There is a ride I just went on last month on Pikes Peak, called The Terror-dactyl.
It is at the top of a 700 foot deep canyon with a river at the bottom. You and another person sit in a pair of connected seats side by side, which are at the top of one edge of the canyon. You are only held in by a very thin harness. They then remove the floor from beneath you both and slowly tilt your seats down so you are now facing straight down the canyon wall, and you are only held in at this point, by your harness. I love these sorts of rides and trust me, it is pretty scary at this point, even if you cannot see. ;) Finally they count down from three to 1 and release you. You fall straight down the canyon wall and swing out to the center of the canyon and onward toward the other side. You then begin to drift into a spin and swing backward toward the canyon wall where you started and so on. The seats swing on a single cable, so you continue to spin as you swing. The zero G is like nothing I've experienced so far and I have gone on every zero G ride I can find. :) Once the ride calms down, it is actually amazingly graceful and beautiful. It's like you are flying and gently twirling in a dream. You are basically out in close to complete nothingness. It's also really cool as you can hear the river a long way off below you. It is about 2 or 3 hundred feet below you and you can hear it flowing as you swing above it. It is awesome! :) There is also a ride in Vegas which I plan on trying which has you jump off of a platform 850 feet above the ground. You are in a harness and jump straight down the side of the stratosphere. So it's like BASE jumping or bungee jumping on steroids. :) You go all the way to the ground so it is quite a lot of zero G. I'm looking forward to it! Smiles, Cara :) --- iOS design and development - LookTel.com --- View my Online Portfolio at: http://www.onemodelplace.com/CaraQuinn Follow me on Twitter! https://twitter.com/ModelCara On Oct 10, 2014, at 6:31 AM, Thomas Ward <[email protected]> wrote: Hi Charles, Better you than me. The vomit comet gets the name for a reason because almost everyone who goes through that part of training upchucks. Since I don't like getting sick I'd prefer to stay far away from anything with that kind of rep. On 10/10/14, Charles Rivard <[email protected]> wrote: > Although I like bumper cars, I would like them even better if I could see > where I was headed. Bash! Bash! Bash! The same with bumper boats. > > During astronaut training, they ride what they refer to as the "vomit > comet". I'd like to experience that bit of weightlessness. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected]. --- Gamers mailing list __ [email protected] If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to [email protected]. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to [email protected].
