Canopy

[tophopper]

:Eye:

 

[TREETX]

Nope, but the user "Squirrel" on TB went to one of these in Mexico on the Pacific somewhere. Maybe Puerto Vallarta?

On TB he listed the company name and where it was...

Here is the cut and paste from TB
"went climbing or should I say sliding through the canopy of the rain forest while I was on vacation in Puerta Vallarta, Mexico. I enjoyed it a lot. If any of you go there look up Pepe (as in Le' pew) and the rest of his crew with Canopy Tours and check it out. The trees aren't as big as costa rica or the Amazon but I enjoyed it "

link to be adjusted


http://www.TB.com/forum/showflat.ph...5&Old=allposts&Main=6184&Search=true#Post6184

 

[tophopper]

Puerto Vallarta was the place

 

[TREETX]

Was that a Birthday trip?

 

[tophopper]

well sorta of... more so a sanity trip. By this time everyyear Im so burned out, if i dont get away I may go postal on somebody

 

[John Paul Sanborn]

John just wanted to get away from the snow and cold.

Or did your wife take you at gun point

 

[tophopper]

yes JP,

she had to twist my arm REAL hard to get me to leave MN in January

Problem now though is ... Im back

 

[mpapuga]

I did the Canopy trip in Costa Rica 2 years ago. The old growth forest is neat to see from the ground but even better at 180'.
To be honest, it wasn't as exciting as I had hoped, we did 8 stations meaning 8 seperate landing points, one with a 2 story tree house, wich was really cool. At 180' there was still close to 80 or 90+ feet above us, but what I remember most were the temites that were indusrious enough to climb higher than we were. Canopy tours are alot of fun and well worth the money, but I wish I hadn't had the years of climbing behind me because it would have been much more exilerating, judging by the other participants. I spent more time studying the canopy than worrying about the height, but I really enjoyed the experience
and recommend it to anyone who has the opportunity to try it.
Mark

 

[Toddppm]

Man, That sounds awesome, maybe next year. My neighbor does a kayak outing there every year, then maybe I could find a Moto tour, then the tree climb..hhhhmmmmmmm

 

[Guy Meilleur]

Originally posted by mpapuga
I did the Canopy trip in Costa Rica 2 years ago.

Where in Costa Rica? I did some climbing in Guanacaste as a grad student for Dan Jansen in the early '80's; would love to get up in those trees again. Few there were 180', you must have been in wetter area.

 

[Tom Dunlap]

A friend of mine in NYC sent me this link:

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/01/18/travel/18tree.html?ex=1075416211&ei=1&en=40e3a05ad03882a9

Tom

 

[MasterBlaster]

$65 to rid a zip line like that?

COOL!