Month: July 2011
Adventure Transportation – The Outdoor Women
To join two localities in the bush of the Republic of Peru, the author had to ride on a truck carrying people and goods....
Areas of steep terrain – The Outdoor Women
Regardless of the type of soil that covers it (rock, snow, soil, vegetation, etc.)., The steep terrain, sloping, steep to be transitive (raised or...
Areas that require steep climb but climbing – The Outdoor Women
The difference between climbing and climbing climbing is that it marks the level of difficulty. Climbing is supposed to be normal in some hiking...
Warm Is Right – The Outdoor Women
Layering strategies for alpine routes and bivouacs What to wear? It’s the perennial question when packing for an ice route or alpine peak. When...
Areas of dense vegetation – The Outdoor Women
Places of dense, shrubby or bushy as beech forests or coihue of Araucania and Patagonia are virtually impenetrable and can cause unpleasant surprises in...
Areas of large rocks or stones (scree or blocks) – The Outdoor Women
The scree, crags and rocky ground, areas of loose rocks or stones more or less large (larger than a football about) can be ground...
Drop-offs with grass or low vegetation – The Outdoor Women
The main issue that can walk through a field of grass or low vegetation that we can not avoid walking is the possibility of...
Land glaciers or snowfields – The Outdoor Women
The territories are not capped, of course, only in winter. Regions of Araucania and Patagonia have perpetual snow, ie, cover their mountainous areas throughout...