Hopefully this is the right place to post this, I have a question about canyoneering anchors. So I'm looking at buying my own gear for some trips this summer, and I'm trying to visualize what is necessary. I've been canyoneering in the past and have done some anchor practice with knowledgeable friends, and I'll practice rigging anchors on some smaller adventures before I go do a more remote canyon. But here's what I'm having trouble with: assuming you take enough webbing and quick links to set up new natural anchors at every rap, that could quickly turn into a lot of "just in case" webbing you're taking with you. I've seen recommendations to take anywhere from 50-100' of webbing to be safe, but say you are setting up 2 new anchors at every rap that both require 30' of webbing, and you have to do that 5x. That's 10 sections and 300 total ft of webbing you're taking. Naturally it helps to have beta either from a recent trip report or having been there before yourself, but I'm just curious how I can avoid starting out with buying and filling a backpack with a pile of unnecessary webbing.
I suppose in canyons that get more traffic it's less of a concern, but you obviously still want to be prepared in case there's a bad anchor, or you could end up stuck. So how much preparation is right?
I decided I wanted to give some technical canyons a try after going through Ding and Dang canyons last fall with some friends. I've done that trip many times and was really disappointed to see almost every drop bolted. The reason I always loved that canyon in the past was it is non-technical but challenging. Apparently it finally saw too much traffic and at some point in the last year or two and somebody decided to bolt it. Really disappointing.