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Shane Perrin – An Inspiration to Bucket List Publications

Posted on March 21, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

At 140.6 miles, the Ironman Triathlon is known for its grueling length, hard race conditions, and outstanding athletes. It is recognized world-wide as one of the most difficult competitions in existence, yet I’ve recently learned about a competition that makes even the Ironman look doable. La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is an excruciatingly demanding multi-day race traveling a perilous…

La Ruta Maya River Challenge – An Extreme Bucket List Adventure

Posted on March 8, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

My friends at Pau Hana Surf Supply are in San Ignacio, Belize for the race of their lives, La Ruta Maya River Challenge! La Ruta Maya Belize River Challenge is a grueling multi-day canoe race traveling a perilous river route across Belize. The route runs West to East along the Macal and Belize Rivers, in the foothills of the Maya Mountains, and the bustling port of…

Cerro Negro Part 2: There’s Volcanic Ash in My Bra

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Lesley | 1 Comments

Featured Writer: Hilary Billings We stopped about halfway up the volcano to catch our breath. The rain had just start letting up and Babs wasn’t sure how long our window was before it would start pouring down again (or before one of us would be struck by lightning). She gave us the Reader’s Digest informational speech on Cerro Negro to speed…

Cerro Negro Part I: A Dune Buggy, Lightning Storm, & Thoughts of Eminent Doom

Posted on February 28, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

Featured Writer: Hilary Billings Today was the day we were going volcano boarding (more accurately, volcano tobogganing). This was the event that had sold me on Holly Beck’s retreat and I was so ready to go. How often do you get to hike up and then board down the world’s most active cinder-cone volcano? My point exactly. We had taken off…

Healing through Digging up the Past

Posted on February 25, 2012 by Lesley | 2 Comments

~Featured Writer: Pascal Bodemeijer~ It’s a Friday and I’m in a pick-up truck with my co-worker and one of the many human rights defenders we accompany. I’m relieved there is room inside because we’re on one of the main roads leading out of Guatemala City and the fumes are bad enough for anyone to not want to have to sit…

Monteverde, Costa Rica – Watch Out Tarzan!

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Lesley | 0 Comments

Set atop the spine of Costa Rica’s continental divide, Monteverde is a place of cloud forests, coffee plantations, monkeys, mist, and friendly locals, but it is a world above for one main reason – its zip-lines and suspension bridges are the longest, and most exciting, in the country. The cables and platforms that are built into the cloud forest rather than above it, allowed us…

“Difficulty: Class IV rafting: Long, difficult rapids with constricted passages that often require precise maneuvering in very turbulent waters. Moderate to advanced.”

Posted on December 1, 2011 by Lesley | 1 Comments

“Difficulty: Class IV rafting: Long, difficult rapids with constricted passages that often require precise maneuvering in very turbulent waters. Moderate to advanced.” The intriguing difficulty level and open schedule made rafting with Costa Rica Rain Forest Tours in Guanacaste, Costa Rica too exciting to pass up. Our meeting point at the Rincon Corobici Restaurnat in Canas, Guanacaste was the perfect backdrop for…