What is canyoneering?
I asked a friend what they thought canyoneering is, and they said, “well isn’t it just walking through a canyon?”
Well … he’s not wrong …. Technically.
Really canyoneering is just exploring a canyon. You could by hiking, rafting, mountain biking, or rappelling. On this site and in this post, we focus on canyoneering by rappelling.
Canyoneering is the term most used in the United States, however, if you are looking to travel abroad then you would most likely be looking at “canyoning.” Usually, canyoneering refers to descending a dry canyon while canyoning refers to descending a canyon through a waterfall or something else wet. But we Americans like to keep things simple and generally call any experience rappelling, or in a slot canyon “canyoneering.”
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