Rocio Lloret, Opinion: Visitors who enter the hill, located at an altitude of 4,800 meters, can get to know the mineral exploitation process up close. At 4,200 meters above sea level it is hard to breathe. A slight pain in the temples hits the head. The nostrils suffer. Going up is a challenge. A constant…
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Erick Callejas: Árbitro más joven | Youngest referee
Reuters: ¿El árbitro más joven del mundo? Un niño de 10 años gobierna la cancha en Bolivia EL ALTO, Bolivia, 3 ago (Reuters) – Erick Callejas puede tener solo 10 años, y es mucho más bajo que los demás participantes en la cancha de fútbol, pero no tiene reparos en hacer cumplir las reglas como…
Nuevas Rutas en la Cordillera Real de Bolivia | New Routes on Bolivia’s Cordillera Real
Kris Annapurna, Explorersweb: Dos nuevas rutas se abrieron en Cordillera Real, Bolivia en junio, según Desnivel. El guía de montaña italiano Daniele Assolari y la boliviana Mayte Vasquez junto a Ronald Choque abrieron “Imantata” (500m, TD+, AI4, M5) en 5,510m Huallomen. Ruta “Imantata” en Huallomen. Foto: Daniele Assolari Luego, a fines de junio, Assolari y…
La Paz holds record “downhill”! – ¡La Paz ostenta récord de “cuesta abajo”!
EFE, Opinion: La Paz breaks the ‘downhill’ record and is crowned as the longest descent in the world Luis Miranda, the person in charge of this urban competition, stated that La Paz managed to break the world record and that it is the longest urban downhill track in the world, previously held by Colombia, which…
Climbing Cholitas – Cholitas Escaladoras
Tanya Imaña Serrano, El Deber: Empowered woman with a skirt: Elena competed in ‘trail running’ in preparation for climbing Everest Elena Quispe is one of the 14 Climbing Cholitas. Last weekend, she tried something different: a run in the mountains of Samaipata Elena Quispe likes challenges. Although racing is not part of his daily activity,…
Yareta (Azorella compacta)
Máximo Liberman, Página Siete: Yareta, the extraordinary survivor of the Andes Its resin is used in traditional cough medicines and as an antimicrobial; its overexploitation marks it as an endangered species in the Red Book of Endangered Flora of Bolivia. The yareta or llareta, whose scientific name is Azorella compacta, belongs to the Apiaceae family;…
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