Cyclecor

“You have to have confidence in your ability, and then be tough enough to follow through.” (R. Carter)

Dropped our bikes off at a couch surfer, Frederico, who let us leave our bikes in his house while we went to climb Mt. Chirripó…

Hitch hiking is a fantastic way to get kidnapped or meet awesome people, lucky today brought with it the later… Our first ride was about 20km with a Columbian man who gave us the run down on Costa Rican and Columbian Politics this man could talk so time went very fast. He owned a farm in the highlands and brought us to the town Isdia, where we jumped out looking for a lift to the next town Rivas…

We had to wait a long time for our next ride over 1 hour and a half, and this man took us 5km from Rivas so we walked there. It was fascinating as the man had cycle toured around Costa Rica to Nicaragua, so had some good rapport with him. The walk was pretty intense up hill and HOT. Once we got to Rivas we had to wait another hour for our next ride, but it was worth it…

We met a farmer from the states who owned lot´s of land, he ended up taking us to his farm and letting us take as many oranges and wild raspberries as we wanted… He gave us some water running from a fresh stream and dropped us at the Chirripó National Park entrance to get tickets necessary for the climb to the summit. As there are only 60 tickets issued a day…

Got to relax the rest of the day in the beautiful clouded valleys, bird watching at out hotel. Perfect.