and 9% falls/slips/stumbles without backup. People dream of wild summits to achieve and,at the same time,the same people are very demanding in terms of safety and even comfort,unable to leave home a mental shape that doesn’t work well on a glacier or a big wall. Sur le même sujet There’s just so much more information. Apart from an unexplained spike in 2004 and a slight dip in 2003, the number of interventions per year has kept within a range of between 10 and 19.It’s not possible to draw many firm conclusions from these figures as:What the figures do indicate is that accidents are regularly happening on vie ferrate and that these accidents are serious enough for the victims to need the assistance of mountain rescue. There were 19 via ferrata interventions in 2013, but this is 19 out of an unspecified number of climbs of vie ferrate in that year. mountain communities’ unique cultures, the economic value of tourism). I could only find one The second reason is that I live in the UK and don’t speak the languages of the European countries in which most vie ferrate exist. Carelessness, bad judgment and just plain bad luck (e.g. "Step out of your comfort zone and experience first-hand exposure in a safe environment, while soaking in the majestic views of the Rockies and Kicking Horse Mountain Resort. As one of these climbers climbed down, he stepped onto loose rocks that rolled and his feet slipped from under him. Busy putting gear on I didn’t look up until they screamed, but believe they lost their hold on the slightly wet rock when clipping into the next section and although they could walk when they got back down after 5-10 minutes they were still very distressed and limping quite badly having banged their knee during the fall. I climb regulary indoor and have done few expeditions at high altitude. I’ve changed the link so that it takes you to the video on YouTube (Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.© 2012 to present Robin Van den Hende. Pays de la Loire Despite some mixed weather, I just spent a good week in the gorgeous Dolomites with my wife and 11 year-old daughter and we all climbed Piz da Lech, della Trincee then finally Sandro Pertini. When I There is an interesting presentation from someone from a French mountain rescue team about Equipment failure in the event of a fall is a nightmare scenario for most climbers because it has the potential to be unpredictable, unpreventable and fatal. No obviously very close lightning for us, but still too many points of similarity to that story further north-east not to reflect on what that experience did to the surviving 8 year-old bambini’s life.

I also feel annoyed at the parents as the kids trust them to keep them safe, not to send them up a mountain with kit that is unlikely to catch them if they fall.It’s a challenge though to get exactly the right equipment and I can understand how the minimum operational weights issue troubles you. After a fatal via ferrata accident in August 2012 where both elastic lanyards on the energy-absorbing systems (EAS) in a via ferrata set failed, the International Mountaineering and Climbing Federation (UIAA) worked with manufacturers to identify and recall several models of EAS systems. Le dernier en date jeudi. OEAV Ehrwald also have a prominent and very good information board at the start of the approach with all the obvious warnings and a diagram showing the various difficulty grades along the route. I was being taken up onto the Welsh Aran mountains by my parents (all our holidays were hill-walking ones) when a thunderstorm came along during the ascent. There’s a slightly tricky step to negotiate, before you stand on a … “All the Grindelwald via ferrata are closed.”  The woman at the tourist information office said these words in a firm, brisk tone that indicated that she didn’t realise that I would find them disappointing.