February 2, 2009

Canyoning in Pucon

From Chile

After the volcano climb was postponed due to the early morning showers, Martin and I decided to go canyoning. It was six hours of rappelling down waterfalls, trekking through canyons, and river crossings.

Rappelling down a waterfall is actually not as exciting as it sounds...you use a basic descent device, a harness, rope, carabiner, and let yourself down. There's not that much too it. I think I prefer going up.

The real treat was in the trekking. The scenery alone made it worth it. The canyons were so green and lush. It looked like a scene from Lord of the Rings. They equipped us with wetsuits and water shoes so we were able to just slosh through the river and climb around in the amazing canyons.

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