TEDActive includes the entire simulcast of TED2010, and so much more! One of the bonus activities we've got planned for our Palm Springs contingent is a ride on a aerial tram -- one that's over 200 feet at it's highest point.
The Palm Springs Aerial Tram is a bit of historical landmark. It all began in 1935, when a young engineer called Francis Crocker looked up at the area's snow-capped mountains while on a blistering hot hike below and thought he's like to "go up there where it's nice and cool". He ran with the idea of a tram to the mountain's top, and brought on desert pioneer O. Earl Coffman, who eventually was named the chairman of the planning committee.
However there were quite a few legal and poltical roadblocks and the tram wasn't completed until 1963. Since then, more than over 12 million people have ridden the tram.
Get ready for the an amazing ride with TEDActive, and if you haven't yet, click here to register >>
