Well I almost made it back but I didn't. I slowed down again and as I couldn't lift my head up (really not sure why) I didn't see them throwing a rope for me to catch.
Well I stopped short then started sliding backwards towards the middle and there I floated 10,000 FEET ABOVE THE RIVER. I didn't panic (I couldn't do anything anyway) so I looked at the river and the valley until I was pulled back up by my rescuer. I had no idea how they rescued me or anything until I saw the video. The fellow never said a word to me and I couldn't look up to see. I really don't know if I was there for five minutes or ten.
The rescuer is heading out to me. I am the far left orange "blob"
This is my first attempt to come in before I slipped backwards
This photo indicates more happiness than I felt LOL.
I am really not too sure of future zipline adventures!
Next we went to the Devils Face Falls. We had to walk down to the river and then up the other side to the base of the falls. It was a long way down.
By the time we got to the base of the falls we were wearing our rain ponchos (much needed by then as this part of Ecuador is the beginning of the Amazon Rain Forest.
Getting behind these falls required our superior spelunking skills (going into caves) which of course we have none! For a short while we were on our hands and knees (in our ponchos) occasionally bashing our heads against the roof as we navigated the relatively short passageway.
We stopped in town and purchased some local taffy-like candy. It reminded me of the small red and black wrapped candies we used to get (as kids) on Halloween.
We also stopped at a special town where Jaime treated us to a famous fruit flavoured ice cream (think fudge sickles but a hundred time better)
It rained on the way home and we arrived at 730 PM
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