tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26571808032704892912011-08-01T17:48:16.801-07:00Events and information from the WIRED Zip Line Challenge Course in Canton, Texas. Home to some of the longest zip lines and tallest towers in Texas. More than a business promotional blog, If you have a story of interest or local information about East Texas activities and adventures we will be happy to share. E mail us at info@ziptheusa.com and let us know what you'd like us to help promote.ziptheusahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12404839192691071706noreply@blogger.comBlogger211100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2657180803270489291.post-22749663036274622922011-03-25T09:38:00.000-07:002011-03-25T10:52:27.198-07:00

The month of March roars in like a lion and out like a lamb. Spring can be windy in Texas, and that can be a dangerous factor on any zip line, or high element challenges. That's why WIRED Zip Line Challenge Course will close during high or extremely gusty winds. If there are wind warnings on area lakes, and flags are standing straight out, we won't be open. We've got to keep our participants

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Here's an event in Tyler, Texas that we're proud to be a small part of. It's the Firefighters Combat Challenge. The challenge is being held September 24-25, 2010 in Tyler, TX at Broadway Square Mall (north-end parking lot next to Loop 323) located at 4601 S. Broadway Ave. Friday from 5:30pm until 11:00pm are the individual competitions. Saturday kicks off at 10:30 with the relays and team

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It's summertime in Texas and temperatures are rising into triple digits. Hydration becomes a critical safety issue out on the challenge course. When participants go out on the course we're sending everyone with a bottle of cold water. You can either bring your own or we can provide you one. We'll even clip it to your harness with a carabiner. It's critical to stay hydrated in this heat,

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Just for the weekend of June 5-6 we will be closing down the course to the general public. Why you might ask? It’s a special time of year for us. It’s the time we take to re-certify our guides, and certify our newly hired staff on our zip line challenge course. As much as we hate to close for our customers we feel it’s necessary to keep providing quality, certified guides at WIRED Zip Line

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Check out the NBC Today Show team doing some urban zip line at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. I would love to see more urban zip lines take off across the country. Meredith also did a wonderful job of overcoming her fear and enjoying the exhilaration and adrenaline rush of the zip line. http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/35017294/vp/35476505/#35476505

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From now until March 1,2010 WIRED Zip Line Challenge Course is asking you to help us donate $2,010 to the North Texas Food Bank . For every new fan we have join our Facebook page we will donate $1.00 to the North Texas Food Bank up to $2,010. It’s just that simple. Join our Facebook fan page (just click the link) and help us feed hungry Texans. So tell your friends and family how easy this

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Who would have guessed there was so much to learn on a high ropes course? While there is usually an end to a formal education, there should never be an end to learning. Tackling new skills and facing challenges keeps the mind sharp and enriches our lives.One of the most important features of the WIRED Zip Line Challenge Course is our ground school training. This is where each participant must do

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I won! I won! I NEVER win anything.... until this! I actually won a brand new KODAK Zi8 HD video camera! A few months ago I entered a contest that was posted on twitter at www.twitter.com/kodakCB . Kodak was giving away 100 of these cameras to a random group of entrants. All you had to do was suggest a name for the camera and make a post on the blog. Sounded easy enough, so I did it and

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The Edom Festival of the Arts will be held in Edom, Texas on October 17-18. Edom is located on Hwy 314 between Van and Brownsboro, about half way between Canton and Tyler. The Festival of the Arts draws some of the finest artisans in the state of Texas. The festival is held in a meadow near downtown and admission is free. Besides the many featured artists there will be food and music. Also

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How does your business team communicate? Phone,fax,e-mail, text message? Let me tell you a little about what works best for the WIRED team. Obviously the phone is the number one way the owners communicate about business plans, meetings, goals and strategies,but what about on the zip line course? For those of you who haven't been on the challenge course let me explain how it works. All of our

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This is not where you want your carabiner riding. The correct placement of the carabiner is resting in the top groove of the zipline pulley.We have a set of operating standards at WIRED. One of our most important standards is we never place our backup carabiner on the zip wire. When Adventure Experiences did our training we were taught never to place a carabiner on our cable during a

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In honor of those whose lives were lost on September 11, 2001 bloggers were asked by the Project 2996 to write a tribute to one of the victims of the terrorist attacks. In order to let the families know that we have not forgotten, nor will we ever forget the lives that were lost that day. My tribute is for the life of Barry H. Glick of Wayne, N.J. Barry Glick was born in 1945 in New Jersey.

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(They kind of look alike too)This blog post has absolutely nothing to do with zip lines or challenge courses.(please indulge me for a moment) My son recently celebrated his 13th birthday and my challenge was to make it unforgettable for him. He's been taking guitar lessons for a little over a year, and has a real talent for it. His favorite guitar hero happens to be another native Texas son

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What has social media done for you lately?A few months ago I was searching the Internet world for better (FREE) ways to promote my business.  The terms social media and Twitter kept coming up.  I had no clue what Twitter was and had been resisting Facebook as something for the youngin’s, and at that time not really appropriate for business use.  Since Twitter met all my requirements for business

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This past weekend the WIRED Zip Line Challenge Course hosted a very special Texas lady. Through Twitter I met Allie, a friendly and entertaining blogger.  If you've discovered the crazy world of Twitter you'll enjoy tweeting with her because she's engaging, and she understands that social media is about building relationships with an added bonus of business promotion.  You can follow Allie on

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Mill Creek Ranch Resort in Canton, Texas  is hosting a summer concert series on the July 24-25 weekend.  The concert will benefit C.L.A.W. (Citizens League for Animal Welfare) a no-kill organization that's helping lost and orphaned animals throughout East Texas.Friday night the Ranch will host a BBQ at 5:00pm with tickets priced at $10.00.  The show starts at 6:00 with  a slew of local favorites

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Bluegrass Music FestivalJune 25,26,27  2009  location The Canton Civic Center in First Monday Park- Downtown Canton, Texas.For all you bluegrass fans out there this is shaping up to be quite an entertaining weekend.  Featured artists will be Monroe Crossing and Tommy Brown & Country Line on Thursday starting at 12:30.  Tommy Brown & County Line will be offering free clogging lessons.Friday's

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Texas Travel News: The Free State Bluegrass Festival in CantonMake plans to zip line at WIRED if you are going to attend this festival.  It should be three days of some great music and will draw crowds from all over the great state of Texas.

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Read this about the Google employees and their zip line adventure.  Official Google Blog: Traveling by zip-line

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Canton, Texas home to the world famous First Monday Trade Days now has an exciting new adventure.  It's WIRED, a zip line challenge course with the longest zip line in Texas, at over 1000 feet.  The WIRED zip line challenge course consists of four long zip lines and two sky bridges.  Trained and certified guides will take you through the course which takes about an hour and a half to complete.  

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