r/BeAmazed • u/SlickSpam420 • Mar 04 '25

Place Tad Fane Waterfalls, Laos

Would you visit?

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u/Guffliepuff Mar 04 '25

Normally when you ride ziplines they make you wear incredibly thick gloves. Its how youre supposed to slowdown, or grip the ziplines to crawl if you go too slow and stall.

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u/entoaggie Mar 04 '25

On our honeymoon, over a decade ago, we did a zipline tour in Mexico (Mayan Riviera) and they gave each of us a stick shaped like a miniature walking cane and called it the Mexican handbreak, and that’s what you used to hook over the cable and slow yourself down.

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 04 '25

Ohhhh dammm that's intense

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u/IoRomer Mar 05 '25

"The Mexican Handbreak" sounds like it could equally be a cocktail or a sex position 🤔

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 05 '25

🤣🤣🤣🤣 or an item off the taco stand

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u/entoaggie Mar 05 '25

Porque no los dos?

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u/Epicp0w Mar 04 '25

Better quality ones have braking systems in place so you don't have to do that shit

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 04 '25

Dammm. Fancy stuff

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u/ThaFoxThatRox Mar 04 '25

I went zip lining and I had no gloves. They had people with gloves handle it when I got to my destination though. I've never been tempted to touch the line. Maybe it depends on the location.

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 04 '25

If you love your palm and skin, better keep off the lines I guess 😭😭😜😜

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u/SnooTangerines4981 Mar 04 '25

Definitely depends on the location.

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u/VanillaRadonNukaCola Mar 05 '25

I didn't have gloves, but I think they told us to hold on to this carabiner below the line and wheel mechanism.

Like, keep you hand here to support yourself do not touch anything else

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 05 '25

Yeah. Mostly they ask you to hold on to the belt that's connecting you to the line

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u/SlickSpam420 Mar 04 '25

Ahhh this is new information