I don't know, those are pretty plausible posts! As far as Goodwill as a sponsor goes, I took it quite seriously, because I have a lot of gear that I got at Goodwill: zip-off REI pants, patagonia capilene shirt, a down vest, a fleece shirt, my double burner carcamping stove. My previous backpacking pack came from there, a nice brand new REI model for $7. And a zipline? Well, I can think of a couple stream crossings where I wouldn't have minded having one
Registered: 02/03/06
Posts: 6800
Loc: Gateway to Columbia Gorge
I noted that a number of commenters on the zipline article thought it was a good thing! IMHO, one of the marks of a good April Fool is that it is not too far away from the plausible!
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Registered: 02/26/07
Posts: 1149
Loc: Washington State, King County
Starting a trip in snow in Glacier N.P. one year I seriously suggested in my blog that anyone else who hiked there before the bridge decking was in place might consider some sort of very light harness (really, just tie a swiss seat with light cord) and use just a carabiner as a sort of zipline --- to pull themselves hand-over-hand across via the bridge cable. Because the alternative was so very very much worse.
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