Davis Creek, South of Mount Rainier, WA. 9/11/2006. Canyoning is a new sport that consists in travelling down river canyons by walking, gliding, climbing, rappelling (abseiling), swimming or jumping. Joe Budgen (red) rappels (abseils) down past a Indiana Jones like boulder in Davis Creek canyon as Rob Cobb (blue) looks on from the top of a logjam.