Monteverde, Coast Rica

Stephanie and I getting geared up for Zip lining.

This probably is the highlight of the trip in Costa Rica so far. We didn't actually know what we were getting ourselves into. We figured it was somewhat exciting, right? They first give us an intro course on how to stay aligned, how to brake, and how to traverse. Ok, Stephanie pushes me to the front of the line. We wait for a group of 6 guys, they run up the stairs and start setting up their posts by going down the ziplines. I get up, they lock me in and send me flying. Ok, not so bad, not even scary, it was only 40 meters. Pretty fun stuff.

Stephaine on 100m zipline.

Here's Stephanie on the second zipline of 100 meters. Our feet dangeling above the tree line. You do each zipline sequentially in a course fashion. On the third one, we spiral up these stairs to find the zipline going across the valley 425 meters away. What the hell, I can barely see the other side. If you fall, you fall what would seem like forever. This time we go in pairs. They linked us up and let us fly. Holy crap. You have to do this. Who ever is reading this, you HAVE to do this! There's some slight up hill hiking on some of the stations, but well worth it. They have twenty four platforms

Doing the tarzan swing

Towards the end they do an assisted rappel for you off this giant tree. We hike up some more and find ourselves on this giant Tarzan swing with maybe a thirty foot freefall. We waited for everyone to do it and everyone's reactions were different. This one girl swore her little head off like she was going to kill someone. Next up was the finale, what they call the "superman". You wear a body harness, and they hook you in and your body is completely suspended except your arms. This time you can't reach the cable to slow yourself down. All you can do is stare off into the clouds that are floating by at eye level and scream.