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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Quote Originally Posted by andy k View Post
    Ignorant, not at all
    (the rest - yes)

    His mountains into a morgue comment was followed with:
    It just goes to show that what we need is a mountain survival training centre

    To be based......
    well, where do you think ? And run by whom, do you think ?
    We don't need a "mountain survival training centre". Certainly not needed by those OMM competitors if their 100% survival rate in that event is anything to go by. So I think I'll stick with ignorant, cheers.

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Quote Originally Posted by Bob View Post
    The problem with TV programmes like this is that the producers often feel that they have to introduce a story line along with tricks like "false jeopardy" to keep the viewers' interest. Essentially you only get to see the side of someone that the producers wish to portray so as to tell "the story".
    The primary focus of a TV producer is to produce "good television" aka lots of viewers/media coverage etc.

    Words like truth, objectivity, balance,... don't get onto the agenda.

    The other great advantage they have is that they know how it ends and so can edit the material to suit their chosen agenda.

    In other words: it's just showbusiness. Nothing more.

    Or do people really take Julia Bradbury seriously?

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Hank
    my point was that he said what he said purely to promote his own money making idea for a such a centre
    he jumped on the availability of the media to get some publicity
    he wasn't being ignorant he was playing the media game - make it sound like a crisis so you can get some coverage.
    devious might be the word.

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Quote Originally Posted by andy k View Post
    Hank
    my point was that he said what he said purely to promote his own money making idea for a such a centre
    he jumped on the availability of the media to get some publicity
    he wasn't being ignorant he was playing the media game - make it sound like a crisis so you can get some coverage.
    devious might be the word.
    Ok, I can go with devious!

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Quote Originally Posted by IanDarkpeak View Post
    never said they were going to be bused to the top only IF they were, I didn't know, still don't(given the VF was put in place with out permission)??


    I spoke to some one who runs Zipps all over the country, It's his living and he has to meet H&S regulations etc

    Given the length and speed of the the Honister you could not use a standard pulley, a minimum would be the Tandom Speed for cables up to 12mm. I don't know what diameter they were planning to use but for a commercial operation doing regular zips you would need some thing much more substantial, the company I have done work with imports theres from America.

    The double trolley pulley would/Should be the one to use, again I don't know but the people in the know I have spoke to have said it should be similar to this one which I tried to go on earlier this year but it was booked up for the day, I believe Alan Lucker as been on it, it was on his blog.....

    Now this is a Zip wire....( with relevant double trolley)

    It doesn't matter really as it's not going to happen
    I suspect that you are technically correct, but I can assure you that Honister were going for something much less heavy duty. Whether that would be safe I couldn't say. Personally you would never get me on the thing! Looking at the video, I suspect that the Honister zip would have had a much greater drop, so presumably would have been much faster. Scary!
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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    LAKE DISTRICT ZIP WIRE BID REJECTED
    By Kim Pilling, Press Association
    A renewed planning application to build a zip wire measuring more than 3,280ft (1,000m) across the fells of the Lake District has been rejected.
    Mountaineer Sir Chris Bonington was among supporters of the proposals for Honister Slate Mine who tried today to persuade committee members to approve the project.
    Planning officers also recommended its approval subject to a number of conditions but the Lake District National Park Authority's development control committee voted 7-4 against on the grounds of the impact on the landscape.
    Last weekend Sir Chris tweeted his support for the plans at Honister Pass in Borrowdale, Cumbria, as he wrote: "Support Honister zip wire application - Minimal environmental or visual impact, lots of fun, opposed by some."
    It was a stance opposed by the Friends of the Lake District, of which he is vice president.
    The registered charity campaigns for the protection of the local landscape and stated it did not believe the zip wire was "right for the Lake District" with the unspoilt fells crucial to Cumbria's tourism brand.
    The Campaign to Protect Rural England also objected to the application as it considered it "an inappropriate development in one of the nation's most treasured landscapes".
    A similar planning bid for a mile-long zip wire at Honister Pass was turned down in September 2011.
    The latest revised proposal from the slate mine was for a zip wire measuring 3,395ft (1,035m) to operate for 18 months on a temporary basis. A review on whether a permanent installation was required would then follow from the applicants.
    Mine bosses argued the plan at the site of the existing tourist attraction was vital to secure much-needed extra income for England's only working slate mine.
    In a statement, Friends of the Lake District said: "We are pleased that the Lake District National Park Authority members agreed that the scale of this proposal in this location was inappropriate and the open fell should remain free from man-made developments, protected for everyone's benefit. This is the best decision for the Lake District's wider tourism economy now and in the longer term.
    "The decision reaffirms the previous refusal (September 2011), recognising that recreational activities reliant on man-made infrastructure and harmful to the landscape should not be allowed in sensitive locations.
    "We support many forms of adventurous outdoor pursuits in the Lake District, for example, rock climbing, mountain biking, canoeing, swimming and fell running, that are enjoyed by large numbers of young and not so young people. Zip wires and GoApe tree assault courses are best located in forest settings as they are in other parts of the UK."
    A 2,165ft (660m) zip wire was opened at Cornwall's Eden Project last summer.

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    "The primary focus of a TV producer is to produce "good television" aka lots of viewers/media coverage etc.

    Words like truth, objectivity, balance,... don't get onto the agenda."

    The first part of that is true....the second statement is some way wide of the mark.

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    But..


    Quote Originally Posted by Graham Breeze View Post
    it's just showbusiness. Nothing more.
    ..is pretty accurate, wouldn't you say?

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    Re: 1.2km zip wire fleetwith p

    Not always. Often the intention is to deliver something useful.

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    Re: 100mph zip wire Bethesda

    This video on BBC Wales
    http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-21889684

    Northern Hemisphere's longest zip-line.

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