zip line
noun
: a cable suspended above an incline to which a pulley and harness are attached for a rider
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The extreme zip line is generally recommended for more experienced visitors, and kids and adults can enjoy the shorter freestyle zip line.
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AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
New this year is the debut of the first-ever zip line at a night market.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
At the Kuang Si waterfall, a multitiered waterfall with startlingly aquamarine waters south of Luang Prabang, there’s golf cart service to the parking lot and a new zip line winding through the forest.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Go zip lining at The Gorge, called the steepest and fastest zip line in the United States.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025
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AFAR Media, 4 July 2025
New this year is the debut of the first-ever zip line at a night market.
—Taryn White, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
At the Kuang Si waterfall, a multitiered waterfall with startlingly aquamarine waters south of Luang Prabang, there’s golf cart service to the parking lot and a new zip line winding through the forest.
—The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025
Go zip lining at The Gorge, called the steepest and fastest zip line in the United States.
—Melissa Oyler, Charlotte Observer, 6 May 2025
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“Zip line.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/zip%20line. Accessed 9 Jul. 2025.
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