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.

[edit] Understand

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.

[edit] Techniques

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.

[edit] Destinations

[edit] Asia

[edit] Vietnam

[edit] Australia and New Zealand

[edit] Australia

[edit] New Zealand

[edit] Europe

[edit] Austria

[edit] Croatia

[edit] France

[edit] Germany

[edit] Greece

[edit] Slovenia

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

[edit] Spain

[edit] Switzerland

[edit] Turkey

[edit] United Kingdom

Wales:

[edit] South America

[edit] Brazil

[edit] Ecuador

[edit] International operators

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

[edit] Austria

[edit] Netherlands

  • Team Fokiwa, [2]. Based in Netherlands, organize tours to France and Italy. edit
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