- published: 09 Sep 2013
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River climbing, river trekking or mountain stream climbing is a form of hiking or outdoor adventure activity, a traditional sport in Japan and popular in Hong Kong and Taiwan, and, in some ways, similar to canyoning or canyoneering. River trekking is a combination of trekking and climbing and sometimes swimming along the river. It involves particular techniques like rock climbing, climbing on wet surfaces, understanding the geographical features of river and valleys, knotting, dealing with sudden bad weather and finding out possible exits from the river.
Japan and Taiwan are the most popular destinations for this sport.
The most famous 100 mountain streams to climb in Japan can be found by looking up 百名谷.
This sport is popular throughout Taiwan, where it is generally called river tracing (溯溪). The Hualien area is the most popular destination for river tracing. Hualien Outdoors(www.hualienoutdoors.org) guides trips and is based out of Hualien.
The Nine Big Rivers (九大石澗) are the nine rivers that are most popular among river trekkers in Hong Kong. The Nine Big Rivers include: