| Trekking |
- A significant walk,
many times taking more than one
day over a course of challenging
rivers, waterfalls, forests,
fields and mountains.
- Physical
conditioning is necessary.
Some agencies separate trekking
by levels of difficulty:
beginner, medium and veteran.
- Special equipment is
not necessary in Brazil.
- As trekking offers
little risk of accidents.
|
Free Flying
(wing delta) |
- Free Flying (wing
delta).
- Flying starting from
a ramp in a high place.
- This offers
risk of carelessness and bad
equipment.
|
| Ballooning |
- Flying
"driven by the
wind", the height
of which is
controlled.
- It offers little
risk of accidents.
|
| Paragliding |
- This was invented to
go down mountains with ease
after they were climbed.
- Paragliding uses a
"dirigible parachute".
- It offers risk of
falls and lesions.
|
| Mountain Bike |
- Trail exploration
by bicycles.
- Needs physical
conditioning and abilities.
- Offers risk of falls
and lesions.
|
| Climbing |
- The
"conquering" of a
mountain with specific equipment.
- Needs physical
conditioning and training.
- Offers risk of
falls, serious lesions and death.
|
| Mountaineering |
- Specific for
mountainous areas with trails and
camps.
- Needs physical
conditioning;
- Offers little risk
of accidents.
|
Spelunking
(speleology) |
-
Exploration of caves.
Needs physical conditioning and
training.
- Offers risk of
panic, falls and lesions.
|
| Cave Diving |
- Exploration of
caves, through diving.
- Considered the most
dangerous profession, after the
astronaut.
- Needs physical
conditioning and training.
- Offers risk of
panic, drowning and barometric
disease.
|
Kayaking
(canoeing) |
- Technique of
exploration of rivers with or
without rapids.
- Needs physical
conditioning and, in some cases
training.
- Risk of
drowning and lesions.
|
Acquaraid
(boiacrós) |
- Running of
rapids using a buoy or truck
tire.
- Needs physical
conditioning and ability to swim.
- Risk of drowning and
lesions.
|
| Rafting |
- Running of
rapids using an inflated
boat.
- Needs physical
conditioning.
- Risk of drowning and
lesions.
|
Diving
(mergulho) |
- Aquatic exploration
with scuba tanks.
- Needs training.
- Risk of drowning and
barometric disease.
|
| Snorkerling |
- Aquatic exploration
with surface flotation and brief
dives.
- Needs some training.
- Risk of drwoning.
|
| Canyoneering |
- Canyon exploration
and waterfalls, using speleology
and mountaineering techniques;
- Needs training
- Risk of lesions.
|
| Birdwatching |
- Observation of birds
with binoculars and
identification guides.
|
| Sport fishing |
- Fishing without
sacrifice of the fish.
|
| Horseback Riding |
- Exploration of
fields and mountains by horse.
- Risk of fall and
lesions.
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