Editing Zip line (section)

{{short description|Transportation system}}
{{Other uses of|Zipline}}
[[File:Texas Zip liner 5430.JPG|thumb|A person on a zip-line]]
[[File:Zip-line over rainforest canopy 4 January 2005, Costa Rica.jpg|right|thumb|Zip-lining in [[Costa Rica]], January 2005]]

A '''zip-line''', '''zip line''', '''zip-wire''', '''flying fox''', or '''death slide'''<ref name=":0">''Who Really Benefits from Tourism'', Publ. Equations, Karnataka, India, 2010. Working Papers Series. "Canopy Tourism", [https://books.google.com/books?id=yZ3JA4Jm-oMC&q=Zip-line&pg=PA37 page 37]</ref><ref name=":1">Jacques Marais, Lisa De Speville, ''Adventure Racing'', Publisher Human Kinetics, 2004, {{ISBN|0736059113}}, 9780736059114, 160 pages, [https://books.google.com/books?id=47okqR2JA-QC&dq=Zip-line+%22flying+fox%22+%22tyrolean%22&pg=PA156 page 156]</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite web|url=http://equitabletourism.org/readfull.php?AID=1402|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131002055626/http://equitabletourism.org/readfull.php?AID=1402|url-status=usurped|archive-date=2 October 2013|title=Equitable Tourism Options (EQUATIONS) – Working Paper Series 2009-10|website=equitabletourism.org|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/foefie-slide|title=Foefie slide definition and meaning – Collins English Dictionary|website=www.collinsdictionary.com|access-date=1 May 2018}}</ref><ref name=OutdoorFunStore>{{cite web|last=Outdoor Fun Store |title=History of The Zipline |url=http://knol.google.com/k/history-of-the-zipline |access-date=22 January 2019|url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225073608/http://knol.google.com/k/history-of-the-zipline |archive-date=February 25, 2012 }}</ref><ref name=":4">{{cite web |title=Death slide definition and meaning, Collins English Dictionary |url=https://www.collinsdictionary.com/us/dictionary/english/death-slide |website=Collins English Dictionary |publisher=HarperCollins Publishers |access-date=26 August 2022}}</ref> is a [[pulley]] suspended on a [[wire rope|cable]], usually made of [[stainless steel]], mounted on a [[slope]]. It is designed to enable [[cargo]] or a person propelled by [[gravity]] to travel from the top to the bottom of the inclined cable by holding on to, or being attached to, the freely moving pulley. It has been described as essentially a [[Tyrolean traverse]] that engages gravity to assist its speed of movement.<ref name=OutdoorFunStore/> Its use is not confined to adventure sport, recreation, or tourism, although modern-day usage tends to favor those meanings.<ref name=":5">Based on Google search of the term.</ref>