Hi... Newbie with some issues...

[Vallejo]

Hi guys!

I found this website while I was searching some info about canyoneering. I'm mexican and I saw a link for an spanish forum at canonismo.net, but both links, english and spanish, links to here.

I just want to be sure that I can post here (since I don't know if there is actually an spanish ACA forum), although I would post some canyoneering experiences about some places in Mexico.

I hope you can give me some directions.

PS sorry for my english... Still learning.

[rcwild]

Of course you can post here.

Sorry for the confusion between the English and Spanish sites. We have a new site designed that we want to unveil. The one issue standing in our way is translations. We have tried several approaches, but all end up with the typical Babelfish type translation that changes words, but screws up grammar.

We're still working on it.

In the meantime, we will be happy to tolerate your poor English if you will tolerate our poor English. Some of us are from southern Utah. :cool:

[thafen]

We would like to have you post some of the canyoneering experiences from Mexico, have been looking at going down there to do some canyons for some time and any tips/canyons would be helpful. Welcome...:)

[Vallejo]

Thanks... I'll keep posting here...

thafen, about my canyoneering experiences, I had just one at Matacanes Canyon (I think that it's a 3-C-III). We was guided by professionals who gave us a little introduction about canyoneering but, although we had a 100ft and a 60ft rapel, we didn't make any knot or something like that... Then I have no experience or tips about canyoneering except bringing with you a lot of peanuts in a home made keg (errr... mayonnaise keg... lol)

This sunday I'll be coming back to Matacanes with a couple of my friends, but this time we'll be going upriver... Since it's a "C" class canyon, swimming against the river flow will be more challenging. We'll start at "Las adjuntas", the usual end of the Matacanes trip and we'll try to reach the cave (point where starts the trip called "Half Matacanes") because we have no ropes and no experience to keep ascending to the top of the canyon.

I'll be posting photos soon...

PS meanwhile I was typing this message, a package arrived to mi office... A used neoprene suit that I bought a couple days ago from Internet... Yeah!!

[paraizaa]

Que tal Vallejo !!

De acuerdo a lo que leo de tu post, te interesa conocer mas el mundo del descenso de cañones,,,, eso creo !!,,, e incluso conocer mas de nudos y sus aplicaciones !! ya que en el cañon de Matacanes regularmente lo que hacemos es colocar cuerdas de manera rapída y listo para poder hacer el descenso de manera segura, confiable. y que en caso de alguna contingencia, desde luego podamos actuar de un manera rapida y efectiva, con lo cual buscamos dismimuir el riesgo de que alguna persona se atore.

Te recomedaría que estuvieras atento a los calendarios que se ofrecen de los cursos de cañonismo que se ofrecen por la ACA aqui en Monterrey, lo impórtante desde luego es estar atento a las fechas para que puedas aprovecharlas de Julio y Octubre. aqui te paso el link correspondiente a la pagina en español ( http://www.canonismo.net/index.php?categoryid=33) y su calendario de este año, otro cosa que puedas hacer es ponerte en contacto con Chuy Guerrero quien es el visepresidente de la Asoc, aqui en Mexico y platicar con el, en referencia a tu intereres de conocer mas este fascinante mundo del cañonismo, igual escribele por medio de contactos. y creeme que esto apoyaria muchisismo tu deseo de ser mas independiente en tu formación de cañonismo.

seguro que mucho de esto te apoyara en lo que deseas hacer,

Un grato saludo




Thanks... I'll keep posting here...

thafen, about my canyoneering experiences, I had just one at Matacanes Canyon (I think that it's a 3-C-III). We was guided by professionals who gave us a little introduction about canyoneering but, although we had a 100ft and a 60ft rapel, we didn't make any knot or something like that... Then I have no experience or tips about canyoneering except bringing with you a lot of peanuts in a home made keg (errr... mayonnaise keg... lol)

This sunday I'll be coming back to Matacanes with a couple of my friends, but this time we'll be going upriver... Since it's a "C" class canyon, swimming against the river flow will be more challenging. We'll start at "Las adjuntas", the usual end of the Matacanes trip and we'll try to reach the cave (point where starts the trip called "Half Matacanes") because we have no ropes and no experience to keep ascending to the top of the canyon.

I'll be posting photos soon...

PS meanwhile I was typing this message, a package arrived to mi office... A used neoprene suit that I bought a couple days ago from Internet... Yeah!!

[Vallejo]

Muchas gracias paraizaa!

De hecho sí me gustaría mucho irme adentrando en el mundo del cañonismo.

Vi el calendario de este año para los cursos y de hecho por medio del contacto pregunté precios ($2,900). Me interesa ir tomando esso cursos y adquiriendo experiencia, aunque de momento, por cuestiones económicas, lo tendre qué posponer... Tal vez en Octubre esté en condiciones de invertir en ello.

Gracias por todo. Seguimos en contacto.

[paraizaa]

Excelente que te hayas dado la oportunidad de tener la información mas certera, y sobre todo, buscando que la condición de formación sea de una manera sumamente segura,,,,,, y desde luego después de esto, divertida.

En mi caso, tardé 3 años para completar los cursos, ya que los tomaba de acuerdo a las posibilidades vacacionales que tenía por parte del trabajo, y desde luego tambien económicas..... pero con el tiempo, vez que valió la pena mantener presente el deseo de tener una formación profesional en esto.

Suerte y nos vemos en los cañones. !!