Ras Al Khamiah is home to world’s longest zipwire, the Jebel Jais Flight zipline, named after the highest mountain in the UAE, from which thrill seekers are flung 1.7 miles at speeds of 100mph through a dramatic, if featureless desert-scape.
To capture the experience, the ride has been filmed in 3D, and loaded into a virtual reality headset, so that once riders have pushed off from the London tower, they are visually transported thousands of miles away.
The real zipline takes around two to three minutes to ride, while the London version is around 30 seconds. The experience is so odd, your brain spends a large part of that time trying to frantically work out what is happening.
It is also frankly terrifying to take the first leap of faith from the tower, when it feels like you are thousands of feet higher. Acrophobics should definitely give this one a miss.
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