I felt peaceful, relaxed and decided a really pleasant way to see Guanacaste, Costa Rica this beautiful, relaxing place with blue skies, lush green trees and hanging fruits would be through a zip lining adventure.

For those of you who may have never heard of this, zip lining is a cable line between two places that allows you to soar above the landscape capturing a panoramic view of the world around you.

I was looking forward to zip lining, especially in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Those who travelled here before me, and there have been many, said it was fun! I like fun!

I was geared up and ready to go, but then…with that first step onto the zip line platform my knees got weak and they began to shake. A first for me.

OMG, that zip line is so flippin’ long. I can’t see the end. 

Prior to standing in the zip line queue, I felt very excited. We had just had a glove lesson and everyone was discussing the  lesson to make sure we remembered how to control the speed of the cable line.  This is very important.

When I was a kid, I had no fear of heights. I grew up in an apartment building, lived four flights up, and used to sit on the windowsill with my feet dangling outside, chatting with my girlfriend who lived across the alley.

Over the years, I have developed a “slight” fear of heights, I don’t know why because nothing ever happened. I don’t experience this fear all of the time, never when I anticipate an adventure that involves a height.  But…when I am actually about to attempt something that involves heights, like zip lining, I sometimes become frightened. Maybe as we acquire wisdom over the years, fears develop.

But I will not to allow fear to dictate how I live.

So, after a workshop in Costa Rica when my friend Daphne said let’s go zip lining, I was in and looking forward to the experience.

I was geared up and ready to go, but then…

with that first step up onto the zip line platform my knees got weak and they began to shake.

OMG, that zip line is so flippin’ long. I can’t see the end.  [Read more…]