{"id":568590,"date":"2025-11-21T18:42:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:42:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=568590"},"modified":"2025-11-21T18:42:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T21:42:48","slug":"climbing-rocks-receive-little-attention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/climbing-rocks-receive-little-attention\/","title":{"rendered":"Climbing rocks receive little attention"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Rodrigorosa85\u2009\/\u2009Wikimedia Commons<\/span>Pedra do Ba\u00fa, 1,950 meters above sea level, in S\u00e3o Bento do Sapuca\u00edRodrigorosa85\u2009\/\u2009Wikimedia Commons<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n

Geologists from the University of S\u00e3o Paulo (USP) identified 148 climbing sites across the state, ranging from prominent locations, such as Pedra da Mina on the border with Minas Gerais, with a height of 2,798.4 meters above sea level, to more modest sites like Fortaleza Beach, at sea level, in Ubatuba. The study found that 80% of the sites were located on private property outside conservation units, vulnerable to erosion, and lacking signage, environmental management plans, or visitor guidelines to help prevent environmental damage. \u201cSome places, such as the Garcia Quarry in Campinas, allow dogs, but others\u2014especially those in native forest or parks\u2014should not, because they are areas that deserve to be preserved,\u201d says Jo\u00e3o Paulo Monticelli, a climber since 2013 and the study\u2019s lead author. The region of S\u00e3o Jos\u00e9 dos Campos is home to 31% of the state\u2019s climbing sites and the greatest number of mountains in S\u00e3o Paulo. Campinas ranks second with 28%, followed by S\u00e3o Carlos with 15%. One of the most visible climbing points is Pico do Jaragu\u00e1, at 1,135 meters, in the municipality of S\u00e3o Paulo, the state\u2019s most populous city. In another study, Monticelli emphasized the importance of inspecting and maintaining bolts\u2014anchor points used to secure climbing ropes\u2014at least every five years. The bolts he tested were unable to support the load required by international standards (Sustainability<\/em><\/a>, April 2025; Engineering Geology<\/em><\/a>, November 2024).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Around 80% of climbing sites lack signage, environmental management, and visitor guidelines","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1651],"tags":[240],"coauthors":[785],"class_list":["post-568590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-notes","tag-geology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=568590"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":570168,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/568590\/revisions\/570168"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=568590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=568590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=568590"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=568590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}