HAWK EXCURSION ZIP LINE TOUR( MT. WASHINGTON)

 “All mountain landscapes hold stories: the ones we read, the ones we dream, and the ones we create.
-from the Editor's Note, The Alpinist (April 1, 2010)”
― Michael Kennedy

 Newly open the Hawk's Excursion Zip Line Tour at Mt. Washington

 The "Hawk Excursion" is considered a half tour. Stuart and Morgan tried it out last weekend.

 Span 4 - 2,372 ft. long, (723 metres), 18% grade, 427 vertical ft. drop.

 Span 3 - 1643ft. long (501) metres), 24% grade, 395 vertical ft. drop.

 You have to reserve  a time to take the tour. Prices are about $89 per adult ( 19-64 yrs of age)

 There's a height requirement: between 4' and 6'8" 

 Close fitting clothing only . That way you can't get caught in the  equipment.The guides were very professional, very focused on everyone's safety, and made sure  that all the participants met the requirements.

 The zip line will not operate if there is a threat of lightning and people being electrocuted

 That and high winds.......or too much mist to obscure visibility

 Morgan said the half tour goes half way up the mountain. In a few months they will offer full tours to the top.

 Only downside is that carrying all the gear is really cumbersome, and quite heavy

 But the view was worth it!

 The zip line itself was fast, fast fast. Morgan said about a 100Km. Zoom. She said the brake on the zip line had a handle you pulled to go faster and then raise to slow down.

 Seven people plus two tour guides were with them. But the tour can handle 12 people.

 Zoom they went. Up and down the zip line. Zoom.In the wide blue yonder.....

 “Mountains are both journey and destination. They summon us to climb their slopes, explore their canyons, and attempt their summits." ― TA Loeffler

Photographs 2019, 2017 M. Woods/Morgan Woods