Conditions:Piedra (aka Lost) Canyon-20191117205026
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17 Nov 2019 (5 yrs, 10 mos ago) |
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| Reported by: | Felixrulz (76 reports), Fernando (21 reports) | |
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| Quality: | Ok |
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| Waterflow: | Moderate Low |
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| Wetsuit: | Rain jacket |
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| Difficulty: | Easy |
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| Time: |  1 hour
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Team: 2 people
Trip report URL: https://canyoningcat.travel.blog/2019/11/17/canon-piedra-y-hot-springs-la-fortuna-costa-rica/
Comments: I think we traspassed to drop into the drainage. It was hevily developed and the canyon modified on places. Despite this, there were some nice waterfalls.
All condition reports
| Date | Quality | Waterflow | Wetsuit | Difficulty | Time | Team | Reported by |
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| Ok | Moderate Low
| Rain jacket
| Easy | 1 hour
| 2 people | Felixrulz (76 reports),Fernando (21 reports) | |
Comment: I think we traspassed to drop into the drainage. It was hevily developed and the canyon modified on places. Despite this, there were some nice waterfalls.
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| Great | Significant 
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| Easy | 2 hours
| 2 people Intermediate to Expert | Bjp (60 reports) | |
Comment: Although this is certainly a tourist canyon with little to no actual difficulty, we had a lot of fun. There is enough travel in the unmodified water course of the canyon to make it feel like canyoneering, and the two big rappels are a lot of fun. The Desafio guides felt very professional and had good systems worked out to provide a lot of fun and engagement while keeping everyone safe. At first, I was somewhat disappointed to see that both big rappels were guided, which meant we would not rappel under the flow of the waterfall. But, these guided rappels were a lot of fun and the last one was basically a vertical zip line.
It was raining nearly the entire time we were in the canyon, but the temperature was good even without any water protection. One guide mentioned that this canyon can be very dry when not in the wet season, and it would probably not be nearly as fun during those times. I was struck by how effective the fireman's belays were -- they had a lot of slack in the rope while the rappeller/zipper was going pretty fast, and the guides were able to consistently and gently slow them using only a fireman's belay when the rappeler's only friction was a sport-mode figure 8 and the rope was only maybe 10mm or so.
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