'Eco-friendly But life-Threatening': Netizens React As People Travel On 50-YO Ziplines In This Town
Ziplining often tops the adventure wishlist for holiday-goers, providing a thrilling experience as you glide through lush forests or over picturesque landscapes.?
However, in Colombian towns, ziplining takes on a unique role 每 it becomes a mode of transportation!?
'Homemade' zipline transports people & essentials?
?In Colombia's Meta region, a pair of improvised zip-lines connects two towns.?
These 50-year-old cables serve as conduits for transporting various items, including food, animals, and school children.?
The brief 30-second journey in each direction is a practical solution, saving locals approximately two to three hours of walking.?
"There are two ropes, one going and one coming back, which are fixed. They use a makeshift harness and a crotch to give them direction," quotes Unofficial Networks, a website that provides a guide to outdoor news and entertainment.?
Watch how they do it, in a video posted on Instagram:?
Extraordinary and simplistic, say netizens?
The unconventional method of transportation amazed the internet, to say the least.?
One commenter expressed, "I can't find no other word but extraordinary. At often times, the way we get to travel easily by bus, car, all means of engineered transportation and here is the other part of the world living so simplistic."?
Another comment conveyed fear, saying, "Thanks but I'll walk. See you in a few hours."?
One person expressed frustration, stating, "See now I am pissed. Because THIS is what we could have had instead of car insurance bills and traffic."?
Another humorously mentioned, "My sweaty clumsy hands will definitely drop that stick."?
A funny comment suggested, "Great way to get the bowels moving in the morning."?
There was even a humorous remark about missing the safety harness at first, thinking they were about to witness an accident. They wrote, "I didn＊t see the safety harness the first time, and I thought I was about to watch someone die."?
Another comment joked, "Can't get home on a drunken night."?
In summary, one comment neatly summarized it: "Super fast, eco-friendly, invigorating, slightly life-threatening, amazing."
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