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Thank you. You are right, it's surely easier with a partner. The bigger challenge lies in the self videos - which also makes this option more interesting🙂. To answer your question - a one hours via ferrata takes about 4 - 5 hours. It also depends on the amount of climbers I 'm letting pass, as I try to make the videos without other climbers in the frame...

@@carlseye Thank you for the reply. I thought it would take a while and I like that you let other people pass. Hope you have a good new year.

@@PeterBonsaiPete Thanks, I also hope that you'll have a great 2025!

Mainly straight up, but I recall one or two short overhangs

@@carlseye Thanks!

@@tonyphotographyvideography thanks to you for watching 🙂

Thank you. I don't know of any official standards for maintenance or inspections. Mostly at the beginning of the season, the repair of the damage caused by winter snowfalls and frosts, lightning strikes and falling rocks are conducted. After that the via ferrata is opened for the public. As quite a few vias are owned privately or by the Swiss Alpine Club sections the procedure and standards can vary a lot. So there is always a personal risk. I read of standards being applied for building via ferratas (e.g. the distance between bolts) but also here I assume that these are no official standards...

@@carlseye Thank you very much for taking the time to answer my questions. I look forward to more safe climbs in the future.

I agree with you, it doesn't get better when you get older 🙂

Hi PeterBonsaiPete, I'm sorry to say 'no'. I put my knowledge together from reading various articles about via ferratas. But I wouldn't know any that I could recommend...

Thanks for asking, two day later he was ok, but unfortunately he had to work, so no via ferrata for him 😏

Thank you very much PeterBonsaiPete. This region is one of the highlights in Switzerland, I can recommend it.

Wow, what a trip. Engelberg with Titlis is surely a great place to visit. I'll hope you'll enjoy it !

I fully agree with you. I surely prefer climbing up than down. My son took off from the office and we wanted to go. The weather in the morning was terrible, so I guess it was our best option to make the shorter hike on the afternoon of the first day.

Physically it is demanding, especially if you go from bottom to top. Going down is surely less physical, but technically more demanding. Overall it is one of the toughest in Switzerland

Lake district - great, we have been there last summer. I loved it - enjoy 🙂

I understand you, when it's wet it is tough to get to the start. All the best for the weekend

@@carlseye Boy, you are not going to believe what it's like now, the forestry service cut down all the small trees and threw most of them down the VF gully, plus damaged some big rocks, a few of which are still loose, then didn't bother to put a warning sign at the start! It's now very dangerous and I only just managed to get up because the cable keeps to the right and you can just squeeze through but it's all loose and could come down at any time...

@@ViaFerrataCH This doesn't sound good. This also could be a bigger security issue. What a pity...

Thank you very much ☺

Thank you, I try to improve😉

Oh yes, via ferratas have their risk. Not sure I understand you - you mean me?

oh please- when learning to drive do you learn from a you tube video- generally people with half a brain know that when there feet are 10 meters from the ground - if they fall they might hurt themselves- does he state this is an instuctional video- no. he shows us how the ferratas are and he does an excellent job.

That's a big compliment - thanks a lot🙂

I think there are different organizations - the Swiss Alp Club, tourist organizations or cable cars, sometimes private persons. Quite often they do it to attract more tourists...

Thank you very much, this one was a tough one - especially as we were under time pressure, we had to catch the last cable car

I guess we are - sometimes I forget in good times

Yes, it is lovely, far away from civilization and I love glacier landscape...

Thank you. Yes, I didn't notice standing on flowers, obviously I try to avoid this 😉

Yes, this is quite a job, as I have a larger camera (Nikon Z 2) with a travelling tripod. So really not ideal, but I love the quality of the camera. In the walls it can take me up to 10 minutes, until the equipment is fully installed... But I have fun 😀

I hide my rucksack😉. when I install my tripod, I leave my rucksack there. It normally contains camera, tripod, rain jacket, water and some food. So in the video I climb without the rucksack on...

Thanks a lot. I really enjoyed this via ferrata 😀

Thank you - yes, it is possible to rent the entire via ferrata equipment at the mountain station of the cable car. Have fun 😀

Oh, thanks a lot. The rating is E to E/F (very difficult/extreme difficult). I think it took me about 2 hours for all three sections...

Uuups, I know what you mean 🤣

Great, you made it - congratulations

No experience I don't see as an issue. On the vertigo I would say this via is surely one of the less scary ones. If it's a bit I think you should be ok. But a bit can mean a lot??? All the best if you give it a try. You can descend if you are too afraid within the first ten minutes...

Ich gratuliere - ja der Klettersteig neben den Wasserfällen ist faszinierend...

Thank you Peter, yes, it was exciting - first time for me over a waterfall

Thanks a lot for the flowers. You make me proud. I'm climbing via ferratas since about 5 years and I saw a lot of Switzerland by doing so. The routes are mostly built at specially nice places, I really can recommend visiting a few of them.

I have created the playlists, I hope you'll like it 😉

@@carlseye going to check them immediately, thank you!

@@carlseye going to check them immediately, thank you!

Vielen, vielen Dank. Es ist auch ein besonderer Klettersteig...

Thank you, this was a new experience for me and I enjoyed it 😀

I find it a good idea to make different playlists. I actually was thinking of 'Switzerland' and 'International', but level of difficulty is also a good aspect. Let me give some thoughts during vacation. Thanks for the idea

@@carlseye to divide considering the location is a right criterion for sure, then inside each playlist the videos could be put in order considering the level of difficulty of each route.

@@benzina7 - I got you, thanks a lot for your help. I will have to investigate what I can do within TH-cam. I appreciate your advice. I'll be from Saturday onwards on vacation...with a lot of time to give it some thoughts

Thank you Peter. The weather here is also unusual bad. I use any good moments to go outside - but that's not very often 😉

I hope good memories for you 🙂

I'm glad to read this, thanks a lot

Yes, I like them. My wife doesn't like them that much, as she is a bit afraid of them.

Thank you, it was an incredible day with great views. Making a video of someone else is surely more dynamic (and also much easier, as I only have to climb once instead of setting up the tripod...)