
things .. I'd not let kids play there without supervision (if they
were under my care). I wonder if it is mapped ? No.. I go do that
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