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Zip wire

What could be more fun than a zip wire, for kids

and grown-ups alike? All you need is a long piece of
rope, a short piece of rope, a pulley and some knots.

Modern climbing rope is ideal for this as it’s less
stretchy than the three-stand rope shown here.

1 Find two trees on a slope and follow the same procedure as making a

tightrope, running a pulley on the line. Take an extra turn around the tree

to give more leverage.