¿What is Canyoning?

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The canyoning is an adventure sport that is practiced in the canyons or ravines of a river, being able to present a very varied route: there are lands of vegetation or desert, there are also sections with little flow and even dry, the torrentism consists of going overcoming these changes of route: walking, swimming and stripping. In the team, the person must have at least one helmet, a wetsuit, wetsuits, proper footwear, mechanical blockers, a pedal, a razor, a whistle and a backpack.

Canyoning is a sporting practice consisting of the progression through canyons or ravines, stream channels or mountain rivers, on foot and / or swimming, and that already has different techniques, own and well differentiated materials.

Since the beginning of the 20th century, ravine progression has been used in mountain excursions. In this context, the specialty attached to the FEDME Statutes was formalized, which today we recognize as canyoning.

Rivers, as a linear ecosystem, have been the focus of human attention since prehistory. In each historical period they have had and have their reasons to seduce us. They have been a source of drinking water and food, and communication channels between the ages. They have always suffered contamination from natural form.

Water as an element that interacts in the environment, forms a biotope with very important characteristics. The flow, the speed, the chemical properties are elements of your own being, which must be taken into account and confer the characteristics of this particular ecosystem.

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Another factor is the physical support of the river itself, the geological materials through which it flows, its layout and topography, as well as the erosion and transport processes, which originate a canyon and / or ravine morphology through which progression is possible.

For all this, in the sport of canyoning, a series of factors must be taken into account to carry out the activity in a way that is as sustainable as possible.

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The personal and collective equipment varies greatly within the characteristics of each descent, but within the equipment a backpack with water drainage, specific canyoning or mountain footwear, at least 3mm wetsuit, helmet, harness, must be considered essential. anchor bagas, carabiners, descender and ropes.