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Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park

The tour began
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The zip-line tour began with a visit to the fitting room.

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Terry was fitted
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Terry was helped to fit into a harness. The fitter were very polite and professional.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #01_4733BCX
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The fitting room was abuzz
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The fitting room was abuzz with activity. Many people were fitted with harnesses at the same time.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #02_4734BCX
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A helment was mandatory
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Just like in the States, a helmet was necessary to ride the zip-line.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #03_4736BCX
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A crowd of exicted zip-liners
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A crowd of exicted zip-liners hurried out to board the van that would take them up to the start of the zip-lines.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #04_4740BCX
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A van was loaded
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When the first van was full, that load of zip-liners were hauled up to the start.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #05_4742BCX
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The guides
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The guides took a separate van up to the start.

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Terry began
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Terry began her zip-lining experience.

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The Tarzan swing
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Stairs led up to the Tarzan swing. The swing was a break point half way through the zip-line tour. Harnessed to a big rubber band, you jump off a platform Tarzan-style.

Canopy Tour, Selvatura Park   •  Monteverde, Costa Rica   •  (Photo posted Monday 27 October 2008)   •  (Photo taken Monday 15 September 2008)   •  © 2008 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #10_4609BCX
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Stop the swing
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The contraption used to stop the swinger.

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Hung from a tree
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The swing was hung with chains from an overhead tree.

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In the distance
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In the distance a zip liner went screaming past.

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