April 30, 2013 12:00 am
Life 
Large describes the sixth zip line in the tour, which takes riders on a steep plunge before slowing and coming to a stop approximately 900 feet later. It is located at the fifth hole of Skamania Lodge's golf course.
The sixth zipline in the tour takes riders over towering firs across the golf course and a trail, and is approximately 850 feet long.
Patty Hastings, a reporter with The Columbian, experiments on ways to speed up her zip line experience. Guides advise bringing your knees up and leaning back to pick up speed.
Guide Shayne Large assists Troy Wayrynen, a photographer with The Columbian, on the first "zip" of the tour, a 100 foot long one-half inch galvanized aircraft cable line.
Large prepares the first line for usage during media preview day last week. It will open to the public on Saturday.
Guide Shayne Large assists Troy Wayrynen, a photographer with The Columbian, on the first "zip" of the tour, a 100 foot long inch galvanized aircraft cable line.
I am deathly afraid of heights. Until recently, even driving on winding roads with a drop-off was enough to nearly induce a panic attack.
So it stands to reason that I would not be standing on a wobbly, though secure, wooden platform 22 feet off the ground, preparing to jump into mid-air.
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