There trianing has been the best. It’s all about safty.

San Gabriel Mts in S. Calif, has numerous canyons, with 3 to 12 water fall per canyon, arrangeing from 20 to over 100 feet high repells. water flow varies with time of year. All great 1 day adventures.

3 years ago I went to Water Canyon just out side of Zion Ntl Park with 12 others who had trained under ATS. Just think your repelling 220 feet down, along the side of the this hugh water fall, where you could just reach out grab it.

I just got back from Zion today, again went with about 30 guys and galls who trained under ATS. My longest repell is now 285 feet most of it free hanging.

I even did my first Nite time slotted canyon. 17 of us ventured in with head lamps. 2nd repell, we repelled off line into a pool of water and a short swim (For safty we were cliped into a tag line,)
We moved thru the canyon as a teamed. Giving a helping hand, or help placeing a foot in a climb dowms. Making sure when you approch a repell station your cliped in and lock with your safty line. Everyone checks each other, making sure that nothing is twisted or in the way of the repell devise, auto block are on and everything is locked, before our safty line is disconnected.
All of this just so you can enjoy the last 110 foot free hang repell.

I had so much fun I did the same slotted canyon the next day. 3 repells and 3 water pools you swim or hike thru, you walk into a opening and look up 100 plus feet, you relize thats groud level, then you notice how how the water you just hiked thru has spent thousand of years carving out this beautifully slotted canyon an as the sun light seek in thru the cracks above to illuminate chambers below. As you hike out you take a moment to refect on the natural beauty you have just seen.
What a story, that you can share with friends and fellow canyoneers, and the planning of your next adventure.