When humans developed upright posture and huge brains, they left the care of the tree canopies in the hands and foot-hands of irresponsible monkeys that still haven't paid the first month's rent. Take back the treetops with today's Groupon: for $40, you get a two-hour high-course zipline tour from Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour in Westfield (up to an $80 value). All equipment is included. Child tours (ages 3–12) are available for $40, making this deal ideal for adults.

Carolina Ziplines bestows high flyers with a tree-centered, eco-friendly thrill ride that rockets tourists through the air in speedy style under the watchful shadow of Pilot Mountain. The tree top excursion starts with some basic paperwork, a brief safety orientation, and some time on a practice cable to get a feel for managing the cable system and develop catchy, self-hummed danger music. After a short orientation, daredevils climb onto the 12 wooden platforms and 8–13 steel cables of the high course. Voyagers start with shorter hops from platform to platform before shooting across the final stretch known as "the long one", a cable that spans more than 1,000-feet and sends cablers sailing majestically through the canopic zone at vertiginous speeds of up to 50 miles per hour. During this platform-jumping megazip, enjoy excellent bird's-eye views of the Carolina treetop ecosystem, the distant, majestic forest floor, and possibly ancient forest deities still imprisoned in tree trunks by magic runes.

The Pilot Mountain property of Carolina Ziplines Canopy Tour founder Robert Nickell combines speed-fueled thrills, tree-swinging tree swinging, and a high-flying opportunity to express humanity's unifying hatred of gravity. Groupon customers may bring up to four guests, who will receive $20 off a tour of their own, with this deal.