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Encyclopedic overview
18 sectionsContents
- Canyoning around the world
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- Oceania
- Africa
- Hazards
- High water flow / hydraulics
- Flash floods
- Hypothermia and hyperthermia
- Keeper potholes
- Very narrow slots
- Exposure to water-borne diseases
- Rockfall
- Becoming lost
- Education and training
- References
- External links
thumb|Canyoning in Gitgit, Bali, Indonesia
Canyoning (canyoneering in the United States, kloofing in South Africa) is a sport that involves traveling through canyons using a variety of techniques, such as walking, scrambling, climbing, jumping, abseiling (rappelling), swimming, and rafting.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “canyoning” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.