Ecuador Climbing and Hiking Guide: VIVA Travel Guides

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Viva Publishing Network, 2008 - 308 σελίδες
Providing painstakingly detailed information for safely and securely navigating some of Latin America’s most rewarding excursions, this guide is for both avid climbers attempting Chimborazo’s 20,700-foot summit and recreational trekkers looking to get off the beaten path. From the heights of the Andes and the cloud forests to the Amazon, coastal rainforests, and the low-lying beaches, time-tested travel advice and updated route descriptions are offered on how to select the best outing to suit each individual’s interests, abilities, and time constraints. Step-by-step instructions on how, when, and where to approach each trail guide climbers, hikers, bikers, and trekkers through these often unmarked paths.
 

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LIST OF COLOR MAPS AND CLIMBING ROUTES
12
INTRODUCTION
13
Climate
19
PREPARATIONS
28
International climbing degree ratings
39
Renting and buying equipment
46
Natural history
52
Last words about hiking and climbing
60
Cayambe and Sara Urco
174
Climbing Antisana
187
Laguna Volcán to Laguna Papallacta
193
Parque Nacional Llanganates
211
The Baños Area
217
El Altar
223
El Altar 153
226
El Altar Detail
228

THE CENTRAL VALLEY
62
Hikes around Tandayapa and Mindo
69
Lloa to Mindo Trail
71
Cerro Ilaló
76
Laguna Mojanda
85
THE WESTERN CORDILLERA
92
Laguna de Cuicocha Circuit
98
La Delicia to Apuela Hike
101
Cerro Atacazo
108
Ilinizas El Corazón
115
Chugchilán Area
123
Parque Nacional Cajas
135
Other ETAPA Routes in Parque Nacional Cajas
142
THE EASTERN CORDILLERA
161
Río Azuela to the Oriente
166
Oyacachi to El Chaco
172
El Placer
233
Atillo to Achupallas Hikes
236
The Inca Road to Ingapirca
239
THE ORIENTE
243
Saraguro
245
Canjanuma Ranger Station Park Entrance
251
Reventador
255
Reventador
260
Parque Nacional SumacoNapo Galeras
266
The Western Lowlands and Pacific Coast
271
28
284
Climbing Matrix
288
32
301
262
304
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