Today was one of the most thrilling days of my life. We spend the entire morning flying above Monteverde on zip lines and ropes. The "extreme canopy tour" had many different types of activities from normal zip lining, to partner zip lining, a Tarzan swing, rappelling, and a Superman zip line. The normal zip lines had an amazing view from above the trees. Some were fairly short, while others lasted about 30 to 45 seconds. The partner zip lines, which happened to be some of the longer lines, were incredibly fun because you were able to share a wonderful experience live with someone. On the second doubled zip line, I went with Justin, and the worker at the start of this particular zip line told us not to brake at all, even at the finish. Since the worker at the finish of this zip line told our friends who were waiting for us at the bottom that he was going to bring us in really fast, that is exactly how we came in. The worker had to catch us, and in the process, cut his finger open and it bled everywhere. Since we had come in so fast, we were shot back about a quarter of the way back this very long zip line. The worker then got himself into the gear and had to crawl out to pull us back. Later during the zip line course, we saw the same worker a few more times, so we came to know him a little better because I felt so bad he had cut his finger trying to stop us. The Tarzan swing was insane. 90 meters across, and a drop from a high up platform, and lots of screaming. After the fright of the initial drop, the rest of the swing was actually quite relaxing. The final zip line was called the Superman because we were attached by our backs and had our hands and feet spread out like Superman for a 1 kilometer ride. With this zip line came an absolutely beautiful view of the Costa Rican landscape. During the whole ride I took a video of the view, but it is too large to upload to this blog unfortunately. After all this excitement, the final stop was meeting our new families in Samara.
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