GO Ape is celebrating 10 years of adventure at its exhilarating Aberfoyle course by welcoming back staff and customers from across the past decade.

To mark the milestone event, chainsaw sculptor, James Elliott, performed a live demonstration as he carved a wooden 10th birthday gorilla while customers tucked into cakes to raise money for Spina Bifida Hydrocephalus Scotland.

Since opening in June 2007, almost 270,000 customers have taken to the trees in Queen Elizabeth Forest Park experiencing two of the UK’s longest zip wires, each stretching over 400m, whilst flying 150 ft above the ground over a 90 ft waterfall.

This equates to zipping a massive 274,514km or the equivalent of travelling from Land’s End to John O’Groats a total of 283 times.

The Aberfoyle course has also had customers scaling new heights climbing the 1,345ft of Ben Nevis the equivalent of 8,100 times.

To celebrate the anniversary, the UK’s leading forest adventure company also launched a dual site at Aberfoyle to double both the size and level of adventure.

The investment has allowed the site to significantly increase capacity with the addition of two giant Tarzan swings, two high speed cross-valley zip lines and a challenging skateboard zip wire all set amidst some of the country’s most breath-taking scenery.

Steven McGirr, site manager at Go Ape Aberfoyle, said: “Aberfoyle was the first Go Ape site in Scotland and we are very proud to have reached double digits.

“We have created so many happy memories at Go Ape from youngsters celebrating their own milestone birthdays through to family celebrations and we have also played cupid with proposals, anniversaries and even Go Ape’s first ever wedding.

“The hard work and commitment of our team has been recognised with our 5-star Activity Centre grading from VisitScotland as well as becoming a Scottish Thistle Awards Regional Winner for Best Outdoor/Adventure Experience.

“Our new dual course will allow even more people to enjoy the adventure of Go Ape and we’re looking forward to the next ten years.”

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