This April 19, 2012 photo provided by Charmaine Noronha shows her rappelling over Salome Creek in Salome Canyon, in Arizona’s Tonto National Forest. The sport of canyoneering includes hiking, climbing ...

SALOME CANYON, Ariz. - I was about to follow a man I'd just met through a sweltering desert, into the crevices of a canyon, over wet boulders, down a waterfall, through a bone-chilling creek, down ...

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You might be familiar with the sport of canyoneering from the harrowing, based-on-reality film “127 Hours,” but you don’t have to saw your arm off to have an epic canyoneering experience. No need to ...

SPRINGDALE, Utah — There comes a moment when you step backward off a cliff, clinging to a rope the width of your pinkie, and ask yourself, “Why am I doing this?” It’s inevitable. Fear of heights (and ...

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“Alright, everybody feel good? Are we ready to commit to this?” Sam shouted down the canyon, juggling the tail of our rope as he waited for an answer. Enthusiastically we shouted back, “Let’s do it!” ...

Even though canyoneering started in Europe during the 1970s, Utah is the capital of the sport, attracting rock climbers and mountaineers. Eric Draper / Aurora Open / Corbis “Whoo hooo” echoes through ...