The guy that used to own the property would cut a path up and allow people to drive it.  Coming from PH you'd turn right, thru the fence, right where you'd start the incline.  In 93 or 4 we rented a Dihatsu diesel 4x4.  the thing would climb almost straight up.  we discovered it after closing the disco. the path was the width of a bulldozer blade, straight down on one side and straight up on the other.  We topped the first part and a big cat ran in front of us and jumped off.  we stopped and shined a lite and it was an ocelot looking critter a guy said was a caucel (caw cell) a little further a black cat ran in front.  it took several hours but we ended up across the hiway from the last entrance to Jaco before the incline.

The next year we had a piece of crap push button 4x4.  we got up at 5 and went back. we went up to the first incline and it was blocked by a land slide.  I was backing down when I saw what was another path.  I started down and it turned out to just be a clear decline to a flat section of land next to a river.  we hung out and saw Pavones and heard rustling of the brush.  I had to do a 40 point turn to get the 4x4 turned around.  had zero running room.  got up 1/3 of the way and the engine died.  I told the wife to get up and we'll get it out or pay the deductible.  we didn't bring water but we had 60 feet of rope.  we tied it to the bumper then cinched around a tree.  I'd rev it up, holding the emergency brake, pop the clutch and get up about 10 to 15 feet before death.  my buddy would tighten the rope, put a log behind the tire and tie to another tree.  had to shut it down because it was overheating and I heard the wife yelling "Shoo!  Go away"  I asked what was going on. she said "Monkeys!  Lots of monkeys" I told her to get down here, she said she'd deal with the monkeys instead.  we finally got out.

The next year the wife was more eager to go back up.  we had a trooper and 200 feet of 1/2 nylon rope.  we went up again around midnite.  new path, this time with fabricated bridges.  The 4x4 had no problem going up, but going down, the vehicle wouldn't slow when brakes applied due to thick red clay sticking to the tires.  I suggested turning around.  The wife wanted more tales to tell her work mates and we continued on.  I'd get out and cut treads with the machete when we went down.  we finally got to a steep incline and the trooper had no problem until I rounded a curve at the top and there was no more road and no turning space.  I had to back down at 1 or 2 am.  I applied the brakes and kept sliding.  I turned into the up part of the path to stop.  we used the 60' of rope my pal had to fabricate mud chains.

I was the only one wearing shoes so I crawled up into the jungle and found a suitable tree and cinched my rope to.  my wife walked behind with the light and my buddy steered.  I had to do that tree cinching too many times.  plus I did it with my eyes closed.  I sure didn't want to see what was going to chew my face off.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

yes I am.  But she's not like any other gringa I've known.  She's 5' 1 and 13/74 but thinks shes as big as I am. She'll go where I go except in the Ocean past her knees. She can't swim.  she'd follow in the jeep as I drifted down the beach in OBX in every kind of weather.  The only time she complains is when I think she shouldn't do something.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

we've been together since 80.  I was insane when we met, just got out of a horrible marriage with a mean spirited woman.  She was very understanding since it took 5 years to work things out in my psyche.  Lucky for me it was before zero tolerance. 

She's the best thing that EVER happened to  me.  the Voice of Reason .All my friends loved her because she's a chick magnet.  girls would show up where we were and would get ready to lrun away until they saw her.  She'd build up the buds so they wouldn't seem so Neanderthalish.  She got one friend,  a doof with poor personal hygiene, a girl 15 years younger with large bazeetas and low self esteem.

thanks for noticing the cig.  no one else got it.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.

Esterios Oeste is one of my favorite breaks.   4 peaks on big days.  I almost got to the 4th peak one time when it broke.  A giant wall of white water headiing towards me as I turned and started paddling.  I thought I was about to be bulldozed, like here, but it walled up and I caught it to the beach.  Very unexpected ride.  probably the longest I had at that time.  I thought that that what surfing is all about.

Yo no estoy casado.

Pero mi esposa esta casada.