Opening of The Union Canyon in Turrialba, Costa Rica

After a week of pure canyoning down in the mountains of Turrialba, Costa Rica; we got to the point where we needed just a little  bit more of adrenaline added to our trip. At around 7 am we park the car on the side of the road where the Turrialba River runs below the bridge, we unpack our gear from the car and get into our neoprene wetsuits. We start our ascend up the mountain in preparation for a 2 km hike up the mountain adjacent to the Union Canyon River. As we start walking, we pass by a few acres with various herds of cows and bulls staring at us like if we were from another planet. The hike was a tough one, full of holes and small brush with thorns.

Once we arrive at the edge of the canyon, we begin our initial descent into the river through thick forest by creating a new path to reach the river bank. We reached the river to find the first rappel or waterfall, which was approximately around 7 meters tall. Water was pretty cold for the tropical area of Costa Rica. The river is born at around an altitude of 2000 meters. As we were trekking down the river, we surpassed a total of 6 rappels before we reached the 6th and most impressive waterfall rappel. This rappel was about 100 meters tall from the anchor point. Once we descended this impressive waterfall we finished the Union Canyon and we named this impressive waterfall the B-13 waterfall. The gear we took on our trip was a rope of about 140m and extra 80 meters of rope for the other smaller rappels. The altitude of each of the rappels is as follows: 1st one is 7m, 2nd one is 4 m, 3rd one is 15 m , 4th one is 30 m, 5th one is 45 m, 6th one was 100 m and the 8th and final one was about 28 meters tall.  

The highest waterfall of the entire trek!