Guides
The crew who descend first and check every anchor.
They go first
Our guides descend each new route before it's published — checking anchors, timing the rappels, and testing the water with a thermometer, not a guess.
Who they are
A small crew of canyon guides and SAR volunteers, spread across the desert Southwest and the Alps. Every route on the platform has a name on it.
How we beta it
Guide-checked routes are marked on the page, with the date of the last descent and the name of who did it.