Whistler - Day Two

Day two at Whistler was last Sunday with the highlight being the two of us completing ZipTrek. This involved Nancy and myself being harnessed up and sliding down five different zip lines on Whistler mountain, through the forest and over the rushing glacier river. Nancy was especially nervous as she has a slight fear of heights and we were over 200 metres off the ground in the tree canopy. Furthermore, when we were not zipping through the air at up to 50 km per hour then we were crossing the area on treetop suspension bridges. The ziplines on the Ziptrek Bear tour were between 200 and 1100 feet (60m to 330m) in length. As you can see by the photos and video clip we had an fantastic experience and even managed to zip along the last line upside down! However, there is a more advanced tour called Ziptrek Eagle which involves longer and higher zip lines reaching up to 80 km per hour, and is a must for a future challenge.

With the exciting, adrenalin rush out of the way by lunchtime we headed back to Whistler Village for a spot of food. On the way back home to Vancouver we popped in to see Nancy's gran - Betty and then collapsed on the sofa at the end of the day. All in all the weekend in Whistler was fantastic, but we both agreed we need to revisit it in the winter time when everything is covered in snow.