stackyFACTS
Transport

Ziplines exist purely for downward sliding

HERE’S THE INTERESTING PART

Strapping yourself to a suspended cable offers exactly zero upward mobility. You simply slide from a high jungle tree down to a lower tree, screaming the whole way, and then immediately realize you are stuck at the bottom until someone comes to retrieve you.

Ziplines exist purely for downward sliding
STACKY / Transport
One discovery leads to another.

Keep exploring facts in this topic.

Transport →
STACKY FOR IPHONE

A bigger world.
One discovery
at a time.

Keep discovering with Stacky. Interesting facts in an app that is always within reach.

Download on the App Store
ONE MORE DISCOVERY?

Keep exploring

All in this topic →
Why a leather glove can stop a zipline rider
Transport

Why a leather glove can stop a zipline rider

Despite soaring over giant canyons, the primary stopping mechanism for many cable riders is literally a thick leather glove dragging on the wire. If the glove…

Discover more
Why a safe zipline has plenty of slack
Transport

Why a safe zipline has plenty of slack

A perfectly tight, entirely straight zipline sounds like the sturdiest and safest option, right? Wrong. If the cable doesn't have a massive amount of…

Discover more
Sliding down a massive steel rope for an adrenaline rush
Transport

Sliding down a massive steel rope for an adrenaline rush

Willingly throwing yourself off a perfectly safe platform just to slide down a heavily tensioned metal string while screaming at the top of your lungs.

Discover more
Transport

Zipline autonomous delivery drones operating in rural Rwanda intentionally execute high-speed mid-air drops without landing by violently snagging an arresting wire that flings…

Landing an aircraft takes time, and when somebody is bleeding out on an operating table, time is the ultimate enemy. Zipline drones operating in Rwanda…

Discover more
Some children get to school by zipline
Transport

Some children get to school by zipline

A normal morning routine is remarkably boring when you can just strap yourself to a rusting metal cable and literally plunge across a 1,200-foot deep canyon…

Discover more
Gondola cabins are clamped directly onto a moving cable
Transport

Gondola cabins are clamped directly onto a moving cable

The pods themselves do absolutely none of the actual work and possess zero motors. They just utilize an incredibly aggressive metal clamp to bite down firmly…

Discover more
StackyMore discoveries in the app
Download on the App Store