Hello, tried the group first, but thought forum will reach more people :) Can anyone recommend a guide in Switzerland, Italy or France that takes beginners for a one day via ferrata? All the websites I came across seem to offer one week courses only....
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Via Ferrata for beginners - looking for a guide
Jul 19, 2011 @ 14:43
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Hello, tried the group first, but thought forum will reach more people :) Can anyone recommend a guide in Switzerland, Italy or France that takes beginners for a one day via ferrata? All the websites I came across seem to offer one week courses only....
Aga CJul 19, 2011 @ 14:43
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Re: Via Ferrata for beginners - looking for a guide
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Jul 19, 2011 @ 17:29
Aga - have a look at JT's active events group (run by JulianT), as he has done a few Via Ferratas. He's NOT a guide or instructor, but I did my first (and last!) with him and another friend and he really looked after me and helped me get to the top.
All you need is the proper equipment (which you can rent from most sport shops),the company of people who've done it before and a head for heights.
I have upside vertigo so would never do it again, but would highly recommend a short, "easy" one with JulianT or any of JT's glocals friend, who have experience. It's a wonderful day out and a great sense of achievement.
Go for it!!
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Aga - have a look at JT's active events group (run by JulianT), as he has done a few Via Ferratas. He's NOT a guide or instructor, but I did my first (and last!) with him and another friend and he really looked after me and helped me get to the top.
All you need is the proper equipment (which you can rent from most sport shops),the company of people who've done it before and a head for heights.
I have upside vertigo so would never do it again, but would highly recommend a short, "easy" one with JulianT or any of JT's glocals friend, who have experience. It's a wonderful day out and a great sense of achievement.
Go for it!!
Carolyn C, Jul 19, 2011 @ 17:29
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Jul 19, 2011 @ 18:11
Thank you so much Carolyn! For the hint and for the encouragement :) Not sure about my vertigo, but since I have claustrophobia, hopefully it will turn out I am more lucky on the side of the other extreme :)
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Thank you so much Carolyn! For the hint and for the encouragement :) Not sure about my vertigo, but since I have claustrophobia, hopefully it will turn out I am more lucky on the side of the other extreme :)
Aga C, Jul 19, 2011 @ 18:11
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Jul 19, 2011 @ 20:59
You're welcome, Aga. But I would stress 100 times that you need to have zero vertigo and not mind hanging off a cliff, in the air at 1000 metres (+), and totally exposed to the elements (so your claustrophia won't be a problem!!). Its perfectly "safe" and "easy" if you have a head for heights.
I don't, so I didn't feel safe and I didn't think it was easy!
But to re-assure you, you are harnessed up to a line that follows the via ferrata, (iron ladders that you use to pull you up/stand on) not always along side the route you are taking, but within a metre or so.
Technically you are in no real danger, but you need strong arms and legs. Imagine spending a couple of hours on a climbing frame where you're not allowed to touch the ground.....and you're 1000 metres up a mountain, hanging off a cliff.....its a bit like that!
I am VERY happy that I've done it. And I would strongly recommend you to have a go and do it with a group - its so much more fun! (did I really say "fun"??) 
You're a long time dead :-)
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You're welcome, Aga. But I would stress 100 times that you need to have zero vertigo and not mind hanging off a cliff, in the air at 1000 metres (+), and totally exposed to the elements (so your claustrophia won't be a problem!!). Its perfectly "safe" and "easy" if you have a head for heights.
I don't, so I didn't feel safe and I didn't think it was easy!
But to re-assure you, you are harnessed up to a line that follows the via ferrata, (iron ladders that you use to pull you up/stand on) not always along side the route you are taking, but within a metre or so.
Technically you are in no real danger, but you need strong arms and legs. Imagine spending a couple of hours on a climbing frame where you're not allowed to touch the ground.....and you're 1000 metres up a mountain, hanging off a cliff.....its a bit like that!
I am VERY happy that I've done it. And I would strongly recommend you to have a go and do it with a group - its so much more fun! (did I really say "fun"??)
You're a long time dead :-)
Carolyn C, Jul 19, 2011 @ 20:59
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