Put some zip in your trip

Ziplining becoming a popular vacation must-do in the United States BY LAURA BLY • USA TODAY • July 6, 2008 ROCKWOOD, Colo. -- Debbie Burns' 55-year-old knees are quivering as much as the aspen trees that blanket the surrounding San Juan Mountains. But to Burns, perched at the edge of a two-story-high platform wrapped around an old-growth ponderosa pine, her grandson's happiness trumps an aversion to heights so acute she once had to be shoved off a chairlift. So after watching 11-year-old Colby Moe swoop down the first of nearly two dozen steel ziplines strung across the Tall Timber Resort in southwestern Colorado, the vacationer from Bakersfield, Calif., takes a deep breath -- and her own 72-foot-long leap of faith. "Oh, my gravy!" Burns yells, accepting a congratulatory hug from Colby after gliding to a graceful stop at the... [read full story]