Wow!! Sign me up!! This is something I will definitely be planning for my next vacation and I'm looking forward to taking my daughter with me! She is going to love it!
Hello Guywithair2 - Jason from CMH says: My wife and I experienced the Via Ferrata last summer. She had no climbing experience, but had an amazing time - it is still one of our all-time favourite stories. She was so inspired that this year she wants to start rock climbing! CMH Guests from 8 to 70 have been on the Via Ferrata, so almost anybody can do it. To learn more and to see more videos, check out our website. Jason
Rodermck - although the syntax of your message is indeed confusing, I am neither conflicted nor confused about the principles of traditional mountaineering. I have had a useful and polite exchange with CMH (via email) and I encourage you to pursue respectful discourse as welll without assuming that opinions contrary to yours are "myopic." My concern is not for this mountain per se but for the principle of installing permanent hardwear for commercial interests ("myopic").
Thanks for the reply. I am curious about the reduction in flights (a reduction compared to what?) Why is this area inaccessible to the general public? How was the route carefully sited? Clearcuts and dams cover a small amount of a larger "operating area" but does that justify their existence? How might I ask these questions to CMH's director of sustainability? Thanks again.
On the one hand, this allows folks to do things they might not otherwise do, and see things they might not otherwise see. Hopefully, it leads them to appreciate the wild Rockies more than they did. Ironically, this kind of installation is destructive, permanently alters the mountain, and will likely lead to many more visitors (and human impact) than normal.
(continued from previous comment): This critique doesn't even factor in the carbon footprint of the helicopter flights. While you may pay $ for your high-adrenaline, low-risk "adventure," the mountain environment (and the spirit of traditional mountaineering) pays in the end. I am personally dismayed to see this via ferrata.
Wow!! Sign me up!! This is something I will definitely be planning for my next vacation and I'm looking forward to taking my daughter with me! She is going to love it!
Hello Guywithair2 - Jason from CMH says:
My wife and I experienced the Via Ferrata last summer. She had no climbing experience, but had an amazing time - it is still one of our all-time favourite stories. She was so inspired that this year she wants to start rock climbing!
CMH Guests from 8 to 70 have been on the Via Ferrata, so almost anybody can do it. To learn more and to see more videos, check out our website.
Jason
Oh yes! I have a second chance at life. Have to get my body in shape and aim to climb Mt. Nimbus next year in 2016.
If one was to get to the area by their own accord, could they use the permanent hardwear with their own gear?
Rodermck - although the syntax of your message is indeed confusing, I am neither conflicted nor confused about the principles of traditional mountaineering. I have had a useful and polite exchange with CMH (via email) and I encourage you to pursue respectful discourse as welll without assuming that opinions contrary to yours are "myopic." My concern is not for this mountain per se but for the principle of installing permanent hardwear for commercial interests ("myopic").
how much experience is requied?
Thanks for the reply. I am curious about the reduction in flights (a reduction compared to what?) Why is this area inaccessible to the general public? How was the route carefully sited? Clearcuts and dams cover a small amount of a larger "operating area" but does that justify their existence? How might I ask these questions to CMH's director of sustainability? Thanks again.
Oh boohoo. Shut it, mountain lover. Why don't you go give your mountain a big kiss!
On the one hand, this allows folks to do things they might not otherwise do, and see things they might not otherwise see. Hopefully, it leads them to appreciate the wild Rockies more than they did. Ironically, this kind of installation is destructive, permanently alters the mountain, and will likely lead to many more visitors (and human impact) than normal.
I'd rather give you a big kiss -- you sound sweet and whimsical (but not overly burdened by intellect).
no thank you
Ha. Well put.
Mountain lover. Oh what a terrible thing to be.
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This critique doesn't even factor in the carbon footprint of the helicopter flights. While you may pay $ for your high-adrenaline, low-risk "adventure," the mountain environment (and the spirit of traditional mountaineering) pays in the end. I am personally dismayed to see this via ferrata.