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.
The animal biodiversity in tropical forests is decreasing in countries such as Ecuador. The global warming and the partitioning of the habitat of this animals is one of the reasons. But also the …
Never too late to share share some pictures of the Ecuadorian team that competed in the World Rafting Championships in Inje River in South Korea in June & July 2007. With financial aid from …
Congratulations to Andrea, Elisa, Antonella & Constanza, they finished the 120 km biking race around Cotopaxi volcano in the Ecuadorian Andes. Right after that, they came to our office in Quito to share their experience …
The Barefoot Pathfinders blog is all about real adventurers. All the members of the Barefoot Expeditions team are always trying to find a way to form professional expeditions abroad and to compete internationally. We …
“Vuelta al Cotopaxi” is a mountain biking race that goes all the way around Cotopaxi, an active volcano in the western part of the Ecuadorian Andes. It is an annual event that this …
The Napo River Festival is a special annual event organized by the Fundacion Rio Napo and supported by the Ecuadorian Rivers Institute to raise awareness of the Napo watershed and its importance to everyone. …
Running is fun!
At 2800 meters even a 10 km (6,21 miles) race is a big challenge. On sunday november 11th. more than 4000 persons faced this challenge in Quito when participating in the …
On Sunday november 4th. the Huaira Sinchi -the highest adventure race in the world- ended. It was supposed to end on Saturday, but it was extremely tough and only 2 teams finished the race on …
This weekend, 5 people, including myself climbed Iliniza Sur (17 262 feet, 5263m).
On saturday, we drove from Quito towards El Chaupi (1 1/2 hours) the little village in the base of the Iliniza north …
This morning was held the organizational meeting of the Huaira Sinchi (The force of the wind), the highest adventure race of the world. People from 10 different countries are going to be in the race …
