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	Auyantepui Trek
		Rise early and hike all day along the base of the tepuis to the first pedestal of the Auyantepui.
		Despite the shear vertical face of the tepui, there is a rocky path that leads to the top like a staircase of boulders.
		Lichens and moss huddle together on patches of soil that elude the erosion of wind.
	www.lostworldadventures.com /itinerary.php/iid/73 (467 words)

	Venezuela Photos - Auyantepui Summit 1996
		Some of the most outstanding tepuis are Autana, Pico da Neblina (the highest one, on the Venezuelan-Brazil border), Auyantepui and Monte Roraima.
		Auyantepui in particular is the source of Angel Falls, the world's tallest waterfall.
		Canaima National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional Canaima) is a 30,000 km² park in south-eastern Venezuela that borders Brazil and Guyana.
	www.mongabay.com /venezuela_tepui_summit.htm (247 words)

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		Bolivar State, in southern Venezuela, is home to the Guayana Shield, an archaic and pleasantly bizarre landform from which gigantic sandstone mesas, known as the Table Mountains or "Tepuis", rise.
		Note: Auyantepui entrance subject to local weather conditions and government restrictions.
		Under clear skies, Auyantepui is a strange, natural playground waiting to be discovered.
	www.southamericanfiesta.com /destinations/venezuela/gran_sabana_4.htm (1102 words)

	Angel Falls Journal
		We have found that there are no actual campgrounds in Venezuela that are set up for travelers like us with a vehicle with living quarters, so we have started looking for posadas, hotels and even gas stations that have large parking areas that are open to us.
		It spills off of one of the largest tepuis, Auyantepui, (which means "Mountain of the God of Evil" in the Pemon language.
		We took several photos as we approached as we knew that it was possible for clouds to settle in and that we might not see the falls clearly again.
	www.questconnect.org /sa_j_angel_falls.htm (1517 words)

	Explore Angel Falls :: Gowealthy.com
		It is created by the Churún River, which makes a dramatic free fall off the edge of the enormous Auyantepui and into the verdant jungle below.
		The result is an extremely long and thin stream of water that some describe as a silver braid.
		On the surface of the 700-square-kilometre tabletop mountain, shrouded in mist, are eerie rock formations reminiscent of Stonehenge.
	www.gowealthy.com /article/1968/index.asp (304 words)

	Campamento Ucaima: Junglerudy
		We will contemplate the plateau of the Auyantepui closely in all their width, until arriving at the Island Orchid that this located in the area of Aonda.
		In the well of crystalline water with their beautiful cascade will be able to take pleasant bath and to enjoy approximately for a hour of the tranquility and beauty of our nature.
		We will arrive to the Mirador Laime that is an immense stone that leaves the forest, to offer us a spectacular panorama of the mysterious Auyantepui and of the Ángel Falls in their entirety.
	www.junglerudy.com /english/trips.php (1620 words)

	:: The Lost World:: Travel and information on the Gran Sabana, Canaima National Park, Venezuela
		As we have already stated, after their eventful landing, the Rio Caroni was abandoned on top of the Auyantepui, to remain there until the early months of 1970.
		Thus, in 1938 the New York American Museum of Natural History sponsored a scientific expedition to the top of the Auyantepui, and returned with many plant and animal species that could not be found anywhere else in the world.
		This lost city was located South of the Auyantepui, in an area limited by the Rio Caroni and west, to the Paragua.
	www.thelostworld.org /laahs/jimmie3.htm (2969 words)

	Auyantepui Trek \| hike Auyantepui mesa \| Tepuis \| Gran Sabana \| visit Canaima National Park \| visit largest waterfall ...
		Auyantepui is also called the house of the Devil.
		Auyantepui is the largest tepuy of Bolivar State and home to the world’s highest waterfall, Angel Falls.
		With the heat they will rise slowly to their normal location, which is more or less where we will enter the summit of Auyantepui, also called “El Libertador”.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/15461.html (1207 words)

