My and callums big treat doesn't start until 1 o clock so we're impatiently pacing the village this morning!
a few nice treats on the way help of course!
(no, they're not pizzas - they're huge cookies, mums is topped with nuts and mines a rocky road, v v nice but v sickly, i only managed about three bites but luckily Callum helped out)
We check into our tour office at 13:00 and meet Dave from Melbourne (or DK as he likes to be known) then George from Birmingham to go..................................................
ZIP TREKKING!!!!!
yay! what fun.
we're in teams of ten and we were placed with a lovely bunch of Air Canada Air Hostesses doing mad things for each of their 50th birthdays.
out to Eco-treks cabin to get all harnessed up (deviant thoughts of bondage shared with the girls from AC) and we nominate Callum as group mascot i.e. he gets to go first
We start on a very small zip line, a training one just to have a go and get used to safety procedure. this zip line is about 30-40 feet off the ground so not much different than one you'd get in a good adventure playground.
this is callum taking the first zip.
once we'd all done that we took to the hills in a mini bus heading up the mountains past the site where they're building the new Olympic facilities. (would really like to try their new bob sled run and Luge - if you haven't yet looked up luge please do - its great
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This is line number two behind Callum
the lines got steadily higher and longer
you may be able to make out lines three four and five in this pic - number 5 is known as the Eiffel Tower as its the same length as the Eiffel when placed on its side.
300 feet was the highest and there were a series of suspension bridges and platforms connecting each one
above: Callum tackling the Eiffel, unfortunately he didn't have the weight to get right across and slid back until he was dangling above the river, DK had to zip out to him and fix a pulley then pull him back in.
me and callum in full bondage garb - talk about a wedgie!
DK (sitting) and George our expert guides - what a day, what a brilliant experience!
had to partake of a few more daiquiris and cocktails that evening just to take the adrenaline down a peg or two, mind
Many thanks to Rob who finally persuaded me to do this, stating I'd win big on cool-mum points! (I think I did!)
day 15: ta ra Whistler, back to Vancouver