r/BeAmazed 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/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