Canyoning

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Canyoning (or: canyoneering) is about going in a bottom of a canyon, which is either dry or full of water.

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Understand [edit]

Canyoning combines elements from swimming, climbing and jumping--but requires relatively little training or physical shape to get started (compared to rock climbing, scuba diving or alpine skiing, for example).

See also: Rock climbing.

Techniques [edit]

There are several kind of techniques in a canyon, which are also features of a specific canyon:

  • sifons (dive-under)
  • vertical rappeling (or abseiling)
  • horizontal abseiling: moving over a rope above a river from one side of canyon to another
  • jumps
  • slides (toboggan in Spanish)

Plus trivial techniques which are used in virtually every canyon with water: walking, swimming, climbing to large stones.

Other characteristics of a canyon are length, duration, altitude difference; time to get in to a canyon start and to get out from its finish.

Destinations [edit]

Asia [edit]

Vietnam [edit]


Australia and New Zealand [edit]

Australia [edit]

New Zealand [edit]

Europe [edit]

Austria [edit]

Bosnia = [edit]

Croatia [edit]

France [edit]

Germany [edit]

Greece [edit]


Slovenia [edit]

  • near Bled
  • Bovec (Sušec stream, other canyons)

Spain [edit]

Switzerland [edit]

Turkey [edit]

United Kingdom [edit]

Wales:

North America [edit]

United States [edit]

California:

South America [edit]

Brazil [edit]

Ecuador [edit]

International operators [edit]

Below is the list of operators which organize canyoning in other countries than the clients they serve:

Austria [edit]

  • Abenteuer Schule P geography 3 b.png .

Netherlands [edit]

  • Team Fokiwa P geography 3 b.png . Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy.
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