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Author: canyoning.cat

abseiling, canyoning Posted onMarch 31, 2023March 31, 2023

Baiyambora Gorge (SEQ QLD, Australia)

Party: Matthew (Matt) Tobolov, Shawn Rea and I Boycotting Summer Falls, I ended up spending part of my morning in…

canyoning Posted onOctober 30, 2022November 3, 2022

My First Weekend in SEQ’s Border Ranges

(well sort of my first) Before excepting a new position in Brisbane, I’d done a bit of research and identified…

canyoning Posted onAugust 4, 2020April 15, 2024

Saving Grace Canyon

(Written by myself. Edited by Owen) Party: Owen Minstler, Michael Blair, Nhân (Grace) Thái and IPhotos: Taken by a mix…

canyoning Posted onJune 22, 2020June 24, 2020

Two Tunnels

Party: Anna, James and I[This is an edited version of the original] I decided to explore two relatively remote creeks, it…

technical tips Posted onMay 30, 2020June 4, 2020

Viewing the Free GeoPDFs from SixMaps in Google Earth

Being locked up in hotel quarantine for two weeks gave me a decent amount of time to re-familiarise myself with…

bushwalking Posted onMay 27, 2020April 15, 2024

Vuelta al Cerró Huemul (El Chaltén, Argentina)

(AKA: The Huemul Circuit)(Originally posted here)Party: Mum, Dad and I Contents: Prelude Day 1 (Sun): El Chaltén to Laguna Túnel…

canyoning Posted onMay 23, 2020June 4, 2020

La Barrosa: a Partial Descent (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica)

(Originally posted here)(Follow up media release here) Party : Daniele Rocchi & Scott Trescott (The Toros), Felix Ossig-Bonanno & Fernando…

bushwalking Posted onMay 23, 2020June 4, 2020

Circuito Dientes de Navarino (Magallanes, Chile)

(Originally published here) Party: Mum, Dad, Sis and I Dividing the island [of Isla Navarino] in two unequal halves, the craggy Cordón de los Dientes (with…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Cañón Bonsai (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/11/26/canon-bonsai-turrialba-costa-rica/ After a lazy day on the Río Pejebaye (fish-bay in the indigenous language) with Desiree, we…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Río Seco (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica)

Río Seco (Bajos del Toro, Costa Rica) Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/11/20/rio-seco-bajos-del-toro-costa-rica/ Too much water, and not enough rope… Party: Fernando…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Nonequito (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Photos here : https://eclecticcats.wordpress.com/2019/12/07/nonequito-turrialba-costa-rica/ Out of all the cañoning routes in Costa Rica, Nonequito must be the one I’ve spent…

canyoning Posted onDecember 9, 2019December 9, 2019

Ciudad Esmeralda (Ciudad Quesada, Costa Rica)

Party : Fernando y yo. After meeting up with Scott, and grabbing a rope, we headed to the old bridge…

canyoning Posted onNovember 26, 2019November 26, 2019

Cañón Sitio Mata (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Party (11): Pipo, Rebecca, Fernando Freire Tirado, Erick Farinas, Fernanda, Jess Villalba, Meilyn Mange, Mónica Gutiérrez, Nacho, Victor Ayular y…

canyoneering Posted onNovember 24, 2019November 25, 2019

Cañóns Juan Viñas y Chirraca (Turrialba, Costa Rica)

Party: Fernando Freire Tirado, Danny Calderón Ballestero y yo. I woke a second time when Fernando’s alarm sounded. I could…

Uncategorized Posted onOctober 26, 2019April 15, 2024

Volcano Boarding (Nicaragua)

The volcano boarding on Sierra Negro was pioneered by an Australian (though a local told me their fathers had done…

canyoneering, canyoning Posted onOctober 21, 2019October 22, 2019

Cañón de Somoto (Nicaragua)

I’ll try add more photos when I have a way to get them off my camera… The cañón carved into…

canyoning Posted onSeptember 9, 2019April 15, 2024

¡¿Canyoning in El Salvador?! (El Salvador)

Party: William Lara (Uno), Felix Ossig-Bonanno, Alejandro Núñez, Alexander Gabriel, Bryan Ibáñez, Miguel Mejía. After spending a couple of nights…

Uncategorized Posted onMay 4, 2019April 15, 2024

A Traverse of Pico de Orizaba (Citlaltépetl/Iztactépetl)(Veracruz/Puebla, México)

Pico de Orizaba, also known as Citlaltépetl (from Nahuatl citlal(in) = star, and tepētl = mountain), is a stratovolcano, the highest mountain in Mexico and…

caving Posted onMarch 31, 2019April 15, 2024

Sótano Tomasa Quiahua (Veracruz, México)

Party: (MTY) Gilberto Cura Alanis, Juan Pablo, Miguel Guerra, Felix Ossig-Bonanno. (MX) Edgar Fco. Mendoza Gualito, Alma Delia Esparza Léon,…

canyoning Posted onMarch 7, 2019March 11, 2019

El Salto y Laberinto (Nuevo León, México)

Party : Fernando Fraire Tirado and Felix Ossig-Bonanno Routes : El Salto and Laberinto After canyoning around Potrero Redondo for…

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The Fat Canyoners acknowledge the traditional custodians of the land we have the privilege of bushwalking and canyoning on. We take great pride knowing that we live on country that sustains the oldest continuous culture on earth and thank the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people for their ongoing role as custodians of this land. Read more...

Buying canyoning equipment

One of the founders of the Fat Canyoners sells specialist canyoning equipment and custom made items. You can visit his store at canyongear.com.au.

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