{"id":138,"date":"2010-12-30T09:31:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T14:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-01-08T12:44:08","modified_gmt":"2011-01-08T17:44:08","slug":"monkey-pig-spider","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/2010\/12\/monkey-pig-spider","title":{"rendered":"Monkey-Pig-Spider"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today we explored the Mayan ruins of Tintal. A pack of howler monkeys greeted us with, you guessed it, some serious howling. (I have a video of this which I&#8217;ll get up later.)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170\" title=\"IMG_0038 (480x640)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0038-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0038-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0038-480x640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We found a sweet &#8220;Strangler Fig&#8221; tree to climb. This tree sprouts from the ground and wraps itself around other trees like a constricting vine.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-169\" title=\"IMG_0034 (480x640)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0034-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0034-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0034-480x640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I used the Big Shot (a badass $140 slingshot for tree climbing) to put a throw line into the Strangler.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-167\" title=\"IMG_0043 (480x640)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0043-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0043-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0043-480x640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>Then I prepared to climb.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-174\" title=\"IMG_0042 (640x480)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0042-640x480.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0042-640x480.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/IMG_0042-640x480-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We got high.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-97\" title=\"IMG_0050 (480x640)\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_0050-480x640.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_0050-480x640.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.blakeboles.com\/travels\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/IMG_0050-480x640-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Vince got realllly high, using our special &#8220;Spider rig&#8221; technique which lets you move between nearby (10-15 feet away) with ease. On the hike back to camp I spotted a little feral pig. That night we met a few of the other, much larger tourist groups in Tintal, which included Germans, Italians, Swiss, Beligiums, Guatemalans, and Australians.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we explored the Mayan ruins of Tintal. A pack of howler monkeys greeted us with, you guessed it, some serious howling. (I have a video of this which I&#8217;ll get up later.) We found a sweet &#8220;Strangler Fig&#8221; tree to climb. 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