Your videos are so thorough, and outstanding. The best that I’ve seen! Thank you!! I have a question regarding a worst case scenario. Say you fall and utilize your via ferrata safety system on a vertical section or a bridge that leaves you hanging below the last safety point. How do you get yourself back up? Also, say this happens halfway through the via ferrata. Say you were able to get back onto the route, but now have a compromised and unsafe for a second fall via ferrata set. Should I be carrying a second via Ferrara set? Thank you!!!
I always have a second Via Ferrata Set with me. If you can afford one (buy the cheapest) you should. It is smart. Is not about the low probably of happening but about being ready if it does. Might be a pain to carry that but is smart. I will never go on new routes without a second set. Will be dumb (plus, I have five or six or even more, will be so dumb to leave them home and me strained on a Via Ferrata). I added on the channel a video discussing about what to do if you wall bellow the safety steel cable. The conclusion? If you are more than arm length or arm reach bellow the safety steel cable you cannot do anything (not even with two Prusiks). I had comments saying with two Prusiks it can be done. I disagree (we have to factor in the experience and capacity of the climber). Maybe two Duck from Kong will help but even that is ify plus, do we expect all climbers now to carry this type of gear? My conclusion in the video (realistically speaking and remember it is about helping everyone learn how to take care it only the experts) is that you sit and do nothing because is the best and safest option (I've tried all the techniques because it is how I document and then educate and there is no straight forward solution). I will make time to show step by step what happens with the Prusiks and the Kong Duck (for this I have first to choose what Via Ferrata Set to sacrifice and deploy). On the channel is a video about bridge recovery. I already recorded a new one (I will soon publish) with some more ninja techniques. If you fall on a bridge (and if you do that is because you didn't listen to me and crossed without clipping the safety system as well) you can recover (if not too low under the lower ropes of the bridge). There is a video about what to do if the set deployed (I think, if not it means I still have to edit that). There is at least one video talking about it. You have to decide based on circumstances. You can take a risk and complete, you can ask for help, if you have an aiding shock absorbing system use that (best here is to have a second set in the backpack). What exactly to do depends on many factors. If the route cannot be completed maybe best is to sit and wait for help. This is a complex topic. I will make time to work on it.
When you put them on (these Black Diamond Stone Gloves) they feel stiff but then the leather relaxes and they are super confortabile. When I know I rock climb more I use them. If I expect a lot of cable pulling I use the Edelrid Work Glove Closed II (I've tried other gloves and yet to release a review about it but these two are my go to gloves).
@@JetSetYourself I think people forget how essential good gloves are, and I've seen people use gardening gloves! They should remember these cables are out in bad weather all year and subject to heavy use, rockfall, etc. I have cut my fingers on rusty damaged cables at least 3 times and your hand gets slippery with blood if you don't have time to fix the problem.
One thing to point out. Yesterday, it started to rain. I started to evaluate if I should continue or return. I was more than half way in and getting out way harder and longer than continuing. What I wanted to point is the efficiency of good equipment. The gloves and the shoes performed fantastically on wet rock/cable. Only once the shoes slipped on the wet rock. Only once. Imagine my relief seeing that in harsh conditions I can rely on the gear and equipment and progress as safe as when it wasn't raining. Good gear, good equipment does make a difference. It costs but it help stay safer, avoid some situations, enjoy more.
I have a question regarding the VF set. Specificallty the VF Set. If the VF Set Shock Absorber is deployed can the shock absorber portion be repacked into its casing and used again? Some safety devices are only able to be used once then their effectiveness is lost. I believe air bags in autos are this way. You can't repack them for further use, they must be replaced. I believe that to be true.
It depends on the type of shock absorber. In the past they were building friction shock absorbers. I think Black Diamond still sels such Via Ferrata Set. I believe the one I have from Black Diamond does that. I never use that set. I will open it one day to inspect and see. I will then report back to you. A friction based shock absorber can be reused (with the obvious limitations of the ware and tear). But, current, shock absorbers use the efficiency of stitched lanyards. The principle is simple. You stich two laniards together and when you fall based on the force applied on the stitches they will break (the stitches) one by one and this creates shock absorbtion. In this case that Via Ferrata Set cannot be reused. You will have to throw it away and if it happens while you are climbing you will have some urgency techniques to aid yourself. Compared to sport climbing where climbers many times throw themselves into the system (they fall by choice) on Via Ferrata the rule is to never fall no matter what. Never falling is harder than you might think. The interesting part is that the majority of Via Ferrata climbers don't fall. The issue is that each recorded fall has some bad consequences. I've seen some falling with no injuries at all. Easy falls. Still, the rule remains, try to never fall no matter what.
