![]() So I open my journal for the first time in 4 months since I have been back.ĭuring the time we were near those waterfalls, we were setting up camp along a river in Lanquin. The memories of Semuc Champey were fresh but others have unfortunately slightly faded. Seth asked me to write about our travels that followed. I snapped the shot and captured the waterfall we had just leaped in the background. Joe quickly set up as the camera battery was fading. As we ate, we visualized a new hammock spot. Joe would toss his dry-sac off the edges and then we would leap down to the following pools. The water was pristine and crystals sparkled on the surface as we treaded through from one waterfall to the next. Arriving at the Mirador to gaze from above, fluorescent blue pools laid along the gully of the canyon, connected by waterfalls. We arrived early to avoid any crowds or tour groups. We pitched our tent along the river and set out the next day for the park. After hanging our hammocks and jumping off of it, we eventually crossed that bridge to a campsite outside of Semuc Champey. Up to this point in the trip, apart from our arduous and incredibly lucky trek to Tikal, never had I been so surprised by natural beauty. In light of that story, the bridge adventure was en route to a place called Semuc Champey. Just the other week I realized there was a story on the site documenting our sketchy hammock setup beneath the bridge in Guatemala. Besides Joe as a companion, nothing was as essential to our wanderings as were our Trek Light hammocks. ![]() After reading through them, they brought back fond memories and made me miss the wanderlust Joe and I became addicted to. To be honest, for a while I had no idea there was a string of them on the site for people to follow. If you’ve taken or are planning to take a Trek Light Adventure down the road, please get in touch or leave a comment on this post. I know there are many of you out there who have brought along your hammocks and Eco Totes on adventures both near and far and I would love to feature more of your stories here on the site. I want to say a sincere thank you to Joe and Andy for being such great proponents of the Trek Light lifestyle and sharing their adventures and amazing photos with all of us. I asked Andy recently to recap some of the later adventures of their trip and what results is a trip down memory lane which anyone who has experienced both the beauty and wear and tear of true, free-wheeling travel can surely relate to. What follows is a verbatim letter from Andy Fyfe, who along with Joe Lipnosky, made up the ‘Team Free Base’ duo whose adventures we chronicled in the past as they traveled through Central and South America using their Trek Light hammocks every step of the way.
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