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Means of transport

Almost all Geology field activities are based in the observation and description of materials and processes in contact direct with the environment. Thus, we mean by transport all means to travel and move as near as possible to the area to study. Excluding weather influence and economic cost, the most usual means of transport have some “advantages” yet also some “handicaps”:


On foot

A peu

Advantages

  • bigger contact with the environment
  • suitable for near trips

Handicaps

  • unsuitable for far destinations
  • inappropriate for very long trips
  • group division due to different speeds

Bicycle

En bicicleta

Advantages

  • more attractiveness
  • suitable to stop anywhere
  • appropriate for short trips

Handicaps

  • little practical and dangerous for large groups
  • more risk in busy roads
  • possible small breakdowns

Private car

En cotxe particular

Advantages

  • bigger autonomy
  • accessibility in the approximations to the stops
  • suitable for almost all the environments

Handicaps

  • unsuitable for very large groups
  • larger risk for inexperienced drivers
  • few possibilities of working out of the stops

Train

En tren

Advantages

  • possibility of working during the trip
  • suitable for long distances
  • gives the chance of watching the landscape

Handicaps

  • limited to possible routes and stops
  • conditioned by schedule
  • bothering passengers

Coach

En autocar

Advantages

  • allows defining an accurate itinerary
  • appropriate for school groups
  • adaptable to timetable

Handicaps

  • difficulties to approach some outcrops
  • useless for small groups

Metropolitan transport

En transport metropolità

Advantages

  • suitable for urban trips
  • useful for individual access

Handicaps

  • non-existent for intercity routes
  • unpractical for large groups