ating wilderness to suit their acquisitive or mean-spirited needs. Rather, they view it partly as an adventure and partly as a heroic enterprise. That sensibility prevailed well into the twentieth century, and it appears to have driven Cole-Christensen's father to the decision to move the family to Costa Rica, clear purchased land of troublesome jungle growth, and make the Finca Loma Linda into a prosperous farm. Thus plans were made to build roads, schools, hospitals, and other conveniences to make the farms of the interior more accessible to markets, even though the practical fact was that shipping equipment suited to such purposes to the area was nearly impossible; only light planes could navigate the tiny airstrip, and only four-wheel-drive vehicles could, at some peril, navigate the (mostly roadless) rain forest itself. As a practical matter, the place was accessible only on foot or on horseback, for many years. In other words, the viewpoint of those who settled Finca Loma Linda was short-sighted and uninformed about the realities of the environment.
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