Sunday, October 26, 2014

Mother

Here are the reasons why my mother, who is 70 years old, is deciding AGAINST zip-lining on her upcoming anniversary vacation.
  • She doesn't think she has the upper body strength to hold onto the zip line, and is positive that is the only thing keeping her from plummeting to her death.  She was GENUINELY surprised when I told her that I'm sure they have back ups to prevent that sort of thing.  Which makes it that much crazier that she was still considering it.
  • She is terrified of heights. Which makes it that much crazier that she was still considering it.
  • She watched documentaries about it and doesn't think it would be very fun.  Why would people have fun doing that? 

2 comments:

Julie said...

http://hawaiifuntours.com/site/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/kauaibackcountryzipline21.jpg

Julie said...

I wish I knew how to make place that image in a comment because 1) you definitely don't have to use your upper body strength to keep from plummeting to your death (it looks as though it takes as much skill/strength as swings) 2) I have no answer to afraid of heights, but 3) this woman is definitely having fun.