Wow....I didn't know such a thing was done around here. I wish I were more fit to even learn this. I'd love to video tape your adventure. Maybe by 2009, I will lose the spare tire.
Have fun and be safe.
Start learning now! The libraries will typically have climbing books on knots and gear. Ask us questions and so on. Being in decent shape is what you need initially so do some "parallel processing" and pick up some skills as you gradually lose weight. Sign up for the February class. There is no climbing involved and it is loads of fun.
__________________ Jim '05 4Runner V6 4x4
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Very cool Guys! I did a little repealing when I was a kid don't remember much but it was alway super cool the first time was a little scary when you leaned back off the top of the cliff/rock. Tallest one I did was like 80'. The first time out we learned to make are own harness and then we used it.
Wish I had the time to go to one of the class'.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
out to accomplish something that is intimidating, that is unknown to you, something you know you
have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
If we get a little more snow on Mt. Baldy then we can also look at playing mountaineers over there. I went up only as far as 8K' on Sunday, starting from San Antonio Falls at 6k'. Lots of snow then and the trail was already stamped out although I was hoping to use my snowshoes. The ridge route may be doable if there is no ice to worry about or if you have crampons and an ice axe.
Sunday was a little burly with winds up to 25 MPH and wind chill down to 12 degrees F.
I would love to join in. I have quite a bit of rock climbing experience and I have ropes, nuts, chalks, friends, harnesses, helmet, etc. My canyoneering experience is limited to hiking and the scrambeling involved in rock climbing approaches as well as rapelling and decents. My nature is to be more driven by the challenge of getting to the top than to the bottom. However, this canyoneering looks like a great way to see places you would not otherwise have the opportunity to see.
I would love to join in. I have quite a bit of rock climbing experience and I have ropes, nuts, chalks, friends, harnesses, helmet, etc. My canyoneering experience is limited to hiking and the scrambeling involved in rock climbing approaches as well as rapelling and decents. My nature is to be more driven by the challenge of getting to the top than to the bottom. However, this canyoneering looks like a great way to see places you would not otherwise have the opportunity to see.
I will be watching for the time and place
Getting to the bottom of things is fun!
__________________ Jim '05 4Runner V6 4x4
Hannah sliders, Downey skid plate, Downey coilovers, Deaver rear springs 30%/2.5", Donahoe rear shocks, rear diff breather mod, Garmin 276C GPS, LT265/75/R16 Bridgestone Revo's, Dual Batteries, Engel fridge/Two-Zone, All-Pro Ultimate LCAs, All-Pro LCA skids, Total Chaos A-Arm skids, cyclone air pre-filter, All-Phase rear diff skid, and ARB Compressor. Next --> ARB rear locker!
You will have a great time in Zion, I want to go back again but have more then a day like I did last time.
I am not quit in the right shape for this yet, but I am getting there, been busting my butt at the gym trying to get in better shape.
I hope the others can get out there with you, I wish I could but I don't have the gear and would need to take a refresher course its been so long.
__________________ "Because in the end it has almost nothing to do with the bike and everything to do with setting
out to accomplish something that is intimidating, that is unknown to you, something you know you
have a good chance of failing at but doing it anyways and slowly but surely proving yourself wrong." Mike Ambs
www.corva.org "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it."
- Thomas Paine
Re: Canyoneering in SoCal
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