Adventurous Tourists

Stan and I wanted to do something "touristy" while in Calgary. I have been to Calgary many times, so I really wanted to do something I hadn't done before.

We checked out Canada Olympic Park (from the '88 Olympics) and found they have a zipline:

Get big air as you soar from the top of Canada Olympic Park’s ski jump tower on North America’s fastest zipline! Riders fly down the unique cable system in a comfortable harness, reaching speeds between 120 and 140 km/h. As Calgary’s highest vantage point, the ski jump tower provides a zipline that is 500 metres long with a vertical drop of more than 100 metres.

Sounds pretty exciting, eh? We thought so.

Here's our zipline adventure. Thanks Melissa for taking pictures and video!


We did a total of 3 ziplines, the first being "practice."The second zipline was the tallest/longest. It starts at the top of the highest ski jump tower. Watch the videos to see pre-flight and flight. It was lots of fun.

The third line was a little longer than the practice one, it started at the end of the second line.

Overall it was lots of fun. We decided we need to come back in the winter to try out the bobsleigh rides!

Our second "touristy" thing we did was go downtown and go up in the Calgary Tower.
It used to be the highest building in Calgary back in it's day, but it is slowly getting dwarfed by the new skyscrapers.

The tower has a small section that has a clear floor to see through to the bottom. Just a little unnerving.
We also took a walk down Stephen Ave. and visited the local park/fountain and some shops.

Check out that stud!

And here is the totally random wall of pink groundhogs.
So funny!

It feels good to be a tourist once in awhile!