Gallery: Zipline

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Erica Little, a guide with Class VI-Mountain River in Lansing, W.Va., shows off the new TreeTops Canopy Tour, more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge.

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Tim Glasgo, a guide with Class VI-Mountain River in Lansing, W.Va., uses his leather glove to show the one-hand technique to slow yourself down on the new TreeTops Canopy Tour, more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge.

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Kate Wells Starmer, of Hoboken, N.J., gets her trolley and carabiners hooked in by Erica Little, a guide with Class VI-Mountain River in Lansing, W.Va. Starmer was one of a tour of eight people and two guides who tried the new TreeTops Canopy Tour of more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge. The tour trains participants just a few feet off the ground, before trying the first two small ziplines that are part of the 10-zip and five-skybridge tour that takes about 3 1/2 hours.

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Author and outdoors photographer Harrison Shull, who lives and works in the New River Gorge area, tries out the new TreeTops Canopy Tour of more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge at Class VI-Mountain River. The tour, designed by Bonsai Design, Inc., features 10-zip and five-skybridges and takes about 3 1/2 hours to complete.

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A participant zips along the first zipline of the new TreeTops Canopy Tours at Class VI-Mountain River in Lansing, W.Va., in the New River Gorge. The 10 zipline and five-skybridge course, gives you a birds eye view of the floral and fauna of the Mill Creek Gorge area, just a stone’s throw from the New River. The trip costs about $89 and takes about 3 to 3.5 hours.

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Erica Little, a Tennessee native guide with Class VI-Mountain River in Lansing, W.Va., shows five customers how to brake on the double cable, zipline system on the new TreeTops Canopy Tour, more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge. The tour trains participants just a few feet off the ground, before trying the first two small ziplines that are part of the 10-zip and five-skybridge tour that takes about 3 1/2 hours.

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Kim Gardner, who lives in New York City, tries out a self-rescue maneuver while warming up to do the new TreeTops Canopy Tour of more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge at Class VI-Mountain River. The tour, designed by Bonsai Design, Inc., features 10-zip and five-skybridges and takes about 3 1/2 hours to complete.

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Hoboken, N.J. resident, Aaron Starmer, author of ÒThe Best Tent Camping in New York,Ó warms up on a training cable during a Memorial Day trip on the new TreeTops Canopy Tour of more than one mile of ziplines in the New River Gorge at Class VI-Mountain River. The course, designed by Bonsai Design, Inc., features 10-zip and five-skybridges and takes about 3 1/2 hours to complete.