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Canopy Tour, Mombacho Volcano

The Zip Lining Group
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On the limb, one of the guides watched others pose for this photograph. In the back row, left to right were Bryan Costales and Nicole Hartwig. In the front row, left to right were a guide, Kaela Tompkins, another guide and Terry Costales.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:28:12 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0778
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Terry Flew
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Terry Costales flew along the wires from one huge tree to the next huge tree.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:26:47 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0774
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Bridges Between Trees
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Between a few of the zip-line platforms were bridges like this one, here with a safety cable along the left to which each harness was tethered.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:38:05 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0789
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A Video Of A Ride
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One of the guides borrowed our video camera and filmed one not-so-typical ride.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:38:20 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #153820_VID00011
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Terry Arrived
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Terry Costales arrived at a platform and was ready to be unharnessed.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:43:03 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0795
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No Hands
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One of the guides illustrated that it was possible to ride using no hands.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:45:05 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0797
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No Hands Terry
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Terry, having witnessed the demonstration, took her turn to ride with no hands.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:50:07 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0798
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Bryan Rode Upside Down
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Bryan finally risked riding upside down near the end of the tour.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:50:38 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0807
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Terry And Nicole Amused
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Terry and Nicole were amused by Bryan's upside down ride.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 15:50:50 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0815
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Others Followed
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The Canopy Tour ended with by watching another person zip-line down to the end following our tour.

Canopy Tour And Zip Lines   •  Mombacho Volcano external link   •  Granada, Nicaragua   •  (Photo posted Monday 19 December 2011)   •  (Photo taken 16:06:50 Tuesday 15 November 2011)   •  © 2011 Bryan Costales Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial License #B12_0828
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