Costa Rica Surf Trip is Go

Off we go to Costa Rica. Internet access permitting I'll put a few posts up while there so that you can see how the surfing goes. We'll also be heading up a volcano, down a waterfall and through a jungle canopy, so there'll be a few non-surfing images up, too.

Needless to say, we can't wait. The image above is from the Una Ola surf lodge where we'll be staying. I think the break above is right on our doorstep and it looks mighty fine to me.

Meanwhile, over in Tasmania the first event in the O'Neill Cold Water Classic series is underway. I visited Tassie a long time ago - back in 1989, to be precise. I spent nearly six weeks trekking in the wilderness of the South West National Park. In fact, now I think about it, I nearly died there. An ambitious solo climb of a mountain - ambitious because I had to run up it and get back down again before darkness fell - went somewhat out of kilter when I realised I was only a third of the way down as the sun set. Cue an awful lot of grief in the pitch black. Wombats didn't seem cuddly anymore and as for the crayfish in the lake which I fell into, I think they should eat each other, not humans. I fell over countless times, bruised myself to bits and ended up with a nice blend of shock and hypothermia.

But - and no one will see this line coming - I survived to tell the tale. Which I haven't, until now, save for one night in a bar in Hobart when I'd finished communing with the wilderness. But that's another story. Meanwhile, happy surfing to all my mates in West Penwith, and put 17th April in your diaries - my wife Karen has a show of some very fine work at Essex 'Son of Skewjack' Tyler's gallery in Mousehole. Not that I'm biased or anything.

Comments

[jonty]

enjoy your trip!

[penfold]

Nothing like roughing it a bit on surfari! Looks great - very jealous. Have a good trip...