{"id":1002,"date":"2018-12-17T18:00:14","date_gmt":"2018-12-17T17:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/?p=1002"},"modified":"2025-03-04T07:08:05","modified_gmt":"2025-03-04T07:08:05","slug":"debuter-dans-le-canyon-de-lartigue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/en\/debuter-dans-le-canyon-de-lartigue\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting started in the Artigue Canyon"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 style=\"text-align: left;\">How to start canyoning?<\/h2>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"translation-block\">I started <strong>canyoning<\/strong> by chance, if chance exists. I met Rod in Ari\u00e8ge during a barbecue with friends. He was looking for people who spoke English to go on an outing to the <a href=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/en\/shop\/canyon-de-lartigue\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Canyon de l\u2019Artigue<\/strong><\/a>. He was giving a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icopro.org\/pages\/assistant-instructor_13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Assistant Instructor<\/a> training course within the ICOpro structure. I was with two friends, we knew how to speak English but we knew nothing about canyoning and we had never heard of ICOpro. We said yes, and off we went.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Artigue-4-copie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1066 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Artigue-4-copie.jpg\" alt=\"Artigue canyon paysage\" width=\"680\" height=\"451\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"translation-block\">The future Assistant Instructors welcomed us enthusiastically. They came from all over the world; a Scot, a Brazilian, a Frenchman, an American\u2026 They showed us <strong>the canyoner\u2019s equipment and the activity<\/strong>. It was about going down a canyon using various <strong>techniques<\/strong>; we were going to go tobogganing, abseiling, jumping and walking. During the approach walk I remember feeling a mixture of curiosity, apprehension and well-being. We were moving around the mountain and that was already great. Rod showed us how to use the pirana to abseil down a rope. Well, we knew that, it was not bad. All that remained was to do it.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Canyon-dessin-1-copie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1067 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Canyon-dessin-1-copie.jpg\" alt=\"canyon rappel dessin\" width=\"680\" height=\"676\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"translation-block\">The international Assistant Instructors reassured us, we weren't too smart in this river nestled between the rocks. I was afraid of heights, or at least I thought I was, I didn't like the heights and the <strong>first jump<\/strong> was difficult, after that it was as funny as a kid jumping into the water. And then <strong>the rappel<\/strong>... The first rappel I didn't act proud, I wondered if the rope would hold, I didn't know what to do with my feet, a little drop of sweat ran down my forehead and it went very well.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Artigue-2-copie.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1068 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/Artigue-2-copie.jpg\" alt=\"Artigue canyon cascade\" width=\"711\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p lang=\"zxx\" style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"translation-block\">So we spent a good part of the day, going down <strong>the Artigue canyon in joy and good humor<\/strong> speaking English. It was a treat to share this moment with my friends but also with these people who came from faraway lands. At the end of the canyon we turned around with our friends to say that we had gone down our first canyon. We all met at the <a href=\"https:\/\/speleo-canyon-ariege.com\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sp\u00e9l\u00e9o Canyon Ari\u00e8ge<\/a> center to debrief the day. We received our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.icopro.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ICOpro<\/a> cards, we were family, we were initiated. And for me it was <strong>the beginning of the canyoning adventure<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Comment d\u00e9buter le canyoning ? J\u2019ai d\u00e9but\u00e9 dans le\u00a0canyoning\u00a0par hasard, si le hasard existe. J\u2019ai fait la rencontre de Rod en Ari\u00e8ge au cours d\u2019un barbecue avec des amis. Il cherchait des gens parlant anglais pour faire une sortie au\u00a0canyon de l\u2019Artigue. Il donnait une formation\u00a0d\u2019Assistant Instructeur\u00a0au sein de la structure ICOpro. 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