Mar
26
2010
26
2010
Unusual Way to Travel in Columbia
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Residents of Los Pinos, Colombia, including children, use a zipline for their daily commute. There are two ways in or out of Los Pinos– A two-hour hike or a one-minute zip line ride. Eight children use the zip line daily to go to school and return home. There are no plans to build a bridge, because the population of the village doesn’t justify it. Two separate cables strung across the river 1,200 feet below allow you to come and go, so– bring your own pulley, rope, and brake, and away you go! It looks like fun, but I don’t know about doing it every day.
Maximum speed, which can be developed on these ropes – 62 km / h.
Length – 400 meters.
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OMG! I would be so scared! Pretty impressive!
An amazing little girl is up there. Take care, little one.
It’s ok Mario, she is with her brother(in the bag!)
Just one comment. I see very frequently the use of terms like “Columbia” or “Columbian”…Well I’m colombian and respectfully I must say both are mistakes often made thanks to the spelling of the word Columbus in english.
I don’t know if Columbian may be referred to someone born in the Columbia district or something like that but to talk about my country, the correct spelling is Colombian, and of course, the name in english is also Colombia.
Thanks for the post.
Hello, my name is Esther and I’m the researcher of an enterprise that’s making a documentary about Colombia.
We’re interested about this story, but I can’t find anywhere where is this village called “Los Pinos”. Could you help me?
Thank you very much.
Esther.
udena.researcher2@gmail.com