Charal, which sponsors the skipper Jérémie Bayou, offers the most fantastic animations on the village of Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe, in Saint-Malo. A "Charalienne", a zipline 84 meters long to fly over the esplanade Saint-Vincent. It's awesome !

Seen from below, we say that it will be ok. That it is not so high that it does not go so fast ... Appearances are misleading! Charal, which sponsors the skipper Jérémie Bayou, offers the most fantastic animations on the village of Route du Rhum - Destination Guadeloupe. A "Charalienne", a zipline 84 meters long to fly over the esplanade Saint-Vincent. The brand wanted to stick to its slogan "Live hard". It succeeded !

Complete in one hour

The first test is to register, near the container that houses the stand of the brand. Yesterday, at the opening of the village, visitors ran to reserve their places. With ten passages per hour, places are expensive. An hour after the launch of the animation, all slots of the day were already granted.

After that, we do not go back. Once dressed in the black jumpsuit, head for the tunes. At the foot of the starting tower, Clément, from the Prisme Events company, brieffe and equip me. "No security concerns with this material. You do not touch anything, it is the team members who take care of everything, " says the enthusiast of nature and mountain sports.

Feelings from the ascent

Easy ? That's what I believe before knowing how to join the starting platform.

I climbed the twelve meters using a rope ladder and already there, I do less malignant. It sways, it moves and suddenly, my legs shake. From up there, I did not imagine it was so high. But the view of the Vauban and Duguay-Trouin basins is superb.

"When do we start again?"

"Now you put both your hands on the handlebar, you sit in the harness and off you go," smiled the host. But I do not laugh too much but I start. It's gone for twenty seconds of speed to fly over the heads. Smile to the ears, I land on the arrival platform where another host receives me. Like those who came before me, I have only one comment: "We start again when? "

The "Charalienne" is open every day for the duration of the Route du Rhum. Registration at the Charal stand, on the Saint-Vincent esplanade. Free.