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Canyoneering the Seven Teacups/Kern River… Again

Canyoneering the Seven Teacups/Kern River… Again

The Fools ran Seven Teacups… Again It had been a few years, and it was nice to be back. We did not intend to make a movie this time, but… then Mr. Fool did. We tried to show some other areas, and focused mostly on the fun we had floating down the Kern at the end. Check out the video of our escapade and a few photos down below!  Trekking to the Teacups We spent the night in the…

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Cannyoneering Lower Jump Canyon

Cannyoneering Lower Jump Canyon

The Fools ran Lower Jump Canyon with a group of other canyoneers, and it was a rough one. We finished in around 10 hours, but were exhausted mentally and physically. Definitely do not attempt this canyon on your own. Enjoy the video! Running Lower Jump Canyon  **Disclaimer: Canyoneering comes with serious risks and should only be done if you have proper training or an experienced leader. The information above is not to be used to attempt the canyon and is…

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Canyoneering the Seven Teacups/Kern River

Canyoneering the Seven Teacups/Kern River

Mr. Fools Meets Seven Teacups, His First Swift Water Canyon!** I, Mr. Fool, have been training hard to run swift water canyons. It’s taken a lot of work to get to this point. I’m relatively new to canyoneering. My more experienced counterpart, Ms. Fool, introduced me to the sport last year, and she has been teaching me increasingly difficult technical know-how. Ms. Fool and I share the goal of tackling plenty of swift water canyons. These are some of the…

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Bonita Falls/Lytle Creek Canyoneering

Bonita Falls/Lytle Creek Canyoneering

Oh, Canyoneering, How We Love Thee** When we’re not paragliding or rock climbing, you can find us canyoneering. Broadly speaking, canyoneering combines hiking with swimming, high jumps, scrambling, stemming, and technical rope skills such as rappelling (abseiling). Of course, it is possible to descend certain walkable canyons without doing any of these. But those are not the sort of canyons we Fools prefer. Stumbling To The Start The weather was a brutal 100 degrees.  Really, we should not have attempted…

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