Links

Disclaimer - Please read!

There are quite a number of canyoning pages out there, but few that are good, and fewer that are updated with any kind of regularity. You'd think that most people stopped canyoning about 5 years ago.... Sites that have not been updated recently are noted below. In a rough order, the sites I think are most worthwhile:

Blue Mountains Canyons - David Noble
Wit Cieslik's Canyoning Page
David Jones' Canyoning Page
Geoff and Bernie's Canyoning Site (last update 2000)
Chris Collier's Canyoning Page
Wolgan Wombats
Adrian Davis
Craig and Mandy Flynn's Canyoning Page (last update 2000)
David Connard's Canyoning Page (last update 2000)
Sven Klinge's (archive.org) Canyoning Page (disappeared, last update 2000 - visit the archived version)
Joe Bugden's Canyon Photos
Dave Noble (No 2)'s Canyoning Page (disappeared, last update 1997 - visit the archived version)
Andrew Valja's Canyon Photo Page (disappeared, last update 2001)
Chazmo's Canyons - Charles Hardimon

Other useful pages (loosely related to canyoning in the Sydney area):

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
Classic Method of abseiling - if you get stuck without any hardware
Vertical Devices - Gary D Storrick - different descenders/ascenders, and methods of setup just using crabs
Tape harnesses and rescue techniques - Tempe Fire Dept's vertical rescue page
The Art of Abseiling - some interesting techniques for canyoning
American Canyoneering Assocation - also has some interesting techniques
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

Tom Brennan : website@ozultimate.com : updated 2006-10-05