Story

In october we went on a canyoning trip in Tyrol, near Maria-Stein. 
Five of us in total fentured into a quite unknown canyon that's called " Just Vertical ".
It is something we do from time to time, but the last canyon trip was a while back for me.
We knew it would be quite a challenge. 
Since canyoning consists of a combination of jumping, climbing, sliding and abseiling down an either
open or narrow gap in the mountain with cold water, you need to know what you're in for. A lot can happen if
not done properly or without guidance !
We all had our harnesses on, same as our wetsuits, rope bags, as well as a drone,
go pros and smartphones with water proof covers. 
We like to document our trips and post them on Youtube for other Canyoning enthusiasts to check them out.

First we had to climb the mountain which was quite hard, since it was a 3 hour ascend and we all had 4-6mm
thick wetsuits on.
Because it was a fair unpopular canyon, it was tricky to find the start, so we had to be creative.
The canyon only constistet of abseiling parts, 17 in total, with the highest one down to 58m. 
There was very few water in it, so feeling cold wasn't an issue. But of course everyone needed his time
with abseiling and we had some breaks to do some pictures and get a few shots with the drone. 
So as the afternoon went on, we where feeling that daylight will eventually be gone, while we are still 
in the canyon. Luckily the whole landscape of it was very open, so it was quite bright even later 
during afternoon. 
Still, the fact we had to do 5 - 6 abseil parts in the dark was concerning for us, when it is dark you 
can't find any of the already mounted hooks in the rocks for reppeling, also not seeing where you 
are stepping is a major problem in such a situation. Neither of us had headlamps with us, since they need 
to be waterproof and for canyoning you usualy never use them. 
We only had some light of our phones, that where secured in waterproof cases.
Our hands started to hurt, definetely good training for abseiling in general but painful.
A big mistake happened when the last of us came down and forgot to remove a carabiner at the top.
Short version: the rope was stuck. Ben had to climb up the rope to the top and remove it, so we can
get the rope down at the end. 
That lead to even more time wastet, and one of our crew tired out.

We managed to head on, finishing in complete darkness and walking back to the cars.
Everthing went well in end fortunately but it made us learn quite a few things for long tours like this.
On the plus side, it was worth it, because the view was very impressive!