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A Father Trusted Me to Help His Daughter on One of Italy’s Hardest Via Ferratas I MAGNIFICI 4

JetSetYourself

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Helping Anna Through One of Italy’s Hardest Via Ferratas (Via Ferrata I MAGNIFICI 4) With a Rope
Using an Edelrid Spoc (Affiliate Link: https://amzn.to/3TgfZi3) and Rope to Support Anna on a Difficult Via Ferrata

On one of Italy’s hardest Via Ferratas, Anna keeps moving while her father has to decide whether he can trust a stranger helping his daughter on the wall. The video follows that trust as it changes in real time and shows the practical system behind the support.

I use a rope, a resting system and an Edelrid Spoc progress-capture pulley to keep Anna protected while we move anchor by anchor. On horizontal sections the rope stays connected as redundancy rather than active assistance. On the harder upward sections, she rests, I reposition the system, and when she pushes I pull so part of the effort is taken off her. The 10 m rope works, but I explain why 15, 20 or even 25 m would have given more flexibility.

The larger lesson is not only about rope technique. It is about judgment, good and bad advice, the caution of a father, and the courage and resilience of a young woman willing to keep going. By the end, the stranger is no longer just a stranger because trust has been earned through what happens on the wall.

Directions for Via Ferrata I MAGNIFICI 4:
Parking: https://maps.app.goo.gl/JFwiRByuZ4cxJ...
Via Ferrata: https://maps.app.goo.gl/AV8Ufwqm1Trhg...

Chapters:
00:00:00 - Reaching Anna and connecting the resting system
00:02:37 - Trust, courage and the real story of this climb
00:04:33 - A special day for Anna
00:05:34 - Moving to the next station
00:09:31 - Rope redundancy on the horizontal
00:10:51 - Moving the belay system anchor by anchor
00:12:04 - Preventing a fall and reducing her effort

#ViaFerrata #EdelridSpoc #ViaFerrataTechnique #RopeAssistance

10 Comments

@JetSetYourself Creator 3 weeks ago Pinned

The rope mattered, but the bigger change was trust. If you were Anna’s father, what would you need to see before trusting a stranger to help her on the wall?

@fabioramilli8863 1 month ago

Thank you very much for your help and expertise. Ours was a fortunate encounter that allowed Anna to push past her limits

@brutale1436 1 month ago

Complimenti! Parli benissimo in italiano!
Come lo hai imparato così bene?
Grazie per i tuoi interessantissimi video

@ViaFerrataCH 1 month ago

Well done, it was good to help, but just shows that sometimes people overestimate their abilities or just overgrip and get tired through non optimal technique

@mrciffo 3 weeks ago

What kind of rope did you use? How could a screamer work with the shock absorber of the via ferrata set in case of a fall?

@chrisk7693 1 month ago

How can you do a via ferrata with a difficulty rating of E with just one person who apparently seemed overwhelmed from the very beginning? That is really totally irresponsible on the part of the accompanying person!!!

@AufeundObe 1 month ago

Beautiful ferrata! Where is it located ?

@elo_mordo667 1 month ago (edited)

Name of ferrata? :) great job mate!

@oleksandrponomarov2437 1 month ago (edited)

Tragen Sie die Leine immer? Aber wofür? Fast alle Klettersteige brauchen keine sichere Leinen. Die Leine besetzt einen kostbaren Platz im Rucksack und fügt ein Gewicht hinzu. Für scwierige Klettersteige haben Sie Ferrata Block (Sie zeigten ihn in anderen Videos). Oder nahmen Sie speziell für den Videoclip?

@dwori 1 month ago

If I'm reading this right - you've met two strangers who would turn away, but you agreed to 'take them' with you on this one. That's a huge burden and responsibility that you've taken on yourself! And it's not them who had to have big trust in you, it's YOU who had to have big trust in THEM! You could have twisted your ankle let's say and the dad wouldn't be able to take over the leadership, then you're all stuck. I understand your confidence in your abilities and your capabilities, but you didn't know physical or mental capabilities of these people and how much the situation can deteriorate in the middle of the climb. As you say - it could have had dramatic consequences. Emotional, health, monetary(SAR team callout), and in extreme cases legal ones. I'm all for helping people in the middle of ferratas when it was their decision to be there, don't get me wrong. But taking them from step number 1, I wouldn't. The situation could have easily backfired on yourself. To end on a good note - this time it turned out great and all of you had a good experience, all three of you, and that's amazing. Keep being the great person that you are.