Here is Alan, coming in for a landing on one of the platforms.

He was, by the 2nd or 3rd platform, acting like an 'old pro' at this ride. He simply took off, looked around on the ride, and glided into the next platform like he was born to it.

It did look a bit silly when he put on his 'hard hat' over his ball cap, but then....

I'm not at all sure what the hard hat was for; if you dropped off of anything, it certainly wasn't going to save you. The only thing I could figure was for idiots like me who might smash into the tree on the 'down-line' platform because they were going too fast and forgot to brake.

The rest of the gear was excellent. This operation focused heavily on safety. You were never un-strapped from either the Zip Line or a 'safety line' at each platform. They were fanatical about that and did it automatically and unobtrusively. They accomplished complete control by having three harness lines which allowed them to leave you with what you were already attached to, move one line to one safety cable, another to the guide, and then move the third line to the new zip-line cable, and then buckle the other two back to the zip line when you were ready.