Waterfallin’: The Only Verb We Conjugate Wet
View this reel on Instagram waterfallin’ (verb, informal, EPIC dialect): to spend a perfectly good day getting soaked on purpose, and calling it rest. 💦😎 That was the whole caption. We could have written more. We were busy. Known side effects: Grinning for no reason on the drive home. Forgetting where you left your phone. And not caring. A sudden urge to cancel the spa. Why does falling water feel this good? Because it switches the noise off. Cold water, a rope you trust and a crew that laughs too loud do more for your head than any app with a breathing exercise. 🌿 We keep going back for exactly that. Is waterfallin’ only for experts? No. It’s a mood before it’s a skill. Beginner Canyoning: your very first “wait, we’re going in there?” Intermediate Canyoning (12+): for when getting…
Canyoning Math: How Many Waterfall Meters in 10 Seconds?
View this post on Instagram A post shared by Epic Madeira (@epicmadeira) Canyoning Math, lesson one: 0 to 10 seconds… how many waterfall meters? 😎💦 We know the answer. We’re not telling. Our guides have argued about it over poncha more than once, and the only method everyone agrees on is the practical one: you, a rope, a waterfall roaring next to you, and someone from the crew counting out loud. Homework is optional. Fun is mandatory. Beginner Canyoning: 8+, first lesson Intermediate Canyoning: 12+, advanced math, bigger drops Send your best guess to WhatsApp +351 913 988 682 or our Instagram. Closest answer gets bragging rights. 🤓
Our Canyoning Documentary on RTP Madeira
Twenty-five minutes. Three canyons. One very patient camera crew. 🎬 Back in the day we teamed up with RTP Madeira to make the first full documentary about canyoning in Portugal, filmed right here. It’s the island from the inside: how the sport started here, three routes that show what these riverbeds hide, and that forest so green it looks edited (it isn’t). A few facts for the curious: Published on our YouTube on 15 January 2020, about 25 min 30 s, in Portuguese (there’s an English-subtitled cut on our Facebook) RTP1 ran a news piece, Canyoning na Madeira (6 July 2017, journalist Paulo Jardim), with Francisco Pereira from Epic Madeira. It’s still in the RTP Arquivos Full film: Documentary about Canyoning in Madeira Island Rewatching it still makes us want to grab the ropes and go. If it does the…