	Venezuela hiking & trekking in Venezuela. World's best responsible & ecotourism holidays
		The Pemon Indians who lived here called this mesa the House of the Devil, and refused to venture onto it.
		Auyantepui is the largest mesa in Canaima National Park and home to the world’s tallest waterfall, Angel Falls (979 meters).
		Auyantepuy has an area of 700 square kilometers and a height of 2,450 meters, and is divided by cliffs, rivers, cracks and crevices.
	www.responsibletravel.com /Trip/Trip101087.htm (2271 words)

	The Great Journey
		Through an astounding 2 billion years, the numerous gigantic plateaus that look like tables were formed here and they are called "tablemountains." Since ancient times, each tablemountain has been isolated from other tablemountains because of its height of more than 1000m; the life forms on each tablemountain, therefore, have evolved in a unique way.
		The top of Auyantepui, the largest table mountain in Guiana, is the size of all the 23 wards of Tokyo combined.
		At the foot of Auyantepui, an old man lives by himself in a hut.
	homepage1.nifty.com /timespace/GJnifty/sekino/report2h_e.html (356 words)

	Trekking Venezuela, Adventure Holiday Venezuela, Auyantepui, Angel Falls
		Trek to the source of the world’s highest waterfall, Salto de Angel, and explore the mysterious mountain of Auyantepui deep in the Gran Sabana of Venezuela.
		As the vertical walls of Auyantepui draw closer, we encounter the first signs of the endemic tepui flora meet us.
		Day 5 — From a height of 1,600m, we continue our climb to the summit of Auyantepui, In places the trekking is challenging and we use a native system of knotted ropes to aid our passage over some of the larger boulders.
	www.wildernessjourneys.co.uk /trip-166 (1006 words)

	NATURE. Living Edens: The Lost World. Eco Explorer \| PBS
		Auyantepui means "Devil Mountain." Matawi Tepui, also known as Kukeyan, means "place to die." The word "tepui" (prounounced "tepwee") itself means simply "mountain." According to Pemón beliefs, spirits that can steal human souls -- known as "mawari" -- live on these mountains.
		Until fairly recently, that was reason enough to keep most Pemón from scaling their towering heights.
		Angel Falls is the tallest waterfall in the world, tumbling some 3,212 feet from the top of Auyantepui.
	www.pbs.org /wnet/nature/lostworld/eco_explorer6.html (546 words)

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		Once you change clothes (bathing suit) and with a camera in the hand, the trip begins with a walk by the savanna and into in the forest, located at the skirt of the Auyantepui.
		Skirting up the river, among stones, two stops are made at two jumps, one is the Tawanaremba, where you can have the opportunity to get a refreshing dip and the daring persons swim against current, until the cascade.
		When arriving to the other side, one gets into an impressive crack that leads to the Kavac Cave, where can take a bath at the foot of a 65 mts.
	www.venezuelaexotica.com /ingles/turismo/excursiones/daytour/kavac.html (340 words)

	My Country
		Its total height is 979m (3211ft), of which the uninterrupted drop is 807m (2646ft), about 16 times the height of Niagara Falls.
		The cascade spills off the heart-shaped Auyantepui, one of the largest of the tepuis (sandstone-capped mesa), into Devil's Canyon.
		Angel Falls is not named, as one might expect, after a divine creature, but after an American bush pilot Jimmie Angel, who landed his four-seater airplane atop Auyantepui in 1937 while in search of gold.
	www.acsu.buffalo.edu /~ilucca/INF501/vzla/index.html (211 words)

	Mt. Auyantepui - Canaima National Park - Reviews of Mt. Auyantepui - TripAdvisor
		Auyantepui - Canaima National Park - Reviews of Mt. Auyantepui - TripAdvisor
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		The world-renowned Angel Falls cascade from the cliffs of Mt. Auyantepui, which is one of the largest mountains in the Guiana Range.
	www.tripadvisor.com /Attraction_Review-g316071-d317937-Reviews-Mt_Auyantepui-Canaima_National_Park_Guayana_Highlands.html (422 words)

	ANGEL FALLS, AUYANTEPUI and RORAIMA: VENEZUELA'S LOST WORLDS
		Auyantepui, then turns up the Río Churún to head up Devil's Canyon into the heart of the great tepui.
		Inside the cleft, the trail passes through a riot of bromeliads and other exotic plants before finally clambering out on the tepui's mysterious and sometimes fog-shrouded top.
		GRAN SABANA: Roraima and Auyantepui are just two of many tepuis that rear dramatically and majestically from the grassy and forested plains of the Gran Sabana.
	www.rutahsa.com /venez-fit.html (1282 words)

	Auyantepui: Búsqueda por tesis sobre implantacion de un sistema dentro de una organizacion
		Auyantepui: Búsqueda por tesis sobre implantacion de un sistema dentro de una organizacion
		Auyantepui consiguió 1803 sitios Web con: tesis sobre implantacion de un sistema dentro de una organizacion
		Siguientes 20 sitios en Auyantepui con tesis sobre implantacion de un sistema dentro de una organizacion
	www.auyantepui.com /cgi-bin/motor.pl?clave=tesis%20sobre%20implantacion%20de%20un%20sistema%20dentro%20de%20una%20organizacion&drec=660 (525 words)

	Joe The Dragon - Venezuela
		AUYANTEPUI The above photo came from this website (with permission).
		Auyantepui is located in the Gran Sabana region of Venezuela.
		But because this land mass has been near the equator since terrestrial life began, it may be the longest continuously vegetated area in the world.
	www.bookwyrm.myby.co.uk /venezuela.html (369 words)

	Venezuela trekking & river expedition. World's best responsible & ecotourism holidays
		Our trek takes us to the mountain of Auyantepui and the source of the Angel Falls.
		Land in the village of Uruyen in Canaima National Park.Trek to Auyantepui with our Indian guides and porters.
		From a height of 1,600m, we continue our climb to the summit of Auyantepui, In places the trekking is challenging and we use a native system of knotted ropes to aid our passage over some of the larger boulders.
	www.responsibletravel.com /Trip/Trip901083.htm (1050 words)

	Auyantepui Trek \| Angel Falls \| tepui \| Venezuela \| trekking \|
		Auyantepui has an area of 700 square kilometers and a height of 2,450 meters, and is divided by cliffs, rivers, cracks and crevices.
		The giant table-top mountains of Canaima were the inspiration for Arthur Conan Doyle´s book ¨The Lost World,¨ and most of the flora on top of Auyantepui is endemic and isolated from the surrounding planet.
		We spend the morning in El Peñon, and then head to the entrance of Auyantepui, called El Libertador.
	www.infohub.com /TRAVEL/SIT/sit_pages/11647.html (656 words)

	Aerial Film footage of Angel Falls, Auyantepui - Last Refuge stock film library
		Aerial of forest of summit of auyantepui continue action from previous shot with plane shadow
		Forward facing aerial of Auyantepui's summit camera tilted down toward the end of shot and plane shadow appears at right corner near to the end of shot
		Forward facing aerial of Auyantepui, directly towards the summit plateau of, shot continues tracking along its summit which covered in thick white clouds
	www.lastrefuge.co.uk /filmlibrary/tepuis_filmlog/aerial_angel_falls_auyantepui.htm (1747 words)

	The Heart of Adventure: The World's Top Jungles \| Away.com (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A few day's trek from Angel Falls is 9,688-foot Mt. Auyantepui, "Devil's Mountain," a dramatic table mountain with 3000-foot sandstone cliffs, savannah, and dense rainforest wilderness largely untouched by civilization.
		The adventurer has a number of Lost World itineraries from which to choose.
		Three days of strenuous hiking from there will take you to the summit of Mt. Auyantepui.
	away.com /great_adventures/angelfalls_junglexp.html (682 words)

	Amazon.com: Auyantepui: Books (Site not responding. Last check: )
		by Ruth Robertson, is a report of the expedition to Auyantepui, during which the height of Angel Falls was measured for...
		is endemic to an Orinoco tributary in southeastern Venezuela around Auyantepui, and H. gouldingi is known from the Rio Madeira in...
		Garay (1965) reported plants found on the south flank of Auyantepui growing as terrestrials in light scrub.
	www.amazon.com /s?ie=UTF8&keywords=Auyantepui&search-type=ss&index=books&page=1 (1041 words)

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