A FEW PHOTOS CAN OFTEN SAY MORE THAN A THOUSAND WORDS
An older photo taken in the 1980s of Cerro Hermoso in the LLanganati Mountains in Ecuador. This peak is capped with black limestone that was once seabed and is now at almost 5000 meters altitude. This mysterious mountain has deep shafts and caves that have been formed some of them hundreds of feet deep. In 1988 and 1989 We mounted expeditions and explored many of these features, some of the shafts explored were up to 300 feet deep. Photo: wildxplorA large boulder garden fills the base of this shallow canyon on the Gualaca River. Photo: wildxplorRainclouds over the Sierras, the weather can change quickly. Photo: wildxplorOrchid covered natural rock formation, high in the sierras Photo; wildxplorWaterfall and pool which make a fantastic swimming hole. Photo: wildxplorWater carving its way down the mountains Photo: wildxplorThe river is squeezed through huge boulders making a nozzle. Portage on the Gualaca River. This has since been run by Kayak thanks to the collapse of a large boulder which shifted the water flow away from Syphons allowing it to be run and the entire hydraulic now links up as a grade five section. Photo: wildxplorPowerful rapid through boulders Photo: wildxplorBush camp made whilst descending the Gualaca River I like the flysheet and hamock for camping in the jungle for its simplicity. Photo: wildxplorGetting in to the rivers can be a four wheel drive thing sometimes Photo: wildxplorWaterfall and pool on the Gualaca Photo: wildxplorBridge in the Mountains Photo: wildxplorNature uses every advantage Photo: wildxplorAmazing orchid covered tree. Photo: wildxplorClose up of some of the plant life growing on tree limbs. Photo: wildxplorOrchid in the Mountains. photo: wildxplorFern life Photo: wildxplorThis small mountain creek is one of the feeders for the upper Gualaca River. Photo; wildxplorMountain Rivers, their power is deceptive. photo: wildxplorLife comes in all form, this fungus is growing horizontally from the trunkCrossing this wire suspension bridge over a high river gorge in the mountains, the planks were not the best. Photo: wildxplorHeliconia Plant Photo: wildxplorApoica Pallens The Panamanian social wasp They are nocturnal, during the day the workers cluster over the nest surface to protect it. At night they go about whatever wasps do. photo: wildxplorCabin in the Mountains with a view. Photo: wildxplorThis incredible photo was taken looking down the wild canyon I was exploring, the green pool is due to algae buildup during the low water flows of the dry season, It is a really three dimensional world. photo: wildxplorIt does not get better than this for a swim. This is the green pool below in the previous photo. Photo: wildxplorMountain creek Photo: wildxplor
Seen from a thousand meters up this squall brings welcome relief to some during the Tropical dry season, the harbinger of a cold front.
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Rainbows on the edge of a rainstorm. Photo: wildxplor
At above 2000 meters near the equator the Forest is temperate, lichen and orchids cover the tree limbs, cold wet winds make it difficult to move off a path and if you have to do it its down to two to three kilometres per day. It is wet and cold.
Thick country if you have to move through it. Photo: wildxplorA remote beach in the Pacific Darien. Photo wildxplorSunset in Darien. Photo wildxplor
