Chubut province has one of the best places for these sports: The Palestra, located five kilometers from Esquel is a natural rock formation formerly used for military training and is now offered to the public for rappelling climbing.
To explore the region before arriving at The Palestra is interesting to note the changes to the landscape. More precisely, the ecotone is the interface between two different ecosystems as they are here and the forest steppe Valdivia.
You need to know that physical fitness is highly recommended for this activity as well as the company of an experienced guide in these sports. Appropriate equipment, which is supplied by guides consists of climbing shoes, harness, helmet, carabiners insurance, carabiners cam curve and straight, tubular tape 20 to 80 centimeters, 1.2 meters tubular tape, chocks to rock, game stopper, climbing rope and cords of 10.5 mm.
The Palestra offers climbers more than ten routes have different degrees of difficulty. A good part of them, no major difficulties and the other has a 6 th grade up.
For the ascent, the climbers will be looking for holes in the rocks that will go up safely. The key technique for climbing is to get the three points and make his legs stronger.
After a break indispensable, are assembled teams to rappel down. Once the rope is tied to the rings forming a triangle, we are ready to go down, ensuring good and spreading her legs to hop and to flush the rope to reach the ground.