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Gartnerkofel, Malvuerich Alto

JORDAN19. 08. 2015 20:12:11

After returning from the Dolomites, we two also tackled this ferrata in company. I'm not really a fan of sports ferratas but when I spotted it last year and pointed it out, it tempted my better half.
She simply decided: let's try it, and we invited company along. Jax described and rated it very well. The first bridge is really a test for further on, but I tackled it completely my way. Even though all my predecessors crossed it without problem (upright and slowly), I started by trying to stretch the wire I was standing on and holding as much as possible to prevent swinging. To halfway and a bit further it went fast and without issue then I was too short (I'm 188cm tall) and the wires swung, I literally lay down on the middle wire but was still clipped between the others. Arms extended and biceps started burning. I swung with my body and thus straightened and got to the end. The company was more scared than me, luckily only I had the backpack and all phones and camera in it so my way of crossing isn't recorded. Don't recommend. Also, under the first bridge there's also emergency access or exit, same for the second Nepalese bridge.