canyoneering frontiers
I was just sitting here pretending to be working, and I started to
think how the pacific northwest still has a lot of potential for new
canyons to be discovered and descended.
I then started thinking north towards northern B.C., the Queen
Charlotte Islands, Southeast Alaska. SE Alaska is like Oregon and
Washington on steroids. More rain, more islands, more inlets and
fjords and mountains that rise from the sea. I would think that the
canyoneering opportunities in SE Alaska are endless and mostly
undiscovered.
Here's a cool shot from outside of Valdez:
http://icons.
Another area that I often daydream about is Brazil. I know there's
some Brasileiros doing canyons down there but it still is a frontier
in my book. Talking to some Brasileiros I've been pointed to Chapada
do Guimares National Park (here's a few pics):
http://www.belobras
http://www.belobras
http://www.inf.
and Chapada Da Diamantina (Diamond Tablelands):
http://i5.pbase.
http://www.ecotour.
http://www.delfinad
http://k47.pbase.
http://i5.pbase.
Another area would be ION country (the high desert of SW Idaho, SE
Oregon and Northern Nevada). There's a lot of vast open space down
there, they say that you can see next weeks weather. So it might be
slim pickings, but I would bet there's some jewels somewhere out in
the Owyhee desert or around Steens mountains.
Jump creek falls, SW Idaho
http://www.waterfal
Here's one thing I like about canyoneering.
surfing. From Alaska to Indonesia, just about everywhere in the world
where there's a decent wave, someone's discovered it already and
surfed it. The easily accessible spots are mostly crowded. In
canyoneering, vast regions of the world are still blank spots on the
map when it comes to canyons. Someone may be perfectly content doing
just the established canyons in Zion, but if not, it seems as if there
will be somewhere new to explore for many years to come.
The link Joe sent in of the french in pakistan was pretty impressive.
If looked as if someone took the Escalante and turned it up on end.
Anyone have any other canyoneering frontiers in mind that may be worth
exploring?
coonrad
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Great links,
Some awesome photos.
If you find yourself pretending to work tommorow, howz about more
stuff in Alaska and Canada.
--- In pnwcanyoning@
wrote:
>
> I was just sitting here pretending to be working, and I started to
> think how the pacific northwest still has a lot of potential for
new
> canyons to be discovered and descended.
>
> I then started thinking north towards northern B.C., the Queen
> Charlotte Islands, Southeast Alaska. SE Alaska is like Oregon and
> Washington on steroids. More rain, more islands, more inlets and
> fjords and mountains that rise from the sea. I would think that the
> canyoneering opportunities in SE Alaska are endless and mostly
> undiscovered.
>
> Here's a cool shot from outside of Valdez:
> http://icons.
>
> Another area that I often daydream about is Brazil. I know there's
> some Brasileiros doing canyons down there but it still is a
frontier
> in my book. Talking to some Brasileiros I've been pointed to
Chapada
> do Guimares National Park (here's a few pics):
>
> http://www.belobras
_Chapada_Guimaraes.
> http://www.belobras
_Chapada_Diamantina
> http://www.inf.
E9)-Water-Fa.
>
> and Chapada Da Diamantina (Diamond Tablelands):
>
> http://i5.pbase.
> http://www.ecotour.
20Diamantina/
> http://www.delfinad
>
http://k47.pbase.
rde.jpg
> http://i5.pbase.
>
> Another area would be ION country (the high desert of SW Idaho, SE
> Oregon and Northern Nevada). There's a lot of vast open space down
> there, they say that you can see next weeks weather. So it might be
> slim pickings, but I would bet there's some jewels somewhere out in
> the Owyhee desert or around Steens mountains.
>
> Jump creek falls, SW Idaho
> http://www.waterfal
>
> Here's one thing I like about canyoneering.
> surfing. From Alaska to Indonesia, just about everywhere in the
world
> where there's a decent wave, someone's discovered it already and
> surfed it. The easily accessible spots are mostly crowded. In
> canyoneering, vast regions of the world are still blank spots on
the
> map when it comes to canyons. Someone may be perfectly content
doing
> just the established canyons in Zion, but if not, it seems as if
there
> will be somewhere new to explore for many years to come.
>
> The link Joe sent in of the french in pakistan was pretty
impressive.
> If looked as if someone took the Escalante and turned it up on end.
>
> Anyone have any other canyoneering frontiers in mind that may be
worth
> exploring?
>
> coonrad
>
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I've been doing a little more google canyoneering, and I think I found
Alaska's new canyoneering promise land: Wrangell St. Elias National Park.
http://www.wildnatu
Another from wrangell:
http://www.wildnatu
Be sure to pack drill, and arrange for bush pilot to pick you up. I
remember reading about a guy who had a pilot drop him off somewhere in
the Alaskan bush, but he never arranged for pick up.
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