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Thanks for pointing out the dangers of falling on a via ferrata. My suspicion would be that falling on a very steep section that is not completely vertical could be even more prone to injury. On the vertical you at least have a free fall away from the wall and if the shock absorber works properly something like a hard catch on a massive whipper. If you can get back up you might even walk away from that. If the wall is not completely vertical you'll get dragged along the wall until the shock absorber deploys.

Now I understand what in Via Ferrata is meant by overhang. In climbing you usually call a wall an overhang if the wall itself is steeper than 90°. But in Via Ferrata you call it overhang if your body is leaning back if your arm is fully extended and feet on the wall?

Thanks, your videos are great for educational purpose! One question, do you have any suggestion of how to avoid the third karabiner dangling, assuming we attach a karabiner to the third, shorter arm typically available in via ferrata kits for resting. I know independent resting devices have some advantages, like not stressing the ferrata kit, but sometimes having the resting system connected to the dissipator might have some perks. I know you must not connect it directly to the harness, since it would bypass the dissipator in case of a fall. Do you have experience with some kind of weak connector that would break in case of a fall?

This is why via ferratas are awesome. The average person can get a taste of what used to be reserved for extreme mountaineers, alpinists and climbers. But this is also why they are so dangerous. All of the sudden you have average people high up in the mountains on near vertical rocky faces. You have to be smart about it. I think resting system should officially be part of every via ferrata kit. Problem is companies only rent out helmets, harness and via ferrata sets . If that is the case bring your own resting system. It is a game changer.

Thanks for the videos, for years I was planning to climb via ferratas and finally this year I found the time to experience my first via ferrata with my 12 year old daughter. Before the trip your videos gave a good understanding about the challenges. Great stuff.

I watch your videos a long time now and i realy like to watch them because they are entertaining and also educational...greetings from austria, vienna💪😎

Good tips! Keep it up!💪

This should be C/D then because you have option to pull yourself with steel cable. Someone says its shamy, but its not if you never done that, its easy to lose control then. Still good way to aid, it was a nice aid good job for her. Keep on training 👍

When you stop, and starting to do something please hold on steel cable. We all know the first rule of via Ferata: Don't fall .. 😅

Another observation with the first fall of the beginner: He set his foot perfectly sideways, which I was taught is a big no no. Always use a step with your toes towards the rock. Using the side of your shoes is instable and slips easily..

In sport climbing you are using both feet and hands and after level 5 the holds are more technical, in VF everything is easier and the grades are just a personal estimate which you may not agree with, I have seen young, strong people do level D+ first time because of strength without speed or technique

Hi, thanks for the video. The metal plate cannot be used to rappelling the other person back down, right?

Thanks for very useful video! I am going to do a via ferrata with pendulum swing but i am not able find anywhere what is the best way to connect ferrata pendulum chain/rope. Should i connect to via ferrata rest loop or directly to my climbing harness?

Hi can you share some ways to connect to a zip line? Many thanks

He should just train more core strenght and muscles. Before going via Ferata you should learn the basics of climbing. Its important to know how to behave on vertical climbing

Thank you for your videos. This one was the first I watched before doing my first via ferrata.

So true! Thanks for sharing your experience. That´s my experience watching some of these climbers.

last week i was on a via ferrata with level D, there were quite a lot of level D sections and in front of me was a father with his son who was 12 years old...here you could see the great interaction of the two, firstly you could see that the little boy already had experience, because he mastered the difficult sections very well and his father also motivated him again and again with words and sentences like...take your time...think carefully about what you are doing...concentrate on yourself etc. was really great to see! greetings from austria, vienna

Plus clipping 3 items per anchor is slower and more tiring than 2

I think the bigger problem is having bent arms traversing an overhang. "How to tire yourself quickly 101"

You can't say that falling is a part of rock climbing in general. While that may be true in the climbing gym or on outdoor sport climbing walls, in alpine climbs you are not supposed to fall. There are fewer protections and they are further apart, and for the easier sections there is often none.

I think its the most interesting via feratta in dolomites. Loved it

the real purpose of this numbering on the via ferrata is that if you need help and an emergency call is made, you know approximately where the person to be rescued is located with the help of the number...in this year 2024 alone, over 1300 mountain rescue operations have been carried out in austria since january

Tx4 is great shoe , i hope tx5 is waterproof.

