Adventure Trips

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Video: Iliniza Sur, cara sur.

A couple of months ago JOse, Doménica, Ramiro and I went to the Iliniza sur, to try to reach the summit by the south face (south ridge).  We didn´t reached the summit, and actually we didnt even find the route, but we had so much fun!!  Maybe the altitude and the coldness change our behaivour [...]

15Oct2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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Iliniza Norte (5,126m). The mountain continues to change.

Mountains are changing a lot.  Iliniza norte was one of the first mountains I climbed 10 years ago as a beginner, it was a nice hike between rocks and sand, with a little bit of climbing in certain parts. The hardest part I remember from that first time was to experience the vertigo of standing [...]

14Oct2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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Climbing Cayambe with our Venezuelan Friends

Since last month, I have to spend every other week in the jungle as part of my job.  I stay in a place where I can get only by helicopter.  I love it, especially because it is great to go back to work in my field: Biology.
But I can´t help it, I prefer the coldness [...]

4Oct2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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Bucay (Rio Chimbo): Exploring New Adventure Activities Around Guayaquil

Last weekend we decided to get away from Quito, a city perched in the Andes mountains, and head down to the Ecuadorian Pacific Coast. We headed down to Guayaquil (the biggest city in Ecuador) to explore and see what kind of new adventure activities we can get involved with. To be quite honest, we’ve not [...]

3Sep2008 | Diego | 0 comments | Continued
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August Rain

I remember the summer in Quito when I was little. June, July and August were perfect months to fly kites in the sky because it was windy and dry, our faces were sun burnt and we had dry red cheeks, the grass in the parks was yellow and dry because of weeks and weeks [...]

16Aug2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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The Olympic Kayak Slalom

Thanks to Ilona for this post about the Olympics
All the sport-loving people do have a exciting time during the Olympics. It’s great to see the athletes, who trained for so many years, competing in their events.
Today was the final of the Kayak Slalom for men. The slalom events require the paddlers to negotiate 20 to [...]

12Aug2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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Rio Mira: Exploring and Rafting The Mira River in Ecuador

The rafting guides from Barefoot Expeditions are always exploring new options for whitewater rafting and kayaking in Ecuador. This weekend Diego Altamirano -from Quito- and Gregorio Andi -from Tena- (both were in the Ecuadorian Team in the last world rafting championships in Korea) met their friends from Ibarra and together explored the Mira [...]

5Aug2008 | Carolina | 1 comment | Continued
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How to choose a Mountain Guide?

Last weekend some friends from the Polytechnic Climbing Club (CAP) and myself took a group of ten tourism students and their teacher to make an attempt to summit Cotopaxi. It was great to see the students very excited about their first time climbing an ice mountain. I am sure that many of them [...]

29Jul2008 | Carolina | 1 comment | Continued
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Ecuador Whitewater Kayaking National Tournament 2008 | Results

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 Slalom & Down River Kayak Championships held in Bucay, in the Chimbo river was a good opportunity to explore new [...]

29Jul2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued
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Sat July 26th: Rafting with South American Explorers Club

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 to the coast. It is a class III (big volume water) river. Feel free to contact us through this [...]

22Jul2008 | Carolina | 1 comment | Continued
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