Hi JetSetYourself! We are very pleased that you have found our FERRATA.BLOC to your liking and that you carry it with you as an additional aid on your via ferrata ascents. In order to make your use as safe as possible, we have a few hints for you here: - Note 1 to the recording at 00:30: The FERRATA.BLOC may only be used as an additional device to a certified via ferrata set! The correct sequence on the wire rope must be: FERRATA.BLOC, carabiners 1 and 2 of the via ferrata set, hand. Here, this requirement is not adhered to. Unfortunately, it is not even apparent whether you are secured with a via ferrata set at all in this passage! - Note 2 to 1:58: In this recording, there is a misapplication because the steel rope is not fully tensioned. However, this is the essential basic requirement so that the FERRATA.BLOC can block and arrest the fall. We were surprised to see that the FERRATA.BLOC jumped off the steel rope (minute ~2:10). Unfortunately, we cannot say what caused this without a detailed investigation. We do know that there are some factors to consider when using the FERRATA.BLOC. In this video all facts are listed again: kzitem.info/news/bejne/yYRvqnatapN4iKw
@wockheart1916
Жыл бұрын
very educational
@ViaFerrataCH
Жыл бұрын
Interesting, I have one of these but have never used it. I didn't realize there were so many limitations so I will test it later...
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
I will test it more myself and let you know my findings. I will not give up on it (maybe only buy a replacement if I use this to test it harshly).
@strigoiimortii
Жыл бұрын
I have it too, but still struggle to trust it. I am aware of the cable diameter requirement indeed. Will try later on again, while being secured by other means
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
I will say that Ferrata.Bloc requires some training before one can trust it better. Being so specialised in the aiding it provides, it takes training (that includes test fals) for one to properly read into the situations where will break in case you fall and when will not. For my case, even if the conditions are optimal I often find myself in the situation where there is slack between me and the Ferrata.Bloc and the imediat thought is "in case I fall will it break?". I don't know. I will soon buy a new one and use the old to test for falls so that I can properly understand how it behaves even in the best settings. Do I trust it? Yes. I will tell you why. With or without I will still go on that Via Ferrata. With the Ferrata.Bloc my odds of falling decrease. Yes, it can fail but if I do a good job and use it properly it help a lot. If it fails I would've anyway dropped if I didn't had it but if I have it many times it helps a lot and because of it I'm able to push boundaries otherwise probably I will not.
@ViaFerrataCH
Жыл бұрын
You should mention that it must be used above the caribeners otherwise it may fail if you fall
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
It wasn't intended to be an instructional video explaining how to be used step by step. But, based on what you say, will not be a bad idea to record one. I will do it. But, you are right, this maybe was important to mention no matter what.
@JonathanFisherS
Жыл бұрын
What do you think about Skylotec's Rider system? It appears to be the safest system available, if their claims are to believed.
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
@Jonathan Fisher I will have to buy the Skylotec Rider for me to properly state an opinion on that. From a theoretical analysis point of view, I will point that using that on a vertical will always require to first progress the carabiner and only after the proprietary clamp. If you do it the other way around and fall, it is like falling into a normal Via Ferrata Set. The good part with Skylotec Rider is that you can replace the proprietary clamp with a carabiner and use it on any other Via Ferrata as well (other than German Style with the right safety steel cable thickness and with the safety steel cable well tensioned). The one big limitation is the prohibitive cost. Even for me (I buy everything I present on the channel with my own money, no sponsorship, no revenue from the activity on the channel and this means that I somehow afford all this cost) it is expensive. It will set you back more than twice the cost of a normal Via Ferrata Set. What else do I think? Will be hard to sell a beginner to buy it because of the high cost and then will be hard to convince an experienced climber to giveup on entertainment for added safety. Both can be achieved if all the Via Ferrata Climbing community will get to a point where they trust more the proprietary clamp than the carabiner. Plus, people have yo be willing to switch that with a carabiner when climbing the other Via Ferrata (I lately seen Via Ferrata with German style on horizontal and diagonal and French style on vertical - and this makes perfect sense but in this case Skylotec Rider is useless).
@JonathanFisherS
Жыл бұрын
@@JetSetYourself Thank you for your insight. I'm traveling to Austria in a few weeks and your channel has inspired me to try a Via Ferrata!
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
Bello Jonathan. The news makes me happy. I was the other day in Austria looking at some tourists. They were going to climb a Via Ferrata I just completed. You choosing to climb a Via Ferrata gives you travel options. The other day in Italy I was hiking with a friend who will never climb a Via Ferrata La Strada Delle 52 Gallerie and I was watching a large group how they get ready to climb that Via Ferrata (adjacent to the hiking path). My friend was saying that without the digging of the 52 tunnels that perspective of the mountain will not be available to the tourist. Imagine the perspective the Via Ferrata will open to you. A unique view that otherwise we cannot enjoy. Good luck and I hope you will end up with a lot of positive emotions after the climb.
@JonathanFisherS
Жыл бұрын
@@JetSetYourself Thanks! Do you have any recommendations near Saalbach or Innsbruck? I'm new at via ferrata but fairly athletic and not scared of heights :)
@MSHNKTRL
Жыл бұрын
French style: laissez faire, German style: *There Must Be Specific Measurements, Minimal Tolerances, No Margin For Design Failure, And Constant Quality Control In Order To Eliminate Any Margin For Human Error.* for a device that is designed to utterly fail you in an actual emergency.
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
To make it easy for whomever needs a quick Google search: laissez-faire meaning is "the policy of leaving things to take their own course, without interfering".
@MSHNKTRL
Жыл бұрын
@@JetSetYourself such as loose cables, and whatever else isn't maintained.
@MrHassancehef
Жыл бұрын
@@MSHNKTRL by the way, french style have "loose" cable only to eliminate the risk of breaking your carabiner at the end of the fall......
@JetSetYourself
Жыл бұрын
@MrHassancehef yes, you are spot-on. French style Via Ferrata is with loose cable with loops at the anchor point as you say to eliminate risk of breaking the carabiner in case of a fall.
@aerialrescuesolutions3277
11 ай бұрын
Well said, the loop in the cable allows the carabiner to load on the major axis, and not on the side and gate.@@MrHassancehef
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