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Video: UAE's new zipline sets Guinness World Record for being the world’s longest at 2.8 kms

Equivalent to over 28 soccer fields in distance and peaking at over five thousand feet above sea level, the zipline opened for public in Ras Al Khaimah, UAE.

Reuters
Feb 08, 2018 · 03:05 pm
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