Well, after some time of anxiety that I wasn't going to end up doing it, I finalized plans and made reservations yesterday. I'm going to be hiking Mt. Chirripo with a new volunteer here at Habitat, Miriam, who just came last Sunday. I was very pumped to quickly discover that she shares a love for all things outdoors and active! My adventure-filled weekends have been slowing down lately as I have become committed to activities with work, church and just filling my days with more activities here in San Jose.
I quickly got her on board with me to hike Chirripo. It is the highest point in Costa Rica, and the second highest in Central America. I mean it's no Everest, but for my first mountain hike... I'll take it. My original plan was to do it during Semana Santa, which is the week before Easter. We get Thursday and Friday off that week so it would have worked out perfectly (as its a 3 day journey). I knew we had to make reservations well in advance as you need to make a reservation at the place where you sleep up near the top of the mountain, but we were sadly informed that the next available time (besides this upcoming weekend) was April 22. So, without much choice, we decided we'd rather do it later than not do it at all. I'm jazzed that it's booked and we're set for a fun weekend of hiking and conquering... hopefully. Oh boy, that's going to be a steep and long hike... I better up the running amount and cut back on the peanut butter starting... tomorrow. Tonight calls for wine.... it's my obligation as Miriam's tour guide for the first couple days. Salud!
Nice! It should be super fun! We just did Tajumulco this weekend and it was super hard! I've been hitting the gym for the past 6 weeks and I'm so happy I had been or else I might have died on the hike.
ReplyDeleteDress in layers and bring extra batteries for your camera just in case! My camera died on the top just as the sun was rising!!
coasta rica is so beautiful - i visited a while back. hope you're having fun!
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