Guest guest Posted July 25, 2001 Report Share Posted July 25, 2001 I did something way cool yesterday. Went to Tampa's Museum of Science and Industry and rode a bicycle on a high wire 3 stories in the air with no cables or ANYTHING holding it in place. Its a new 'thrill ride' there. The whole place is science exhibits etc. This works because of some law of physics and it is impossible to fall off. I kid you not, i sat on this bike and peddled across a wire a good 100 feet then back, there was a net beneath it but the wire was 3 stories up and whoo hoo, it did gve my stomache flutters but felt very secure too. NO CABLES HOLding you up , just a seat belt on the bike. under the bike wasa huge weight, dont know what it weighed but looked several hundred pounds, that was what made it possible. I wantto go again! This museum also has an IMAX Dome (awesome) theater with rear view captioning for every movie. we saw a short film about dolphins and i watched it with captions on a reflector plate. Ive seen this kind of captioning at disney world but no where else. Oh yeah they also had a hurricane room, you sit in a room and wind gust go thru it 75 miles per hour to give you the reality of a hurricane, which most floridians know anyhow but it was so strong you cud not even stand up. Very fun day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 25, 2001 Report Share Posted July 25, 2001 If you can do that 30 stories in the air and use a small jackhammer at the same time, I may have job for you... Maybe I could set up a wire between each building here and you could ride around doing work for me ??? Do you do coffee ?? I'm seriously impressed by the way, that takes guts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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