Brazil/rio de Janeiro guide books?
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Heading to Rio de Janeiro in a few months anyone know of any guidebooks (in English) or any other sources beyond MP? |
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When will you be going down? I just arrived a week ago and hope to be bouncing around in Brazil until mid June. |
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Thanks Matt. I have found about the same. Unfortunately my Portuguese is non existent. I will just try and find some resources once I get there I guess |
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This is another Brazilian resource for route information I've been using: http://www.carioca.org.br/croqui/cec/index_a.htm |
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Hey Matt. Thanks for all the great research. I got in touch with a guide and will be picking up some books when we get there. Thanks for all your help! |
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Will either of you be there April 27th? |
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Definitely check out Tres Picos area when you're there.. Multipitch (mostly bolted) climbing ~3 hours from Rio. You'll barely see anyone. One of my favorite places to climb, enjoy!! There is an out of print guidebook for Salinas that can probably be found at Republica Tres Picos (sort of a climber camp): https://www.facebook.com/Rep%C3%BAblica-Tr%C3%AAs-Picos-Paulo-Mascarin-1738905046335888/ |
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I'll be in Rio for a conference 5/16 - 24 and then free all day from 5/25 - 6/2. Will have 70m rope and draws with personal gear, may bring the rack if I can fit it in the luggage. Looking for people to climb with either in Rio or Três Picos. |
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Darrin Stein wrote: Will either of you be there April 27th? Sorry Darrin, missed your message. I'll be in Brazil, where specifically I'm not sure yet! My best guess would be somewhere in São Paulo. Where did you have in mind? |
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Thanks for sharing Carla! How accessible is Tres Picos without a car? Ben, I should be able to overlap your time in Rio after your conference, if not the entire time you're there! I'm flexible on the exact destination if you want to explore other areas, but I don't have a car here. |
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Matt Carmody wrote: You definitely will need a car to get to Tres Picos. It's about 3-3 1/2 hours from Rio de Janeiro proper and you need to take a somewhat rough road to get there. Maybe it's possible to take public transportation to Nova Friburgo and arrange something there. but it is not that close by. If you want to climb there I highly recommend trying to get to Republica Tres Picos, that's basically where all the approaches start anyhow. Ben, I do have topos for Tres Picos and Morro de Gato, but I realize I don't have anything showing approaches. Mascarin at Republica could probably tell you how to get to the base of routes, but also, he does not really speak english. I imagine the time of year you'll be there other climbers may be in the area. If you only do one route, Face Leste is the one you want. When I went I got a guide with climbinrio ( climbinrio.com/site/). They're really nice and do a lot for the community, especially underprivileged youth that live in the favelas. If you can afford it I really recommend supporting those folks. At the very least, maybe send them a message and they could set you right.Also, from my experience there, you probably wouldn't really need more than a single rack. Basically everything is bolted! If you were to venture to Lencois there is a lot of opportunity for FAs with trad gear, but climbing with cams/nuts in Brazil isn't too popular, but that's just the impression I got. I think MP has a route for Pai Inacio that takes trad gear. Good luck! I'm happy to share more info about Rio/surrounding areas, climbing or non-climbing related. ETA: found this link also: http://croquitecafriburgo.blogspot.com/p/blog-page_1.html |
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Matt Carmody wrote: No worries. I went ahead and scheduled a trip with Climb In Rio. |