WHAT IS CANYONING ?

Canyoning is an outdoor aquatic activity that takes place in an unsecured outdoor environment. It consists in walking down -with neoprene suits and ropes- a more or less narrow and deep river that could be the shape of a torrent, a stream or a canyon. The courses have different difficulties with waterfalls, basins, sub-vertical sections and a variable water flow. All the obstacles can be passed by swimming, jumping, sliding, abseiling or walking. The activity requires to move forward with different techniques : walking in a rocky terrain, open water swimming, jumping, waterslides, abseils and other technical uses of the rope. You must have specific Canyoning gear and all the technical skills related to the variability of the natural environment. The activity is often supervised by professionals. The wide success of this sport is probably linked with its fun nature and its apparent easy access.