Will you review the skylotec rider 3.0 via ferrata set? I would love to hear your opinion on it. The design is impressive but with so many moving parts if something goes wrong with the "carabiner" you are only left with 1 normal carabiner.. this is my fear and this is why im putting off buying it atm.. also it is quite expensive

Have you heard of Extraplomix via ferrata? I hunch it is the hardest possible.

JetSet you must try Gailer Hengst via ferrata

VF guides don't exist...Alpinists smell a good money and guiding clients on via ferrata...

i've seen a lot of VF guides that explicitly say that they alter their grading based on exposure, even when in reality that doesn't really change anything beyond the purely mental struggle.

Thete are a couple of training routes in Switzerland

Thanks for every tip, your channel is awesome

where is this?

Excellent and very informative video. Many thanks!

Thanks to you I made such a habit giving a little tug for my carabiners to make sure they are clipped properly that when I finsihed the via ferrata section i put my carabiners on my gear loop and unconciosly checked the carabiners 😅

i was at a via ferrata seminar and was lucky enough to have one of the best mountain guides in austria as an instructor and he said that it is always better to use every possibility to be able to climb the via ferrata safely and there were all the techniques you showed...and all those who ridicule something like that and don't think it's good are just stupid people who don't know how to use such techniques in an emergency!!!!but what is always important is to be well prepared...read the topo, watch the weather forecast and know what you are doing and where you are! greetings from austria,vienna

I have never used this system, but I will implement it.By the way, yesterday there were few people in Baia de Fier, on the via ferrata. Am I wrong if I say that the via ferrata routes in Baia de Fier do not have the characteristics of routes for everyone?

No thanks

First how many years experience 5 plus definitely trusting them 1 to 4 a little skeptical

I wouldnt trust the people i know!

Well i will take my chances with the stranger cuz i know for sure no one i know can do that 😂

I guess if somebody lowers me like that - I didn't really had a choice, right?

If you fall on this, you will snap your back or worse. Personal anchor systems, even dynamic ones, are not designed to absorb fall shocks above factor 1. You can easily get above 3 with this setup. Im not even convinced the rope won't just snap (ropes can handle about 14kN at most). Arguably, continuing with this setup is just giving you a false sense of security and will make a fall more likely than not using anything at all. And it also involves you having to fiddle with the carabiner, making you take of your hands, distract you, take up more time. Etc. This advice, if taken by someone who doesn't understand the forces, will kill people. Your warnings are not sufficient, and you clearly imply that you can fall on it. Before even suggesting something as dangerous as this i would at the verybleast make a study and measure the actual forces involved in this. But from rock climbing, i can tell you that dynamic ropes are absolutely inadequate for this application and will absolutely not "do the job". A backup system isn't much more expensive than your suggestion and if peole cant afford it, instead of giving them advice that will seriously injure or kill them (ignoring that after a fall you're most likely already injured), you should advise them to not put themselves in that situation. Take a froend along. Make sure you only go where you have cell reception. Bring a gps beacon. The correct advice is: Just inform people you trust where you're going and make them call rescue if you don't return / call them within a specific time window, and suddenly "just sitting" is alway an option.

Truly great video. Thanks so much for the thoughtful advice.

Thanks!

Great Via Ferrata safety lesson - Thank you! Going on my first Via Ferrata in the Dolomites next year!!

I currently don't climb 7cs since I only recently (half a year ago, thx covid... back up to 6bs in lead, if im translating to the FR scale (i assume that's the one you're using) correctly) restarted rock climbing and am still building up my strength. So I don't think i can help you with that request. (As interesting as it might be^^) I think the intention is good, but I question to some degree how comparable they are in the first place. It's already hard enough to compare 2 climbing routes of the "same grade," especially regionally. For example, the town I live in grades an entire grade lower than a town 60km away (completely ignoring the sheer amount of climbing scales and how they dont really translate into each other). If I go to the mountains, the grades are yet again different. I would imagine via ferrata has the same issue. On top of that, some routes "suit" a particular style. So someone that can usually climb a 7 may struggle on a 6 if the style just doesn't suit theirs. Out of curiosity, are you an experienced rock climber? Cause 7c is very advanced.

In the San Gabriel Mountains, there is a Bridge to Nowhere, however, there are times when it is A Bridge Over Troubled Waters.

I have heard of The Stairway To Heaven, but not of The Ladder to Heaven.

Great video, thank you so much!

Nothing happened and she has an extra top rope.