The internet is littered with the bodies of canyoning web sites, dead and dying. There are only a few that have stood the test of time, though some others survive on the life support provided by the Internet Archive (archive.org). Sites that have not been updated recently are noted below. In a rough order, the sites I think are most worthwhile:
- The Fat Canyoners Club - Tim Vollmer
- SleepWhenWeAreDead - Craig's Flynn's blog
- Canyons Page - Dug Floyd
- Canyoning Australia - web forum
- Whungee Wheengee - Adrian Kladnig
- David Noble
- Blue Mountains Canyons - David Noble (disappeared, last update 2011 - visit the archived version)
- Wit Cieslik's Canyoning Page (last updated 2009) (disappeared, last update 2009 - visit the archived version)
- David Jones' Canyoning Page (last updated 2009)
- Chris Collier's Canyoning Page - (disappeared, last update 2004 - visit the archived version)
- Wolgan Wombats (last updated 2009)
- Geoff and Bernie's Canyoning Site (disappeared, last update 2000 - visit the archived version)
- Craig and Mandy Flynn's Canyoning Page (last update 2000 - visit the archived version)
- David Connard's Canyoning Page (last update 2000)
- Sven Klinge's (archive.org) Canyoning Page (disappeared, last update 2000 - visit the archived version)
- Dave Noble (No 2)'s Canyoning Page (disappeared, last update 1997 - visit the archived version)
Other useful pages (loosely related to canyoning in the Sydney area):
Weather and rainfall
River heights
General links
This is a random selection of interesting sites with information on topics such as abseiling, techniques, rescues etc. Note that these pages do not teach you how to abseil, how to use the techniques, nor even if the techniques are safe. If you intend to use any of the techniques you should train them in controlled conditions with appropriate safety measures before using them in a canyon. Read the disclaimer
- Chockstone - Tech Tips - lots of useful tips, generally aimed at climbing, but most of it is applicable to abseiling in general
- Vertical Devices - Gary D Storrick - different descenders/ascenders, and methods of setup just using crabs
- American Canyoneering Assocation - has lots of discussion in the forums
- Rescue Dynamics - has an article of the month going back to the mid 90s. While many of the articles are more related to mountaineering, there are still quite a few of general rescue interest
- Tom Moyer's Testing Page - empirical testing of ropes, knots and other set ups
- Geir Hundal's The Climbing Mythbusters - testing rope sport myths
Tape harnesses
- ASRC Seat Harness - Blue Ridge Mountain Rescue Group
- Rappel Seat - this page also has lots of information on knots
- Improvised Harnesses
- the fat canyoners club - Making a tape abseiling harness
- the fat canyoners club - Bjorn’s alternate tape harness designs