{"id":2310,"date":"2015-05-06T11:03:20","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T10:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/?page_id=2310"},"modified":"2020-04-16T15:02:12","modified_gmt":"2020-04-16T13:02:12","slug":"what-is-via-ferrata","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/what-is-via-ferrata\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Via Ferrata"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>
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The landscape visible from the Plan Praz Via Ferrata.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Rock Climbing For Tourists<\/h3>\n

Via Ferrata (VF) is rock climbing for tourists. It is a method by which non rock climbers can ascend a cliff with a minimum of training and effort. Hand holds and foot holds are placed within easy reach of these others.\u00c2\u00a0Participants in this activity benefit from a new perspective on the landscape and learn to handle their fear of heights and move at the group’s rate rather than their own.<\/p>\n

Accessible<\/h3>\n

Hand holds and foot holds vary in via ferrata, there are staples, pedals and spikes. Staples are the most common on most VFs. Pedals can be found also be found. Spikes are simply rods that have been drilled in to the rock. To the right or left of the VF\u00c2\u00a0are metal cables. These metal cables are the via ferrata safety line. A via Ferrataist is always connected by at least one carabiner at all times.<\/p>\n

The cable is attached to the rock every two or three metres. If someone should fall while exploring a VF\u00c2\u00a0they will only fall one or two metres. Via Ferrata equipment designed to today’s safety norms is designed so that beyond a specified force load it unravels and serves as a parachute to dampen and stop an individual’s fall.<\/p>\n

Safe and enjoyable<\/h3>\n

This is a safe and enjoyable sport with routes suited to an individual’s abilities. When you look up via ferrata locations you will find information about how physical they are, how high up they are, how well equipped they are as well as the walking time to and from the via ferrata. Included is the estimated time that it should take to complete the via ferrata.<\/p>\n\n\n

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On Garmin and Coros<\/a><\/h4>\n
It's easy to fall into the trap of looking at expensive Garmin watches and thinking that maps are a premium feature, when, in fact they are not. Suunto and Coros offer them on affordable devices, should you require that feature for trail running, hiking, and more. If you want to ...
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The Complete Death of Social Conversations on Social Networks<\/a><\/h4>\n
If I look at Binstagram and Threads, and other Facebook owned sites I notice that conversations are completely dead. I was also looking at Twitter (now X) and I was also struck by how few conversations are taking place. I barely see any conversations. I see people posting, but I ...
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The Summertime Failure of Minergie and the Case for AC<\/a><\/h4>\n
Minergie is a fantastic concept for a cold planet, and to keep cool in winter. It traps heat with ease during the morning and radiates it for the rest of the day into the night. It supplements to solar radiation heat with geothermal heat, which it gets from the heat ...
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The Never Ending Need to Choose<\/a><\/h4>\n
On Saturday I always have to choose between running or cycling, and for several weeks I favoured running. Recently I considered reverting to cycling because it has been a while since I went for a proper ride. At the same time the regular book discussion that is on a Tuesday ...
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Morning Mist From a Former Suntan Lotion Bottle<\/a><\/h4>\n
Waking early is great, to run when it is cooler but it does have a serious drawback. That drawback is that whilst the run might be more pleasant, due to the fresher air, especially evening and morning rain but it has the drawback that if you live in a minergie ...
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Twenty Eight Point Eight Degrees<\/a><\/h4>\n
This morning I woke at 4 to have a shower, have breakfast, and then drive to Morges for a 6am run. As a result I had no opportunity to open windows, aerate or anything else. I kept every room closed so each room is a compartment. The result, is that ...
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\"Plage<\/a>\n

Running Fun With Fountains in a Heat Wave<\/a><\/h4>\n
Today I had the pleasure of going for a run early. I had planned to run at 07:30 to finish right as the shops were opening but I felt too lazy, so I was at the shops by 08:20 and running a few minutes later. I was thinking \"Oh it's ...
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On Cancelled Sports Due to Heat but encouraged Noisy Entertainment<\/a><\/h4>\n
In the news they tell people over and over, \"Don't run in the heat\" and don't go out during the hottest part of the time\" and yet they organise fan zones in Nyon, or other events in Asse and more. They tell us that we shouldn't run, that we shouldn't ...
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The Subtle Art of Being a Morning Person During a Heatwave<\/a><\/h4>\n
I see news reports and articles that say \"Don't do sports during a heatwave\", which, to me is bad advice. It's not bad advice to tell people not to push and overheat at the hottest point of the day. It is bad advice not to say \"Try to run in ...
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The Degraded Walking Habit<\/a><\/h4>\n
For many years I went for an after lunch or after work walk. I would easily walk eight to ten kilometres per day. With road works in Nyon that have already lasted for many, many months, and that should last for another year, for several hundred meters of road my ...
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Reading Time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>Rock Climbing For Tourists Via Ferrata (VF) is rock climbing for tourists. It is a method by which non rock climbers can ascend a cliff with a minimum of training and effort. Hand holds and foot holds are placed within easy reach of these others.\u00c2\u00a0Participants in this activity benefit from a new perspective on the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2216,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":3,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2310","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2310","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2310"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2310\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.main-vision.com\/richard\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2310"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}