Climbing in Rio

I may not the right person to write about climbing in Rio, I canīt stand heights! I will give it a go anyway. My goal is to guide you to the right information about actual climbing and give some useful info about where you can get equipment .

Where to find info?
Corcovado, Sugarloaf, Pedra Bonita, Gods Finger... the list of peaks you can climb can be made very long and I will not even try to describe or list them. What you should do is click here and youīll get to the official mountain climbing association in Rio de Janeiro. Unfortunately itīs in Portuguese so if you donīt speak that you have to struggle a bit. There you have info about all the peaks in the state but also some links to organizations and rock climbing guides. This is a great place to get in contact with the right people and to find out everything you need to know about climbing in the city of Rio and around the state.

Where To Get Equipment?
There are a few stores around, I have listed a few here.

Equinox
R. Buenos Aires 41 2nd floor, Centro map, tel 2223-1573. Open Mon-Fri 10h/18h.
Site: Equinox

Loja Montcamp - Ipanema
R. Teixeira de Melo 21, Ipanema map, tel 2287-1143. Open Mon-Fri 10h/20h Sat 10h/15h.
Site: Montcamp

Loja Montcamp - Centro
Av. Rio Branco 50 2nd floor, Centro map, tel 2516-2525. Open Mon-Fri 9h/19h.
Site: Same as above

SubSub
R. da Alfandega 98 2nd floor, Centro map, tel 2509-1176. Pretty cheap and well equipped.
Site: SubSub

Galeria River
R. Francisco Otaviano 67, Arpoador map. This surfing/adventure sports mall is located inbetween Copacabana and Ipanema. You have some stores here that have equipment.

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