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Zip Line Record

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ACE Adventure Resort says 180 people have signed up for an attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most zip-liners in an hour.

Marketing director Beth Gill says the Oak Hill resort now has a better shot at setting a record on June 3.

Organizers had initially expected only 150 participants.

The goal is to move three people per minute across the zip line.

The course extends more than a mile along the New River Gorge, but only one segment is being used.

The current record is held by a German outfitter that sent 122 people on a rope slide in the Black Forest in 2010.

Gill says spectator space is limited, so the event will be broadcast on screens at the resort's Big Top Tent.