First time on Via Ferrata? Need to learn how to climb a Via Ferrata? Step-by-step 2023 tutorial

This is the #2023 #viaferrata #tutorial any #beginner mountaineer, hiker, mountain lover, or just normal person with passion and enthusiasm should watch before going for the #firsttime on a Via Ferrata.

If you never heard about Via Ferrata, this #education purposed YouTube channel is the best place where you can learn what it is, the best practices, beginner techniques, rules and recommendations that will help you #staysafe and build both muscle memory and #fightorflight habits.

To summarize Via Ferrata is a protected climbing route usually built on crags or parts of the mountain where not even a traditional or sports rock climbers cannot get.
It runs on tens or hundreds of elevation gain meters and to keep you safe it has a safety steel cabled bolted to the rock. To connect yourself to this safety steel cable and for safety purposes you will have to use a siting harness and a Via Ferrata Set. As part of the Via Ferrata system essential is the helmet as well.

Having, understanding and learning how to use the Via Ferrata safety system is essential. Is not hard to learn, is not much to memorize but essential to learn some of the main best practices that will keep you even safer.

For more details on Via Ferrata check the rest of the channel. There is a class on Via Ferrata for beginners made of short videos specialized in each essential segment of Via Ferrata, a full twenty minutes extended tutorial for Via Ferrata beginners and a lot of #howto videos and tutorials.

Summary:
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:00:54 - The basic (mandatory) Via Ferrata equipment (safety items)
00:01:33 - The difference between Via Ferrata Set and Via Ferrata System
00:01:57 - How to tie the Via Ferrata Set to the sitting harness
00:02:30 - Building muscle memory and fight or flight reflexes
00:02:53 - The Via Ferrata resting System
00:03:53 - The need and benefits of a resting system
00:04:51 - My go-to resting system on Via Ferrata - Ypsilon from Climbing Technology
00:05:48 - My basic Via Ferrata System
00:06:09 - What gloves and why you should use them on Via Ferrata
00:06:56 - How to use the the Via Ferrata Set
00:07:44 - Best practices while using the Via Ferrata Set
00:08:45 - How to test the Via Ferrata System before start
00:10:24 - How to make the anchor point transition
00:14:22 - Why make the anchor point transition with just one hand
00:14:44 - Why you need to test each time you move the carabiners of the Via Ferrata Set
00:15:59 - The rules of the anchor point transition
00:16:27 - The critical time to make the Via Ferrata anchor point transition
00:17:57 - How to use the rule of three - Finding the best resting position on Via Ferrata
00:19:07 - Recap; the anchor point transition and the essential good practices
00:22:46 - Explaining the Via Ferrata Set
00:25:03 - The dumbest Via Ferrata move possible
00:25:55 - More about the Via Ferrata Set
00:26:20 - Explaining the Via Ferrata Set shock absorber
00:30:01 - The danger of improperly using the resting system
00:31:11 - The two cases when you can use the resting system for enhanced safety
00:32:49 - The resting carabiner fallacy