some find hiking to the summit challenging, due to the landscape - large boulders superimposed on top of each other - and the thick vegetation that grows on its slopes.

however, there is more than one way to the top, and those same boulders make pontuda popular among rock climbers.

mountaineers such as andré ilha, rodolfo campos and kika bradford are known to climb here, opening up new routes with names like artificial paradises (25 meters), global warming (15 meters) and emergency exit (12 meters).