Articles by carolina altamirano
Biologist. Love outdoors! especially in cold places such as mountains and glaciers. I visit the Amazon jungle quite often as well.
Most of the commercial whitewater sports (rafting, kayaking) activities in Ecuador are held in the rivers close to the cities of Santo Domingo de los Tsáchilas, Baños or Tena. But the Second National …
Once again Barefoot Expeditions is organizing a rafting trip with the South American Explorers Clubhouse in Quito. It will be in the Toachi & Blanco rivers, in the western side on fhe Andes, on the way …
Climbing a mountain starts as a dream for many of us. Some people train hard and some others just think is a good chance to spend a couple of free days. But that …
On January 10th, 2005, at 19:00 four Ecuadorians reached the summit of mount Aconcagua. Jose Andrade tells Ecuador Adventures how this was one of his best and most memorable mountaineering experiences. Jose has been a …
Last weekend I took my cousins (7 and 11 years old) to camp at the Ilinizas Ecological Reserve. I am happy that their parents trust me and just let them go with me for 2 …
Having a business without helping people is not fair, it wouldn’t be a responsible business practice.
Last friday (June 20th, 2008) Barefoot Expeditions contacted a group of volunteers that help street kids. We met 30 kids that …
Last week at the climbing club of the “Escuela Politécnica Nacional”, Ivan Vallejo showed us some pictures, not from his latest adventures in the eight thousands, but from his first mountaineering steps in the Ecuadorian …
“Los Pichinchas” is a range of mountains in the western side of the city of Quito, the capital of Ecuador. Three summits are the most important: “Rucu Pichincha” (4,680m), “Guagua Pichincha” (4,698m) and …
Last weekend, we tried to climb Cotopaxi by the route in the south face, we didn´t reach the summit, but the mountain gave us a great lesson. Jose Andrade, director of the School of Mountaineering …
Whitewater Rafting trips with lots of folks is lots of fun! The Rafting trip happened on May 31st, 2008 (original post) with people from the South American Explorers Club (SAEC-Quito House). Twenty two people …
