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skitch
Gym climber
Bend Or
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At least 2 if not 4 more Gopros.
Maybe another Neutrino.
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Texplorer
Trad climber
Sacramento
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40 Gu packets
1 liter of water
1 Da Brim
1 Chongo's wall hauling book
1 Sat phone
Canyoneering is tough stuff, recommend posting and then going and rappeling the Nose as a warmup. Also agree with the 4 GoPros
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survival
Big Wall climber
Terrapin Station
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Welcome to Supertopo!
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jstan
climber
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The quicksand nearly got my father in law.
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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One forty-five caliber automatic
Two boxes of ammunition
Four days' concentrated emergency rations
One drug issue containing antibiotics, morphine, vitamin pills, pep pills, sleeping pills, tranquilizer pills
One miniature combination Russian phrase book and Bible
One hundred dollars in rubles
One hundred dollars in gold
Nine packs of chewing gum
One issue of prophylactics
Three lipsticks
Three pair of nylon stockings.
Sounds like a fella' could have a pretty good weekend in Vegas with all that stuff.
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Jaybro
Social climber
Wolf City, Wyoming
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Brian in SLC
Social climber
Salt Lake City, UT
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A savvy partner or three...
Edit to add...whilst looking through your "wish" list...
If you're going to spend that kinda money, get a canyoning specific rope. Imlay, Sterling, or Bluewater. And, get a 60m rope.
If you're going to be in wet canyons with water flow, get a Sterling ATS or a Petzl Pirana. If just dry canyons...maybe something like a ATC for rappelling.
Depending on the area, you might want some anchorage material. Rappel rings, rapides, some webbing.
A backpack with drainage. Imlay, Petzl, Rodcle, etc. Again, depends on where. Keg or drybag.
If were me, I'd get a canyon specific harness.
Wetsuit or drysuit?
Some other stuff to consider:
http://www.store.canyoneeringusa.com/component/rokecwid/?Itemid=108#!/Toms-Top-Picks/c/2565057/offset=0&sort=normal
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Gary
Social climber
From A Buick 6
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You'll need some bombproof anchors. Fortunately, in canyoneering you don't have to worry about that.
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Toker Villain
Big Wall climber
Toquerville, Utah
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Well we also call them sticks or drums.
But somebody didn't attend the screening of Dr. Strangelove at the IC sushifest a tear ago.
edit;
gezas, the short answer is "skill"
You might find this hard to believe, but there are sanctimonious self-righteous canyoneers that, hiding their parsimonious natures, will go to extremes to avoid leaving a good bolted chain in appropriate spots.
Sometimes a flash flood will destroy their constructs leaving a subsequent party with no option but to bolt, but if another flood leaves sufficient material then guess who comes along and chops the bolts?
Be prepared.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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you need a Gnome to show you the ropes . . .
I will Gladly answer your questions and take care of you through the Learning Curve,
I am a guide or was ,in many states, and will be famous for keeping you alive,
I am cereal PM me we can plan as to when school can begin.
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donini
Trad climber
Ouray, Colorado
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You said you were a new climber....sounds like you're downward bound.
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Gnome Ofthe Diabase
climber
Out Of Bed
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I take it back get the 'Doniasurus' to do it, if he wants
my experiences descending in Zion STILL haunt me!
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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gezas . . . sounds kind of like geezers.
You spell like a Whitemeat troll . . . with all due respect to the Meat.
The most often overlooked, crucial, canyoning crutch is the blotter.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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You might want to find a canyon or two.
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Kalimon
Social climber
Ridgway, CO
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The canyon can find you, if you allow it too.
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jstan
climber
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As I was scraping my cheek along the floor of a nine inch high cave passage I suddenly noticed the rocks were all water washed spotlessly clean. That was the moment I decided, based upon the amount of fun I was getting from caving, my being there at all did not compute. As regards objective danger slot canyons are like alpine climbing, I think. At some point, make sure you have thought this through.
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zBrown
Ice climber
Brujò de la Playa
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