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In 2008, a man aged 76 died after collapsing on a high wire platform at Go Ape's
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is an outdoor adventure company which runs tree top ropes courses under the names Tree Top
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declined a proposal after protests. A Go Ape ropes course proposal in the United States was declined after a large neighbourhood outcry in
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under the name Air Space. This part of the business was sold in 2017 to Oxygen
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