Comments on: Canyoneering – Behunin http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/ Backcountry Skiing & Beyond by Andrew McLean Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:02:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: Pat Hartman http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/comment-page-1/#comment-3326 Pat Hartman Fri, 18 Sep 2009 17:13:57 +0000 http://straightchuter.com/?p=3268#comment-3326 Dear Andrew, Thanks for this interesting article, which being able to reference made ours more valuable to our readers. The page is in the "Website" box, it's The Blog of Kevin Dolgin, Sept. 14. Best of all possible regards, Pat Hartman News Editor, The Blog of Kevin Dolgin Dear Andrew,
Thanks for this interesting article, which being able to reference made ours more valuable to our readers. The page is in the “Website” box, it’s The Blog of Kevin Dolgin, Sept. 14.
Best of all possible regards,
Pat Hartman
News Editor, The Blog of Kevin Dolgin

]]> By: You Say Canyoning, I Say Canyoneering « The Blog of Kevin Dolgin http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/comment-page-1/#comment-3309 You Say Canyoning, I Say Canyoneering « The Blog of Kevin Dolgin Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:04:47 +0000 http://straightchuter.com/?p=3268#comment-3309 [...] At his blog called Canyonlands: Tales from Narrow Places, David Wallace discusses the culture of secrecy. Some participants in the sport are at great pains to conceal the prime locations from the rabble. No two canyons are alike. Andrew at StraightChuter specializes in those formed from sandstone. [...] [...] At his blog called Canyonlands: Tales from Narrow Places, David Wallace discusses the culture of secrecy. Some participants in the sport are at great pains to conceal the prime locations from the rabble. No two canyons are alike. Andrew at StraightChuter specializes in those formed from sandstone. [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/comment-page-1/#comment-3227 Andrew Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:13:22 +0000 http://straightchuter.com/?p=3268#comment-3227 The biner-block makes a lot of sense for canyoneering where you are doing a bunch of very short, quick rappels. The basic idea is that you thread the rap ring, then lower down one end of the rope until it just touches the bottom. After this, you Clove Hitch a carabiner to the rope (as well as a back-up biner if you are safety minded), which then jams against the rap ring. Everyone raps on the single strand of rope, which is quick and easy, then the last person clips the rope bag to his/her harness and raps with it. At the bottom, only the bare essential amount of rope has been payed out for each rappel. This may not seem like that big of a deal, but if you threaded a rope, found the mid-point, rapped, and pulled the rope each time (as we did on our first canyon), it takes forever when multiplied by 20, especially if you are pulling, coiling and rapping while treading water in an ice cold pool of water. The biner-block makes a lot of sense for canyoneering where you are doing a bunch of very short, quick rappels.

The basic idea is that you thread the rap ring, then lower down one end of the rope until it just touches the bottom. After this, you Clove Hitch a carabiner to the rope (as well as a back-up biner if you are safety minded), which then jams against the rap ring. Everyone raps on the single strand of rope, which is quick and easy, then the last person clips the rope bag to his/her harness and raps with it. At the bottom, only the bare essential amount of rope has been payed out for each rappel.

This may not seem like that big of a deal, but if you threaded a rope, found the mid-point, rapped, and pulled the rope each time (as we did on our first canyon), it takes forever when multiplied by 20, especially if you are pulling, coiling and rapping while treading water in an ice cold pool of water.

]]> By: David Sadr http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/comment-page-1/#comment-3226 David Sadr Tue, 25 Aug 2009 19:59:10 +0000 http://straightchuter.com/?p=3268#comment-3226 Andrew, Can you explain the concept behind the biner-block rappel? Thanks. Andrew,

Can you explain the concept behind the biner-block rappel? Thanks.

]]> By: Kara http://straightchuter.com/2009/08/canyoneering-behunin/comment-page-1/#comment-3224 Kara Tue, 25 Aug 2009 15:10:09 +0000 http://straightchuter.com/?p=3268#comment-3224 Awesome pics, looks like an amazing trip! Awesome pics, looks like an amazing trip!

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