Costa Rican Architect Continues to Break World Records, This Time With World’s Longest Slide

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Costa Rican architect José Manuel Pizarro made the news earlier this year with the building of the world’s longest over-sea zipline cable in the world with 1,800 meter (5,905 ft.) long at 100 meters (328 ft.) high, reaching a speed of 120 kph (75 mph) named Xtasea and located in Acapulco, Mexico.

Now, Pizarro and his company Linea Vertical are in charge of the project Emoción Intensa (Intense Emotions) an extreme adventure park located in this same touristic area of the State of Guerrero in Mexico, where two attractions are set to break Guinness world records, the construction of the highest climbing wall in the world, 40 meters high (131.23 ft.) and the longest slide in the world with 180 meters (590.55 ft.).

This new stage of the XTASEA park obeys to the great success of the zipline that at this point has offered over 16,000 rides and has received tourists of over 40 nationalities.

The construction of the park began September 22, and according to the Xtasea Facebook page it will include hanging bridges, tarzan swings, restaurants with panoramic views, water slides, incredible pools, wet bars, and much more. The park is expected to be open to the public by December of 2019.

Pizarro also designed in 2005 the Toro Verde zipline “El Monstruo” in Puerto Rico, the longest in the world with 2205 meters (7234.25 ft); in Costa Rica he has worked in different projects in Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panama, Argentina, Peru and Dominican Republic and he is working on another record breaking project in Dubai, the longest canopy in the world with a crystal platform of 80 meters above the desert.

Pizarro studied architecture at the Veritas University in Costa Rica and has received training and specialized in the area of aerial adventure parks working with the highest standards of safety and quality.

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