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[Peter]

There is a new record for the world's longest gondola and it opened last week in Vietnam. The single-stage Doppelmayr system is more than 3 miles long (16,545 feet) and rises 4,239 Vertical feet in 15 minutes. It s about 200 feet longer than Silver Mountain's gondola.

From the Guinness Book of World Records:

On 25 March 2009, a Guinness World Record representative will be in Ba Na Hills, in Da Nang City, Vietnam, to present an official certificate to the Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock Company for the great achievement of two new Guinness World Records, one for the longest non-stop cable car and one for the highest non-stop cable car.

The cable car system will run from the foot of the Ba Na Mountain to the peak of the neighbouring Vong Nguyet Mountain in the Ba Na-Suoi Mo Tourism Area, about 40 kilometres west of Danang City.

The 5,042 meter (16,545 ft) cable car ride will take approximately 15 minutes, reaching a vertical rise of 1291.81 meters (4,239 ft) above sea level.

Before this amazing achievement of science and technology, tourists had to travel along a steep mountain pass to go to the beautiful province of Ba Na, while now they can sit back, relax and enjoy a single comfortable journey in the world’s longest and highest non-stop cable car over stunning views, in order to reach one of the most amazing destinations of Vietnam.

The dynamic investor, the Ba Na Cable Car service joint stock company has spent VND300 billion ($17.2 million, £11.64 million) in the cable car system which is able to transport 1,500 passengers an hour, and this will increase significantly the tourism in the area.

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[Kicking Horse]

Sweet. Cap seems very low for a 3 mile long lift......

[Bogong]

Kicking Horse, on Apr 3 2009, 11:52 AM, said:

Sweet. Cap seems very low for a 3 mile long lift......

Cheap labour and minimal worries about safety?

[Kicking Horse]

That's true.

[piotrek21]

Bogong, on Apr 3 2009, 01:48 AM, said:

Cheap labour and minimal worries about safety?

Ooo, don't I just love stereotypes. Get real.

[Bogong]

Well piottrek.
It's undeniably true that wages of $2 per hour are very cheap and would considerably reduce the price of any project.

Likewise safety has always been of less concern in developing countries, including western countries a century ago when we were less prosperous. In the west we think it's a justifiable expense to go to all sorts of effort to increase safety by only a smidgen. But we didn't think that way many years ago when we were less affluent, so it's hardly surprising the current developing countries have a similar attitude to the one we once had.

I wasn't looking for an argument, just stating facts. Sorry if I offended you.

[skierdude9450]

Is the 4239 feet the vertical rise, or the top elevation?

[Peter]

It's unclear, but I assumed vertical rise because a top elevation of 4,239 feet above sea level would certainly not be a world record.

[skierdude9450]

So then would the Jackson Hole Tram have been the previous holder of that title with 4139 feet?

[floridaskier]

Sounds like the record is for a continuous loop gondola, not a tram

[skierdude9450]

Actually that's odd, because in France there's a single-section gondola with a vertical rise of 4826 feet.

[AlphaBet]

I thought it was a world record for length.

[Kicking Horse]

It is length.

[Peter]

It is for length and vertical rise as I originally said.

On 25 March 2009, a Guinness World Record representative will be in Ba Na Hills, in Da Nang City, Vietnam, to present an official certificate to the Ba Na Cable Car Service Joint Stock Company for the great achievement of two new Guinness World Records, one for the longest non-stop cable car and one for the highest non-stop cable car.

Longest and Highest Cable Car 3

The cable car system will run from the foot of the Ba Na Mountain to the peak of the neighbouring Vong Nguyet Mountain in the Ba Na-Suoi Mo Tourism Area, about 40 kilometres west of Danang City.

The 5,042 meter (16,545 ft) cable car ride will take approximately 15 minutes, reaching a vertical rise of 1291.81 meters (4,239 ft)