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slave_ said:
OH MY MY MY!!! :eek:

That was DAMN NEAT!!!

Thank you Beautiful... :kiss:
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I want the car.

There's also a bicycle and foot race up it every year. The cyclists are going so slow that if they slow down at all they fall over.
 
Except from a random blog:

New Years Resolution: become a mountaineer

People that know me know I’m capricious when it comes to exercise, and considering the amount of food and drink consumed in my family over the holiday period I think it’s good to think about using my limbs and develop a hobby which involves some sort of outdoor activity.

It’s possible that I’ll need some new kit to do this, and so to become a Day-tripping mountain climber without the horrendous cagoule and fleece, I’d pick up some seriously heavy tread boots, maybe with orange laces, and a luscious blue back pack.

Apparently I also need to think about if I get lost on the mountain, how without a personal helicopter pick-up, I’ll get off it.

The same climbing friend suggests an emergency kit of:

a petzel head torch - a tikka

a compass from silva - the original iconic Swedish outdoor equipment brand

a chocolate bar (though I’m not sure how this helps the healthy routine) though if it’s Organic, right?
 
 
VaGirl07 said:
Okay, I'm totally and completely sold. This spring, I shall conquer the Via Ferrata.
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It's so much fun! the bridge my gf and I are standing on in the third pic is also in the second, if you look halfway up, a quarter left of center. The route comes up the wall to the right of it and then crosses the bridge.


For those who are unfamiliar with the kind of climbing called Via Ferrata, the term means "iron way" in Italian. Back in the WWI days, the Dolomites, a region of soaring rock pillars near the border with Austria, were an important defensive line, so the Italians needed to figure out how to move men and weapons and stuff around easily. The bolted ladders to the tough parts and cables to the whole route. That way, you didn't have to be a badass climber to get around, and, clipped into the cables, you didn't have to worry about falling too far or messing around with more traditional methods of protection. Anyone who's reasonably fit can have a spectacular day in incredible mountain terrain and be back for dinner at the local pizza joint. Basically, you need a day pack, a harness, a helmet, and a couple carabiners. There's a specialized piece of gear called a "dissapitore" in Italian--can't swear to the spelling--that your leash runs through, which dissipates some of the energy of a fall when the cable catches you.

If you want to try it, VaGirl has reminded me that there's a via ferrata route down near Seneca Rocks, WV: http://www.nelsonrocks.org/ViaFerrata.html Go take a day and blow your mind, completely safely.


More pics from Italy:


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/002_NR2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/013_NR2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/016_NR2.jpg
 
Do these places provide a guide for each party? Do you need any kind of special skill set before attempting the climb? Is it even called a climb?
 
VaGirl07 said:
Do these places provide a guide for each party? Do you need any kind of special skill set before attempting the climb? Is it even called a climb?
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There are guide services available, just like in any region where there's climbing, but it's sort of unnecessary; you just buy a guidebook and it tells you where the route is, how long, how difficult. Then you go. There's a small amount of ability with ropes and harnesses necessary, but anyone who's ever been climbing at all could work it out easily. The rest is letting the body figure it out, like most of climbing. Sure; I'd call what we did that day (the pictures) a "climb." I think we gained a couple thousand feet, most of it on steep rock.


Some shots of a different route. This one took us maybe an hour or two, car to car. Great fun, though. There was a little traffic on the road on the way there (see pic)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/006_NR2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/005_NR.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/009_NR2.jpg


This is The Marmolada, the only glaciated peak in the region. Apparently those whacky soldiers had a whole village of ice tunnels in the glacier and people still occasionally find weapons and other artifacts being spit out by the glacier. I wanted to go treasure hunting, but we didn't have time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/012_NR2.jpg
 
Peregrinator said:
There are guide services available, just like in any region where there's climbing, but it's sort of unnecessary; you just buy a guidebook and it tells you where the route is, how long, how difficult. Then you go. There's a small amount of ability with ropes and harnesses necessary, but anyone who's ever been climbing at all could work it out easily. The rest is letting the body figure it out, like most of climbing. Sure; I'd call what we did that day (the pictures) a "climb." I think we gained a couple thousand feet, most of it on steep rock.


Some shots of a different route. This one took us maybe an hour or two, car to car. Great fun, though. There was a little traffic on the road on the way there (see pic)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/006_NR2.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/005_NR.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/009_NR2.jpg


This is The Marmolada, the only glaciated peak in the region. Apparently those whacky soldiers had a whole village of ice tunnels in the glacier and people still occasionally find weapons and other artifacts being spit out by the glacier. I wanted to go treasure hunting, but we didn't have time.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v649/Peregrinator/012_NR2.jpg
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Thank you sooo much for all the information and for sharing your photos. I'm on the Nelson Rocks site right now. I'm already peeing my pants a little in excitement and fear. :eek:
 
VaGirl07 said:
Thank you sooo much for all the information and for sharing your photos. I'm on the Nelson Rocks site right now. I'm already peeing my pants a little in excitement and fear. :eek:
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Pics or it didn't happen!
thør said:
This is "in my back yard">

http://philingle.com/images/2004/05/20040503_2_daveptarmigansummitridge.jpg
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That's awesome. The only thing this area is missing is some rugged mountain terrain like that.
thør said:
I'm not fond of people leaving this sort of stuff on the hill.

http://www.akmountain.com/photos/08-11-11_Ptarmigan/images/DSC_0982.jpg
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I think I posted the one from Italy earlier in the thread. Somehow, it's more okay with me if they put it there a hundred years ago than if someone does it now.
thør said:
http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_zu8wXivThI/TVitmHYRoZI/AAAAAAAABig/IGWrvQHu7FU/s1600/roberts.jpg
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Lmao! I love the self-deprecating sort of climbing story.
 
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