National Geographic - UK (2022-04)
Federico “Fuco” Pisani, one of the world’s most experienced tepui mountaineers, leads climber Alex Honnold up a section of Weias ...
Akawaio team member Franklin George rests after a day of hacking through the jungle and hauling supplies, often under a steady r ...
French Guiana, Colombia, Brazil, Venezuela, and Suriname. This mass of ancient sandstone and quartzite gradually fractured and e ...
Synnott and Honnold stand below a cascade called Double Drop Falls, where they established a base camp. From there, the team cut ...
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‘TEPUIS ARE LIKE THE GALÁPAGOS ISLANDS,’ BRUCE ONCE TOLD ME, or its relationship to others in the genus known as pebble toads. T ...
‘BUT SO MUCH^ OLDEROLDER^ AND MORE^ DIFFICULTDIFFICULT^ TO STUDY.’ riverbank, landing facedown in a creek. After it was clear he ...
C A N A I M A^ MONTE RORAIMA N.P. MONTE RORAIMA NATIONAL PARK Cerro Yuruaní Uaramapa-tepuí Mt. Appokailang Mt. Maringma Cerro Cu ...
N N A T I O N A L P A R K Ebor opu (^) Mo unt ain SI ER RA^ TOU ORO Mt. Tulameng Cada-tepuí Cauanarú- tepuí Aprada- tepuí Tramen ...
Waterfall Connected caves Sill Sinkhole Dike Fracture Water Connected caves Mt. Roraima Dec. Mt. Weiassipu WET DRY Mar. Feb. Bas ...
SUMMIT AVERAGE TEMPERATURE 100 feet Insect Aromatic nectar Tentacles Downward- grasp prey pointing hairs trap prey FOHEIGREST HT ...
Area that will becomthe Guiana Shielde Guiana Shield coastlineModern Uplift AFRICA SOUTH AMERICA SOUTH AMERICA NORTH AMERICA A F ...
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On top of Weiassipu, Pisani searches for frogs among a thicket of tank bromeliads. Each tepui offers a unique opportunity to stu ...
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among the Akawaio for having climbed the 1,500-foot Prow route of Roraima with a British expedition in 2019. They didn’t know it ...
baggie held four frogs. Salio Chiwakeng was next, with five lizards and six frogs. Markenson James confidently delivered a large ...
THIS WAS THE DIAMOND WATERFALL, WHERE LEGEND HAS IT THE PLUNGE POOL E ARLY THE NEXT MORNING, we started to climb Weiassipu. Our ...
AT ITS BASE^ SPARKLES WITH DIAMONDSSPARKLES WITH DIAMONDS^ THE SIZE OF ONE’S FIST. the sun pulsed in a deep blue sky. Below, an ...
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