parasail accident

Uecker_seats · Post by **Uecker_seats** » Mon Sep 03, 2012 4:24 pm

http://www.ctpost.com/news/article/Stat ... 791567.php

This is why I have never elected to do this. Waverunner, dunebuggy, zipline, yes, but not this........espcially anywhere in Mexico.

Post by **webmaster** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 4:25 pm

Actually the news is from Florida, not Mexico

Though, considering the obesity issues the US has, it may be a good idea to stay on the ground in your big fat trucks.

Greetings

M.

Chevy Man · Post by **Chevy Man** » Tue Sep 04, 2012 7:47 pm

Did it once, was a lot of fun. Needed some liquid encouragement before I did it. Now I remember why.

katnsocal · Post by **katnsocal** » Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:10 am

I will parasail before I ride a motorcycle.

Uecker_seats · Post by **Uecker_seats** » Fri Sep 07, 2012 4:11 pm

Since my accident, I will not take the chance of trying/riding any of these things:
Bicycle, motorcycle, scooter, unicycle (yes I actually had and rode one. We used to play basket ball on them in high school!), skateboard, pogo stick, horseback riding..
I’ll still get on a Jet ski when I go to Mexico to “feed my need for speed”

davilin · Post by **davilin** » Sat Sep 08, 2012 4:48 pm

I had ablast when I did it. I'm not gonna stop taking showers cause some people slip ande crack their skulls either.

Post by **webmaster** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 8:05 am

Yep, it's all a matter of proportions and probabilities. I've parasailed once, was fun and nice to see things from above. I bungee jumped once in Vallarta, was terrifying and will not do THAT again, though I must admit the Jump the Pacific spot was ideal. BTW, anyone know what happened to the bungee in Vallarta, it looked quite closed in May, looked like it'd been closed for at least 4 months.

M.

mikeypv · Post by **mikeypv** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 3:55 pm

My son and his then girlfriend bungeed there in 2002. They loved it. I think it hasn't been open for at least a few years.

Post by **webmaster** » Mon Sep 10, 2012 4:21 pm

Then someone's keeping it in shape cause it didn't look completely run down...

katnsocal · Post by **katnsocal** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 5:07 am

The bungee went broke, no one is minding the store.

I have parasailed a lot but that bungee always looked a little iffy to me.

Chevy Man · Post by **Chevy Man** » Tue Sep 11, 2012 7:22 pm

"The bungee went broke". Guess they ran out of rubber bands.

davilin · Post by **davilin** » Wed Sep 12, 2012 11:53 pm

Chevy Man wrote:"The bungee went broke". Guess they ran out of rubber bands.

Post by **webmaster** » Wed Sep 26, 2012 12:58 pm

Actually, it's sad that the bungee is out of business. It was another good attraction in town. After seeing the awful and scary options around Mexico, one where they drop toward the concrete ground, another over a dolphin pool (poor dolphins) and so on, the jump into the Pacific was a worthwhile and beautiful option.

Still scary though...

M.

Uecker_seats · Post by **Uecker_seats** » Sat Sep 29, 2012 4:03 pm

I just rememberd this. There was a roller coaster at the Six Flags amusment park here called the Mine Train" back in the mid 1970's. Park management updated it a few years later to one of those early "stand up" roller coasters. There was a accident on it that shut it down shortly there after, where this enormous woman got on it, and was not properly secured, and when the first hard corner came around~WHAM! The cops thought her husband pushed her at first, untill it was ruled a accident. The park rejected this motto shortly thereafter" The coaster ride is never over untill the fat lady flings"

parasail accident

Actually...

PV

Risks and proportions

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Actually sad...