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The first climb of the largest known tree in Rara Avis, the Sloanea. The branch in the upper left is the tree's lowest, sitting at 14m (46ft). This tree can and has been climbed to well over 100ft!<br /> (notice the water drops on the lense- hey it's a rainforest)
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The first climb of the largest known tree in Rara Avis, the Sloanea. The branch in the upper left is the tree's lowest, sitting at 14m (46ft). This tree can and has been climbed to well over 100ft!
(notice the water drops on the lense- hey it's a rainforest)

Sloanea

  • Over 33m (110ft) up in an emergent Enterolobium tree. Overlooking a sustainable coffee plantation (Finca La Escondida) and the western slopes of the Cordillera de Talamanca.
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  • Starting the ascent of Rara Avis's largest tree- the Sloanea.
  • These bromeliads contribute to the overwhelming amount of plant life that grow on the limbs of canopy trees in the tropical rainforest.
  • The view of dormant volcano Cacho Negro from the canopy of Rara Avis, Costa Rica.
  • The view after just climbing through the understory, ~10m (33ft). You can see the trunks of the "canopy" trees rising through the understory and shooting up past my position.
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  • This is the lowest limb of a Sloanea tree, 14m (46ft). Looking at the array of other plants growing on the surface of this limb, it was easy to forget that I was standing 46ft up on a tree branch.
  • The first climb of the largest known tree in Rara Avis, the Sloanea. The branch in the upper left is the tree's lowest, sitting at 14m (46ft). This tree can and has been climbed to well over 100ft!<br /> (notice the water drops on the lense- hey it's a rainforest)
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  • The morning's first light in the canopy of Rara Avis, Costa Rica.
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