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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

Video: Ruta de las Iglesias 2008

Feel the “Ruta de las iglesias” race from a runner’s perspective. That night, only two minutes before leaving home, I decided to take my video camera. Of course it meant that I couldn’t run as fast as I could because I had to share a little more with the people, looking for the surrounding churches, [...]

29Sep2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued

Running Two 10K Races in One Weekend.

Running races are very popular events in Quito. During the year there are several races, such as the “Ultimas Noticias 15k”, “UTE, 10k”, “Pronaca 5k”, and several races held in certain neighborhoods of the city.
A couple of weeks ago, many runners had to choose on either running the “Ruta de las Iglesias 10k” on Saturday, [...]

8Sep2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued

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

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

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

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

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

Your First Mountain Climb Can Change Your Life

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 first mountain can change your life, that first climb decides (consciously or unconsciously) whether you love it or you hate [...]

17Jul2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued

Trekking with children is easier and more fun than you think.

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 full days. The kids were so excited since it was the first time they were camping outdoors.
We drove 2 [...]

9Jul2008 | Carolina | 0 comments | Continued

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