GORGS International Canyoneering Meeting

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GORGSInternational Canyoneering Meeting

• IV Edition Spain - June 2007

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Gorgs, the philosophy

• Gorgs was born inside the Federation of Alpinism
  and Climbing of Catalonia, that is a region of
  Spain (http//www.feec.org)
• Its target is to let people discover the canyons
  every year in a different region.
• It was organized to see how many people in Spain
  were canyoneers.

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Canyoning in Spain

• Spain has a lot of beautifull places to practice
  canyoneering. From famous paradises like Guara,
  in Huesca, to other nice parts of the Pirynees,
  like Catalonia.

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Gorgs 2004, the First Edition

• It took place in a village named Sort (Pallars
  Sobirà Lérida Catalonia).
• People 60-70 people.

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Gorgs 2005, a succesfull edition

• It took place in a village named Coll de Nargó
  (la Ribagorça Lérida Catalonia).
• People 180 people.

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Gorgs 2006, the consolidation

• It took place in a village named Ribes de Freser
  ( Girona Catalonia).
• People 231 people.

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Gorgs 2007, the birth of something new

• It will took place in a village named Tremp
  (Pallars Jussà Lérida Catalonia) the 1,2 and
  3 of June 2007.
• THE INNOVATION
• The organization of this edition, will be done
  for the first time in the history of canyoneering
  in Spain, by a federation of mountain and a
  federation of speleology.

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Gorgs 2007, the birth of something new

• In November 2006, the FEEC (Federació d
  Alpinisme i d Escalada de Catalunya) and the FCE
  (Federació Catalana d Espeleologia) signed a
  document to work in
• Organization of Gorgs2007
• Catalogue of canyons in Catalonia
• Re equipments
• Homologation of the basis formation in
  canyoneering
• To work together with the institutions
  (prohibitions, regulations etc)

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Gorgs 2007, the birth of something new

• Expected people 300 people.
• We offer included in the inscription T-shirt
  camping Saturday dinner info book nice
  surprises concert
• I International Cayoneering Congress

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Gorgs 2007

• Thank for your attention
• For more infos please contact us at
• Comitè de Descens de Barrancs
• http//www.feec.org
• Departamento de Cañones y Barrancos
• http//www.espeleocat.net

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Thank you for your attention.