The main impetus behind going to the UK was to hike the West Highland Way and do some canyoning around Scotland, continuing my transition away from traditional sightseeing vacations toward more adventure-based pursuits. But of course, ya gotta still make…
After our week of canyoning, we got geared up for our hike on Scotland’s premier long-distance hike, the West Highland Way. Along the 96-mile route, we started in the small town of Milngavie, hiked through lowland parks, followed loch shores…
In the UK for the first time with my friends Cody and Angie. Scotland is not known as a world-class canyoning destination, but we were still quite impressed with what was on offer. The settings were often very lush and…
Spain is the best. When it comes to canyoning you could spend every summer there and still never do all its amazing canyons. The Pyrenees range is absolutely stunning. This particular start of the summer I first did some canyons…
Back to mainland Spain after many years, this time primarily for some canyoning in the Spanish Pyrenees (separate post). Katie and I did some lovely canyons in the Huesca area, a gorgeous hike in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National…
The 2020 Rassemblement Internationale de Canyon (RIC) was to be held on the island of Crete, but because of Covid the canyoning rendezvous was eventually moved to the fall of 2021. Not the most ideal time, as the water levels…
Another beautiful thing about canyoning is the places it’ll take you. Sure, I would have wanted to visit Greece regardless, but the primary reason we made the trip when we did was because of a canyoning rendezvous in Crete. Originally…
This trip came about because of one canyon: Gorg Blau i Sa Fosca, one of the premiere canyons in all of Europe. The canyon is a long, sustained, deep gorge with numerous rappels and swimmers, few escapes, and sections where…
While I had been to Europe before, Spain, the summer of 2015 was my first real European summer, where I was able to explore a good chunk of the continent. After getting off the Corsica ferry in Nice, I explored…
Welp, we found another canyoning Mecca in northern Italy. After Ticino, Marlen drove back to Germany and my buddy Cody and I headed to Northern Italy, Domodossola and Lake Como areas, for some more canyoning fun. Italy’s North has its…
Truthfully, Europe probably has a few canyoning Meccas, but Switzerland’s Ticino area just might be the top dog. World class canyons all nestled throughout several stunning valleys, you could spend a month here and hit banger after banger every day.…
After about a week of canyoning I went off on my own for a couple days and decided to do some diving in the Gulf of Ajaccio. My expectations were pretty low but it ended up being not half bad.…
