The via ferrata: historical, purpose and principles
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Via ferrata is an italian word, for "iron road". In German, klettersteig.
After the growing succès of italian via ferrata, the first opening in France will achieve in 1988, near l'Argentière la Bessée, at la Fressinière.
In the Dolomites, the fist idea, during the war, was to give an access to the summits at soldiers who does not climb. The idea to extend or strengthen a hike came afterward.
In France to-day, it seems that the idea should be to offer a sports leaisure in a vertical environment, with a reasonable savety, even alone. There is not always a summit to win, but always at the end, the satisfaction to be gone in an incredible place. I went there, I passed near this rock? from here, it seems to be impossible.
Of course it’s necessary to be in good health, to make a V.F. stage, to have basic gear, to follow safety rules. But the promess is here : anybody who is able to climb a ladder, freedom vertigo, can do this sports activity.
Climbing is a missed child experience, as touching rock, as hands and arms towing, as looking for a foot support, as hooking yourself until looking down to the way. Making a breath rest for climbing again.
Who doesn’t want to reach a highest level, who doesn’t want it ?
Great principles
The iron way has a safety wire and progressig materials.The V.F. climber is always attached onto the safety wire during climbing by both auto-locking carabiners at the end of a y- sharped lanyard. This path is a dynamic belove device for stopping the fall and unbrocken completely the gear, which would be fatal.Please follow next page