Remote World - a Spinuzzi’s blog

I’m finally getting around to posting a few more photos from our 1993 trip to Kaibil Land. I’ll add more as I get time. If any of you guys have photos you would like posted here just send them to johnspinuzzi(at)remote-world.com. Don’t forget to send along matching captions! Identify yourself in these photos for the rest of us.

When it was over… I’m near the middle of the sign, with Clint to my right and Pete to my left. (more…)

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Clint and I excitedly tightened our Swiss seats as we looked over the cliff edge, feeling like kids getting ready for their first roller-coaster ride. It was the hot August of 1993 in the middle of Guatemala. The Guatemalan Kaibil (Army ‘Ranger’) instructors were tying the rappelling ropes to a large boulder at the top of the cliff.

There would be no belay, no practice, and no instruction for this rappelling practice. There would be no emergency personnel or equipment in case of an accident. Just the way we we liked it – gung ho and high speed! (more…)

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