the south face of the mountain, boasting incredible views over lagoa (rio de janeiro's lagoon) has a number of difficult routes, not to mention several large walls reaching 350 meters in height.

sport climbing has not yet made it to the olympics but there are a number of sport climbing events taking place throughout the winter in the city. 

for readers interested in finding out more about any particular sport in rio de janeiroincluding where to best practice it, and through what establishments, we have a more detailed section here.