Canyon Companion
Medium quality canyoneering information
December 12, 2021
- Added Change Creek blog post
September 1, 2021
- Added Hall Creek blog post
August 29, 2021
- Added South Fork Snoqualmie blog post
July 24, 2021
- Merged the terms on the abbreviation page into the glossary since it was kind of redundant. Consequently there is no more abbreviation page and there are loads of new glossary terms
- New terms are ABC, ACA, ACE, ART, Association for Canyoneering Education, best person at risk, BFR, BG, big friendly rock, BLM, bolt-kit, BPAR, Bureau of Land Management, CAC, canyoner, canyoning, CARE, CCC, CFS, Civilian Conservation Corps, CST, CUSA, DS, Emergency Medical Services, EMS, GCNRA, GORP, GSENM, HCV, HITRR, ICOpro, LCV, LEO, LMAR, LMR, LNT, LPAR, MA, MIA exit, MMO, National Park Service, NPS, ORV, OW, PAS, PCD, PMP, PNW, SAR, SITLA, SRENE, SUWA, TG, TNG, USGS, V7 Academy, VRG, WCCM, YDS, ZAC, and ZNP
July 10, 2021
- Added Single Solid Natural Anchors article (Located in How to Canyoneer -> Anchors)
- Added cinch wrap, frost knot, water knot, and shelf glossary terms
July 6, 2021
- Added Adams Canyon blog post
July 5, 2021
- Added DEAR article. DEAR is an acronym for qualities of an ideal anchor location.
July 4, 2021
- Started Anchors article
- Added EARNEST article. EARNEST is an acronym for qualities of an ideal anchor.
March 28, 2021
- Added Great White Icicle blog post
March 12, 2021
- Added 2020 mistakes to Every Mistake I've Ever Made Canyoneering blog post.
September 7, 2020
- Added Super Amazing Ropewiki Map blog post
July 26, 2020
- Added Lincoln's First Canyon blog post
- Added Crumbling Canyon blog post
April 30, 2020
- Added Canyon Leader 2 Skills Checklist
- Updated 2020 Skills Checklists Updates blog post to include CL2 changes
- Added Courtesy Start and Cut and Lower glossary terms
April 29, 2020
- Added Canyon Leader 1 Skills Checklist
- Updated 2020 Skills Checklists Updates blog post to include CL1 changes
- Added Buddy Check, Courtesy Loop, Redundant Wrap, Rope Entanglement, Safety Check, Safety Line, and Traverse Line glossary terms. Maybe more?
April 28, 2020
- Added Core and Aspirant Skills Checklists
- Added 2018 Skills Checklists because why not
- Added half-finished blog post with differences between the 2018 and 2020 ACA Skills Checklists
- Added Floating Disconnect, Smear, Water Hazard, and Static Courtesy Rigging glossary terms
March 12, 2020
- Added 2019 mistakes to Every Mistake I've Ever Made Canyoneering blog post.
February 23, 2020
November 10, 2019
- Quizzes page - all the full-length quizzes in one place.
November 6, 2019
September 21, 2019
- Rope page
- I made a rope quiz thing. Give a try at the bottom of the rope page.
June 30, 2019
June 25, 2019
- The Worrier blog post
June 17, 2019
- Rocky Mouth in Hard Mode blog post
June 6, 2019
- Rappel Maui blog post
- Water bottle page
April 3, 2019
- North Wash March 2019 blog post.
March 22, 2019
- Glossary is done! And by done I mean I have added all the words that I had on my list except for a couple of dumb ones. And I haven't added any new words to the list in hours. HOURS! The definitions are all probably wrong, though.
- Bench, Bluff, Butte, Deviation, Equalette, Foot Entrapment, Packraft, Pig Rig, Piggyback, Quad, Recirculating Current, Saddle, Siphon, Strainer, Swift Water, Undercut, and Via Ferrata glossary terms.
March 21, 2019
- Chute, Cross Joint, Cryptobiotic Soil, Draw, Epic, Hallway, Joint, Mountain, Nose (Landform), Peak, Ralston Rock, Ralstone, Ridge, Side Drainage, Slide, Spur glossary terms.
March 13, 2019
- Tons of little changes and fixes like:
- Pronunciation Guide now has self-links for its terms. To link to any pronunciation or glossary term just long-tap or right-click the term and click "Copy Link Address" to copy it to the clipboard.
- Links to any glossary term, you know, terms like Zions, now have a faint underline to indicate that hovering on them with a mouse will pop up the definition.
- YouTube videos like the one on the Sandthrax blog post now fit the width of your mobile screen.
- Contour line, free rappel, scree, talus, belay station, focal point, cheater stick, happy hooker, cordura, crux, social trail, bag up rigging system, bag down rigging system, tail up rigging system, and tail down rigging system glossary terms. I only have like 30 more terms on my list!
February 23, 2019
- Add The Pull page
February 1, 2019
- Add S.T.E.P. - A Checklist for the Last Rappeller page.
- New icon! Inspired by the curves of a slot canyon and forming a "CC" for "Canyon Companion". The curve is slightly asymmetric which indicates the imperfections that are prevalent in my blog technical information.
January 14, 2019
- 500 glossary terms!
January 13, 2019
- Consolidate a few redundant glossary terms. Add new terms:
- Chest Pouch, Chester, PicPocket, Bogley, Canyon skid plate, CanyonWerks, Multi-directional load, Triaxial load, and Cross load.
- Carabiner parts: Gate, Nose (Carabiner), Basket, Working end, Wide end, Spine, Skinny end, Runner end, Major axis, and Minor axis.
- Knots: Figure 8, Figure of 8, Figure 8 on a bight, Flemish bend, and Rethreaded figure 8 bend.
- As of today there are 496 terms and 416 definitions.
January 3, 2019
- Carabiner article.
December 5, 2018
- Partner Capture page.
November 18, 2018
- Lomatium blog post.
November 17, 2018
- Spencer, Moonflower/U-Turn, and Tierdrop/Not Tierdrop blog posts.
October 23, 2018
October 21, 2018
- Launch Canyon Companion website. The old domain now redirects here.
- Mystery, Engelstead, and Rock Canyon blog posts.
- Add links to all the pictures on most of the blog posts. The link is at the bottom of the page if it's there. The newer the blog post, the more likely it will have lots of extra pictures.
- New Canyon Rating Widget on the Canyon Rating System page and most of the blog post pages.
September 29, 2018
- Another site redesign! I seriously spend more time designing this website than I do creating content for it.
- Subway blog post.
- A bunch of new glossary terms.
May 26, 2018
- Hall's Creek blog post.
May 22, 2018
- Robber's Roost May 2018 blog post.
April 16, 2018
- Love letter to my dearly departed harness
- Added What to C.H.E.C.K. before rappelling page.
- terms: elongation, gear loop, leg loop, rope spool, sheath slippage, short rope, tensile strength, waist belt, and z rig.
April 15, 2018
- Fleshed out Canyon Rating System page. It's got a little widget on it now.
- Glossary terms: tape.
April 2, 2018
- ACA Guide/Leader/Aspirant Rendezvous blog post.
April 1, 2018
- Complete rewrite of the entire site!
- Glossary the most comprehensive for Colorado Plateau Canyoneering
- Pronunciation Guide