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To make the body produce adrenaline, people usually must kick a cop in the chin, juggle soldering irons, or trap wild animals underneath wet newspaper. Today's Groupon gives you a more comfortable way to excite your cellular infrastructure: for $39, you get a two-hour zipline tour at Mount Hermon Redwood Canopy Tours (an $80 value). Tours are available Tuesday through Sunday during the spring, summer, and fall, with reduced operation in the winter. Hours and times vary, but information is updated online.
Once you and seven fellow wilderness wanderers strap on helmets, harnesses, and gloves, you'll head over to Bean Creek Canyon—a pristine redwood preserve nestled among the Santa Cruz mountains—and spend two hours soaring between the boughs of some of the world's tallest trees on six ziplines up to 440 feet long, along with two sky bridges that take you 150 feet above the Ewok-infested forest floor. Though you'll feel the wind of trunks and branches as they rush past, seemingly within inches of you on either side, you'll reach the next platform without bruising so much as an ego. In between lighting off bursts of adrenaline fireworks, Mount Hermon Redwood Canopy Tours' two certified tour guides will share ecological facts, bringing the majestic centuries-old trees alive in a way that doesn't involve them angrily pelting you with apples.
Mount Hermon has existed a tree-like 104 years by making safety, stewardship, and sustainability its top priorities. Bonsai Design built the zipline course to adhere to national standards developed by the Association for Challenge Course Technology. Only top-quality cables and hardware are used, and Mount Hermon gives the course daily visual checks and annual inspections. All platforms and bridges are made from sustainably harvested redwood lumber, and zip corridors are arranged so as not to impede the great arboreal giants' growth, allowing them to one day welcome friendly space owls to earth with their interstellar branches. Reservations are required, so call ahead or go online to reserve and please arrive 20 minutes early.
All participants must weigh between 75 and 250 pounds, stand over 52 inches in height, and be in good physical condition. Not recommended for children under 10 years old.
Reviews
Yelpers give Mount Hermon Redwood Canopy Tours a five-star average, and four TripAdvisors give it a 4.5-star average:
- From the great history lessons of the region to the many platforms that zip your [sic] through the forest, your adrenaline will certainly be flowing. – doug v., Yelp
- Canopy ecology/beauty and local history are intermixed with fun and thrills. The trip of a lifetime is no exaggeration. – kmbmitts, TripAdvisor
Groupon Says
Satchel Rand, Lovelorn Movie Adventurer
Mount Hermon Redwood Canopy Tours offers outdoor adventures for Indiana Jones types that are also a great way to meet potential love interests. On your excursions, you'll hopefully be more like Indiana Jones and less like Professor Satchel Rand, the lovelorn main character of a competing 1980s adventure-film series. Unlike Dr. Jones, Professor Rand never quite got the girl. Here are his films:
Satchel Rand and the Curse of Xerxes: While hot on the trail of an ancient bust believed to grant weather-control powers, the wise-cracking Dr. Rand is tracked by Fascists bent on taking over the world. Rand is aided by the beautiful daughter of his mentor, and even though Rand really wants to ask her out, he talks himself out of it and just worries about saving the statue.
Satchel Rand and the Lion of Babylon: A mysterious benefactor enlists Rand's help to decipher an ancient riddle that may grant eternal life. When Rand discovers that his mystery employer is none other than his ex-wife, Elena, Rand's adventure kicks into high gear, then quickly becomes kind of sad when he asks Elena to remarry him in front of a bunch of Fascists, and she turns him down.
Satchel Rand and the Seal of Gedaliah: Before he can stop evil Fascists from using a Biblical seal to turn the tide of war, Rand calls every single woman from his speed-dating session and tells them that he hasn't had a girlfriend in six years. When the women are kidnapped by Fascists, Rand gets in a weird place in his life and stops leaving the house.
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