At what age is it OK to put a child on a zip wire alone?

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(will do the AIBU bit after a few responses)

Said zip wire is approx 10m long, 1-1.5m off the ground. How old do you think a child should be before being placed on and let go?

I'm too scared of getting it wrong to say!!

have I broken Mumsnet?

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Depends on how adventurous the child is and how they are secured.

My DCs (10 & 7) went alone on 3 zip wires totally 800m length that were 50ft off the ground but they secured with climbing harnesses.

If you're talking about a flying fox at the park (which they hold onto) then they probably hung on by themselves at about 5 or 6 years old.

What kind?
Seat or hanging?

My 2 year old goes on them but with his older sister sitting behind him.

I would guess anything from 4 or 5 or 6 depending on the child.

If it's in a park, 10m long and about 1m high then I have let my 3 year old on one alone. He's a bit of a daredevil though.

And if it's 1.5m high then that makes quite a lot of difference!

The kind with a disk-type seat with a rope in the middle in the park.

3? Depends on the child

My DD who is 3 goes on a zip wire alone. She loves it! I used to run alongside her but now I don't. HTH.

Depends on the child. About 4 I suppose. Maybe 3.

Well if it's got a seat then probably 3 years old. Are we talking sedate DD or risk taking DS???

1.5 meters is not really very high at all... so it would depend on the ground surface below, but I would expect a 3yo to be fine on one

with the seat my DS did from just before he turned 4

From what you describe I'd have let my 3yo on something like that, and I'd probably walk alongside but not hold on to it.

My 2.5 year old goes on one as do my 2 year old mindees, my friends 2 year old wouldn't be sensible enough though.

DD is 2.10. DH put her on, let her go and she totally freaked out. When I told him he was bonkers to do it he thought I was being precious. She's not particularly brave but not sensitive either, in the middle I guess, but without explaining to her what she was going to do it struck me as horribly frightening.

We have one of these in the local park although it's a bit closer to the ground. Ds has done it from I think about 4.5yo (but didn't want to previously, I probably would have let him). Dd is nearly 3 and I run next to her. She is not very physically able and would probably just let go.

Oh jeez, read that wrong... I was assuming seat 1/1.5m high. If its the wire then I'd let a 2 year old do it!

I reckon if they will and can do it they're old enough. Surely they just get a sore bum if they fall off? DD is 3 and won't go near the tings, but her friend who's 2 days younger can do it alone.

Cross posts. It totally depends on the child! My eldest would have been terrified at 2.

No, it is the seat, not the wire that is that high

Had she not seen anyone else doing it? I wouldnt say she was too young to go on it, but then kids can be unpredictable about things and get spooked easily.. I wouldnt say he was being unreasonable to let her have a go on it if she had asked..

In fact, I know she would let go, because I have caught her when she has fallen off backwards.

DD1 has been doing those ones in the park about a metre off the ground since she was 3.