Your videos are so thorough, and outstanding. The best that I’ve seen! Thank you!! I have a question regarding a worst case scenario. Say you fall and utilize your via ferrata safety system on a vertical section or a bridge that leaves you hanging below the last safety point. How do you get yourself back up? Also, say this happens halfway through the via ferrata. Say you were able to get back onto the route, but now have a compromised and unsafe for a second fall via ferrata set. Should I be carrying a second via Ferrara set? Thank you!!!
I always have a second Via Ferrata Set with me. If you can afford one (buy the cheapest) you should. It is smart. Is not about the low probably of happening but about being ready if it does. Might be a pain to carry that but is smart. I will never go on new routes without a second set. Will be dumb (plus, I have five or six or even more, will be so dumb to leave them home and me strained on a Via Ferrata).
I added on the channel a video discussing about what to do if you wall bellow the safety steel cable. The conclusion? If you are more than arm length or arm reach bellow the safety steel cable you cannot do anything (not even with two Prusiks). I had comments saying with two Prusiks it can be done. I disagree (we have to factor in the experience and capacity of the climber). Maybe two Duck from Kong will help but even that is ify plus, do we expect all climbers now to carry this type of gear? My conclusion in the video (realistically speaking and remember it is about helping everyone learn how to take care it only the experts) is that you sit and do nothing because is the best and safest option (I've tried all the techniques because it is how I document and then educate and there is no straight forward solution). I will make time to show step by step what happens with the Prusiks and the Kong Duck (for this I have first to choose what Via Ferrata Set to sacrifice and deploy).
On the channel is a video about bridge recovery. I already recorded a new one (I will soon publish) with some more ninja techniques. If you fall on a bridge (and if you do that is because you didn't listen to me and crossed without clipping the safety system as well) you can recover (if not too low under the lower ropes of the bridge).
There is a video about what to do if the set deployed (I think, if not it means I still have to edit that). There is at least one video talking about it. You have to decide based on circumstances. You can take a risk and complete, you can ask for help, if you have an aiding shock absorbing system use that (best here is to have a second set in the backpack). What exactly to do depends on many factors. If the route cannot be completed maybe best is to sit and wait for help. This is a complex topic. I will make time to work on it.
Nice gloves they look very comfortable
When you put them on (these Black Diamond Stone Gloves) they feel stiff but then the leather relaxes and they are super confortabile. When I know I rock climb more I use them. If I expect a lot of cable pulling I use the Edelrid Work Glove Closed II (I've tried other gloves and yet to release a review about it but these two are my go to gloves).
@@JetSetYourself I think people forget how essential good gloves are, and I've seen people use gardening gloves! They should remember these cables are out in bad weather all year and subject to heavy use, rockfall, etc. I have cut my fingers on rusty damaged cables at least 3 times and your hand gets slippery with blood if you don't have time to fix the problem.
One thing to point out. Yesterday, it started to rain. I started to evaluate if I should continue or return. I was more than half way in and getting out way harder and longer than continuing. What I wanted to point is the efficiency of good equipment. The gloves and the shoes performed fantastically on wet rock/cable. Only once the shoes slipped on the wet rock. Only once. Imagine my relief seeing that in harsh conditions I can rely on the gear and equipment and progress as safe as when it wasn't raining. Good gear, good equipment does make a difference. It costs but it help stay safer, avoid some situations, enjoy more.
I have a question regarding the VF set. Specificallty the VF Set. If the VF Set Shock Absorber is deployed can the shock absorber portion be repacked into its casing and used again? Some safety devices are only able to be used once then their effectiveness is lost. I believe air bags in autos are this way. You can't repack them for further use, they must be replaced. I believe that to be true.
It depends on the type of shock absorber. In the past they were building friction shock absorbers. I think Black Diamond still sels such Via Ferrata Set. I believe the one I have from Black Diamond does that. I never use that set. I will open it one day to inspect and see. I will then report back to you. A friction based shock absorber can be reused (with the obvious limitations of the ware and tear). But, current, shock absorbers use the efficiency of stitched lanyards. The principle is simple. You stich two laniards together and when you fall based on the force applied on the stitches they will break (the stitches) one by one and this creates shock absorbtion. In this case that Via Ferrata Set cannot be reused. You will have to throw it away and if it happens while you are climbing you will have some urgency techniques to aid yourself.
Compared to sport climbing where climbers many times throw themselves into the system (they fall by choice) on Via Ferrata the rule is to never fall no matter what. Never falling is harder than you might think. The interesting part is that the majority of Via Ferrata climbers don't fall. The issue is that each recorded fall has some bad consequences. I've seen some falling with no injuries at all. Easy falls. Still, the rule remains, try to never fall no matter what.