[Sloper]

once theyve zipped these disabled punters down into the valley bottom, how do they plan to get them out? Rough as owt down there.

A massive catapualt.  They'll catch them in a big net and lower them and their wheelchairs back down to a jolly afternoon tea with crumpets and honey.

Personally I think that this is a crap idea as the clay pidgeon shooting chavs may think they're on the ultiamte Daily Mail fantasy day out and start blasting the disabled out of the sky.

Maybe white water rafting down the stream?

[lagerstarfish]

once theyve zipped these disabled punters down into the valley bottom, how do they plan to get them out? Rough as owt down there.

Their mates will haul them back up hand over hand using a second rope - have you seen the guns on some of those guys in wheelchairs 

[robertostallioni]

Big-gunned wheelchair user in post-zipwire steam letting shocker.

[a dense loner]

how to make ukb look acceptable to the disabled

[Sloper]

LIKE THIS

 

[Jaspersharpe]

how to make ukb look acceptable to the disabled

Don't you mean "them people"?

[Offwidth]

Hate to be contrary and all, but this seems faily genuine to me (specifically targetted at disabled use... they use ziplines elsewhere for the more able bodied). As climbers we would be crazy to claim exclusivity to areas of our national parks and as a rope constructed temproary system for occasional use and specifically avoiding paths, problems and routes and not used during ground bird breeding season, I really don't see what the major problem is (even though I agree there may be better less controvercial places to site it).

I also don't see anything wrong with a company talking about libellous statements if it's linked to posters suggest they "do not know what we are doing and are going to kill somebody" (I couldn't find these posts though).

The plantation rubbish point they make is a serious issue and is not the only place in the peak where people go and party without packing out their crap.

[shark]

At the Peak BMC area meet last night it was disclosed that the application for Burbage Zip Wire had been declined and that objections from the climbing community had a significant influence in this decision.

 

[Snoops]

Fucking 'A'   

[john horscroft]

...what snoops said, whatever it means! 

[slackline]

...what snoops said, whatever it means! 

[Johnny Brown]

it was disclosed that the application for Burbage Zip Wire had been declined

I thought it was 'is likely to be declined'?

[shark]

it was disclosed that the application for Burbage Zip Wire had been declined

I thought it was 'is likely to be declined'?

One of us misheard then. Hope it was you.

[jamiev]

you both misheard...

it was 'is very likely to be declined'

[Offwidth]

I heard likely as well.

Thanks for the fab UKB turnout btw... make one proper proud.

[yorkshireman]

its definately not been declined as i spoke to the person today who is wanting to operate it

[dave]

Likely to be declined is what was said at the meeting.