On Thursday, Wright was transferred from a hospital on Hawaii to Queen’s Hospital on Oahu.
“He’s continuing to get better,” John White, president of Experiential Resources Inc. said Friday.
Wright and Callaway worked for Experiential Resources, the company constructing the zipline, a 2,300-foot ride 200 feet above Honoli’i stream on Hawaii’s big island.
White said he was communicating with Wright’s wife, Heather, and had arranged for Wright’s mother, Linda, to come to Hawaii.
“I have every confidence he will pull through this,” Heather Wright said in a statement. “Please keep Curtis and the Callaway family in your prayers.”
ERi was also working with OSHA and other officials to determine what caused the tower to collapse as Wright and Callaway completed final tests on the new zipline.
“We have done over 1,000 of these ziplines. It doesn’t make sense what happened,” White said.
Among other ERi ziplines is the Ozone at Camp Kern outside Lebanon in Warren County.
Although not involved in the camp’s zipline, Wright worked as a counselor at Camp Kern and was employed at Camp Campbell Gard in Butler County.
“Our hearts and sympathies go out to everyone at ERi as they deal with this tragedy, and our prayers go out to Curt for a fast recovery,” Jeff Merhige, executive director of YMCA Camp Kern, said.
ERi has built adventure courses, canopy tours, and zipline courses for other area camps, including Campbell Gard and Camp Joy in Warren County, Merhige said.
The accident has prompted calls for added government oversight in Hawaii, where at least 19 ziplines are operating.
Merhige expressed support for the company.
“Camp Kern has done work with ERi for 30 years,” Merhige said. “They’ve done excellent work.”
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