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.

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.

Destinations

Asia

Vietnam

• Dalat

Australia and New Zealand

Australia

• Blue Mountains (available from Wentworth Falls)

New Zealand

• Queenstown (see also Nine days in New Zealand's South Island)

Europe

Croatia

• near Omiš

France

• Alpes Maritimes
• Pyrenees, though shorter than in Spain
• Vercors
• Hautes-Alpes
  • around St-Clément-sur-Durance

Greece

• Acheron (available from Paramythia)

Spain

• Aragon:
  • Sierra de Guara (available from Alquezar)
  • Pyrenees (available from Alquezar)
• Andalucia:
  • Sierra Nevada

Turkey

• near Kaş

South America

Brazil

• São Paulo:
  • Fortaleza Mountain (available from Caconde)

• Chapada dos Veadeiros

Do

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

• sifons (dive-under)
• rappeling
• jumps
• slides (tabagan in Spanish)

Plus trivial which are found 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.

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