Accident Reports

A fatigued canyoneer carrying excess weight nearly passed out and lost control while descending the 100 meter waterfall in Weijin Creek. He had rigged his figure 8 descender in low friction mode in order to finish the pitch as quickly as possible due to being cold. As he descended, he had to wrap his leg…

A solo canyoneer descended a 60-meter waterfall using the self-lowering method. As they progressed down the pitch, they discovered their rope was not long enough to reach to the base of the waterfall. They locked off and connected a second rope to their first rope via a double sheet bend. The canyoneer fell to the…

A canyoneer descending the Qizhongtian Waterfall Group in Taichung attempted to self-lower off of a pitch using using three lengths of rope tied together, which resulted in a canyoning accident.