Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? A while back, my son and I started talking about building a zip line in the backyard.

Pleasures don’t come much simpler than a zip line. But something magical happens when you stretch a cable over a great span and glide—using only gravity and a harness—across a gorgeous natural ...

In the 1970s, disco-themed skating rinks were all the rage. In the ‘80s it was paintball battlefields, followed in the ‘90s by urban skateboard parks. And now comes the zip line — an elevated cable ...

Heavenly Mountain Resort has launched the Heavenly Flyer, an elevated zip line cable ride that glides above Lake Tahoe. The ride will operate year-round. According to Heavenly officials, the Flyer ...

This was not a typical day at the office. Standing at the edge of a nine-story tower on a late Wednesday morning, I squinted across a vast chasm of sunlit sandstone and limestone. A cable hardly wider ...