I was excited to be in Banos, Ecuador for my 11th Birthday. My parents let me choose between Rock Climbing and Repelling for my birthday. I chose Repelling with MTS Adventures.
When I woke up on my birthday at Casa Verde B&B, I played my Kindle. Kat was so excited about my birthday that she gave me a present. She gave me a card(she made) and a dollar.
After breakfast, we went to MTS. They had us put on our wetsuits(I had to wear 2 wetsuits, because the water would be so cold) and harnesses. Afterwards, the owner gave us a demonstration on how to do the repelling. I thought it was easy.
Then we took the van to the repelling place. We had to hike up a big hill. At the first waterfall, Kat and I had to go the bottom and wait for everyone else. They would not let me do it. I was sad.
The second waterfall, I had to repel with the guide, because it was more advanced. I could have done it, but they wouldn’t let me. Dad and Mom went at the same time and they kept bumping into each other.
The third one, they let me do by myself. It was really fun! I had to hop down this one.
The fourth one was a zipline. The zipline was really steep. It was going almost straight down across the waterfall and creek. It was exciting!
The fifth one was 100ft waterfall. I repelled down it myself. I was so proud of myself afterwards.
The last one, we slid down the waterfall.
I had a great time. If I had to choose between rock climbing and repelling, I don’t know what I would choose, they both are so fun!
We had lunch at Café Hood then we went back to MTS and I was able to rock climb on their fake wall. It was kind of hard. I wore out my hands.
My mom made me a lemon cake for my birthday while Kat and I played on our Kindles. I chose to have dinner at the B&B. I chose estafado.
Afterwards, I got to open my presents. My favorite present was inside a balloon, which was a ticket to go Puenting(which is jumping off a bridge, kind of like bungee jumping). I was so surprised, because my mom kept saying I could not go, but my dad convinced her.
Hey Kane, what an awesome article! I’m very jealous of your rappelling! I have rappelled before but never through a waterfall. 🙂 By the way, in the UK, we call this ‘abseiling’ but it’s exactly the same thing. Scott.