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Published on Sunday, Mar 30, 2008
Something new is coming to Ohio's Hocking Hills: a zipline canopy tour.
The operation is being hailed as the first of its kind in Ohio and in the Midwest.
Hocking Hills Canopy Tours at Rockbridge will begin April 4.
Guides will provide instruction and then lead participants along 10 ziplines, across four sky bridges and then rappel back to ground level at the finish line.
Adventurers will be from 10 to 60 feet off the ground on a course that is 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long.
You will be in a full-body harness with a helmet on the two-hour tour.
The minimum weight is 70 pounds; the maximum is 250 pounds.
The price is $75 a person. Group and special discounts are available.
Reservations are required.
The site is off County Road 10, off U.S. 33, about 40 miles southeast of Columbus in Hocking County.
More information: 740-385-9477 orhttp://www.hockinghillscanopytours.com.
Great Outdoors outings
Cleveland Metroparks' Institute of the Great Outdoors has a new batch of outings and classes in April and May.
Topics include knots, paddling instruction, safety in bear country and trips to Magee Marsh State Nature Preserve near Port Clinton, Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve in Portage County, Beaver Creek State Park near East Liverpool, Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario and Oil Creek State Park in Pennsylvania.
More information: 216-341-1704 or http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com.
2 Real Ohio tours
The Ohio Environmental Council is organizing two spring Real Ohio Tours.
The statewide eco-group is offering a bird-watching trip from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. May 17 at Crane Creek State Park near Port Clinton and a visit to the Olentangy River Wetland Research Park in Columbus from 10 to 11:30 a.m. May 31.
The fee is $25 a person for those who aren't members.
Details: 614-487-7506.
— Bob Downing
Beacon Journal staff writer
Something new is coming to Ohio's Hocking Hills: a zipline canopy tour.
The operation is being hailed as the first of its kind in Ohio and in the Midwest.
Hocking Hills Canopy Tours at Rockbridge will begin April 4.
Guides will provide instruction and then lead participants along 10 ziplines, across four sky bridges and then rappel back to ground level at the finish line.
Adventurers will be from 10 to 60 feet off the ground on a course that is 1 kilometer (0.6 mile) long.
You will be in a full-body harness with a helmet on the two-hour tour.
The minimum weight is 70 pounds; the maximum is 250 pounds.
The price is $75 a person. Group and special discounts are available.
Reservations are required.
The site is off County Road 10, off U.S. 33, about 40 miles southeast of Columbus in Hocking County.
More information: 740-385-9477 orhttp://www.hockinghillscanopytours.com.
Great Outdoors outings
Cleveland Metroparks' Institute of the Great Outdoors has a new batch of outings and classes in April and May.
Topics include knots, paddling instruction, safety in bear country and trips to Magee Marsh State Nature Preserve near Port Clinton, Eagle Creek State Nature Preserve in Portage County, Beaver Creek State Park near East Liverpool, Algonquin Provincial Park in Ontario and Oil Creek State Park in Pennsylvania.
More information: 216-341-1704 or http://www.clevelandmetroparks.com.
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