I’m based in the Spanish Pyrenees in a little medieval village named Tella, 1 street, 9 inhabitants, not counting my wife, little daughter and I.
It’s located right on the edge of the national park of Ordesa and the Monte Perdido, in the valley of Escuaìn.
If anyone is interested in the scenery and a few canyoning-pictures of the neighboorhood and Mallorca, take a look at our website www.pocolocoadventures.com
The big picture of the program “MTB in Alto Aragon” is taken 200 meters from our doorstep, nice éh.
The video is very low resolution to help downloading and is quite old, we’ll change it in the weeks to come.
Without leaving the valley, we can reach 9 canyons on foot, 3 of which are counted among the “classics” of the Pyrenees: the Miraval (very aquatic, no rappels), the Garganta de Escuaìn (aquatic, high jumps) and the Consusa inferior (a big staircase of 16 rappels). Another 7 canyons are in the park and thus closed for canyoning.
Do you know the spot, Julien ? (What took you to far away NZ ?).
Anybody wants a taste of Spanish canyons, we’ve always a few beds to spare, the invitation stands.
About “Vertaco” : I don’t like it very much personally because it gives too much brake for my taste (and I weigh 100 kgs for 1.96 m !), but it is a very safe technique which we use a lot for inexperienced people. If they let go of the rope, they don’t go speeding down right away, giving ample time for the guy below or above to react.
Happy canyons,
Koen
canyonz
Koen you’re one lucky bastard! Tella is a great place and I had memorable adventures there down some cold canyons, the ones you named and a few others, like Garganta d’Escuain Superior (I know, it’s illegal, or it was at the time, shame on me). I even remember the taste of the beer after a day in these wonderful, slippery, cold, scary and awesome canyons. Great jumps and beautiful water, I recommend them to anyone and I’ll check you out maybe next year mate! Are you Spanish? Yes the ‘vertaco’ has quite a lot of friction but it’s ok with a single rope 10 or 10.5 mm, don’t you think? As for NZ, well, shit (good one, that is) happens! Charly thanks for your tips about Colorado canyons. Are they dry or aquatic? I was in Colorado last year (Dolores, near Cortez – Durango) and I saw a lot of dry canyons in the desert (surprise!). Are the wet ones in the mountains? Thanks Rich for initiating this forum.
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Tom Jones
In the park, it is closed to canyoning? Please explain.
(and all the rest sounds really, really good.)
Tom
“Poco Loco Adventures” pocoloco@skynet.be> wrote: > I’m based in the Spanish Pyrenees in a little medieval village named Tella, 1 street, 9 inhabitants, not counting my wife, little daughter and I. > It’s located right on the edge of the national park of Ordesa and the Monte Perdido, in the valley of Escuaìn. > If anyone is interested in the scenery and a few canyoning-pictures of the neighboorhood and Mallorca, take a look at our website http://www.pocolocoadventures.com > The big picture of the program “MTB in Alto Aragon” is taken 200 meters from our doorstep, nice éh. > The video is very low resolution to help downloading and is quite old, we’ll change it in the weeks to come. > Without leaving the valley, we can reach 9 canyons on foot, 3 of which are counted among the “classics” of the Pyrenees: the Miraval (very aquatic, no rappels), the Garganta de Escuaìn (aquatic, high jumps) and the Consusa inferior (a big staircase of 16 rappels). Another 7 canyons are in the park and thus closed for canyoning. > Do you know the spot, Julien ? (What took you to far away NZ ?). > Anybody wants a taste of Spanish canyons, we’ve always a few beds to spare, the invitation stands.
About “Vertaco” : I don’t like it very much personally because it gives too much brake for my taste (and I weigh 100 kgs for 1.96 m !), but it is a very safe technique which we use a lot for inexperienced people. If they let go of the rope, they don’t go speeding down right away, giving ample time for the guy below or above to react.
Happy canyons,
Koen >