On the Via del Trincees via ferrata Val Gardi
A via ferrata (Italian for "iron way") is a type of mountain climbing route which has a safety system permanently installed, making the climb suitable for persons without prior training and using minimal equipment. The climber is attached at all times to a steel cable which runs along the entire route; no climbing rope is generally required. Steel rungs, ladders, bridges and similar installations are used. This helps to keep the physical difficulty of the climbing well within the ability of reasonably fit first-time climbers, while providing access to high, vertical faces and extreme mountain terrain which would otherwise be accessible only to experienced, roped climbing parties. They are found in a number of European countries, including Italy, Germany, France, Austria, Slovenia, Switzerland and Spain; and a few places in the United States (such as Waterfall Canyon east of Ogden, Utah, West Virginia) and Canada (such as Mount Syphax). The first via ferratas were built in the Dolomite mountain region of Italy during the First World War, to aid the movement of mountain infantry. The Dolomites probably still have the greatest number of via ferrata.
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