Sumer Break 🌞 🌊
A retrospective or technical articles
Sumer means class-c canyons. If you are going to the RIC 2026 I’ll see you there.
Technical Retrospective
In the meantime, here is a list of technical articles in case you missed one of them.
Stuck Ropes
This a “Decision Flowchart” for ascending stuck ropes. At the core of this problem is making sure that the secure rope, the one it was used for rappelling, does not go out of reach. So, it is very important to test the recovery pull during the first five feet of the pull. If there is any indication of an incoming difficult pull....Stop, and consider asc…
Joining Ropes at The Master Point
Joining ropes at the master point in a rappel station seems to be a very practical scenario to examine where a canyoneer stands in their rigging and decision making skills path. This particular task involves:
Courtesy Rigging
Spry Canyon in Zion NP. The poster child of the result of American Southwest wrongheaded anchoring practices. In the photo, you can see the Courtesy rigging in Courtesy Mode . Last person unhooks the orange HMS carabiner, and lets the master point get past all those rope grooves.
Ascending Systems in Canyoneering
(Originally posted in Instructional Canyoneering Resource FB in June 2020 & 2026 Update)
Happy Canyoneering!