{"id":2289,"date":"2021-03-01T22:33:17","date_gmt":"2021-03-01T21:33:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hydrogene-sports.com\/?p=2289"},"modified":"2023-04-11T17:59:42","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T15:59:42","slug":"do-you-need-to-know-how-to-swim-to-go-canyoning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hydrogene-sports.com\/en\/faut-il-savoir-nager-pour-faire-du-canyoning\/","title":{"rendered":"Do you need to know how to swim to go canyoning?"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the spring and throughout the summer, we are all on the look-out for original, sporting or extreme activities to occupy our weekends and holidays. Depending on the region of the world or of France, themed activities are on offer to you. Among them is a semi-aquatic activity to be enjoyed just as much with family as with friends: canyoning!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

If you are about to go canyoning for the first time, you surely have a few questions in mind, notably: <\/span>Do you need to know how to swim to go canyoning?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Yes and No \ud83e\udd17<\/span><\/h2>\n

This sport, which combines climbing and hiking, involves travelling along streams or rivers by walking, climbing, jumping, abseiling or swimming over greater or lesser distances. Canyoning is defined as progressing along the bed of a watercourse. However, in reality, canyoning routes are similar but not identical! Some of them require swimming over long distances or through deep pools, which means participants must be comfortable with swimming. Conversely, there are routes with very little or no water at all, where it is therefore not necessary to know how to swim!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The answer is therefore in two parts: as a general rule, it is necessary to know how to swim, but not always!<\/span><\/p>\n

Choose the route at your level \ud83d\udcaa\ud83c\udffc<\/span><\/h2>\n

At a national level, canyoning routes are catalogued according to certain criteria in order to identify their difficulty. To do this, three criteria are taken into account:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n