<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Mar 5, 2019 at 8:04 PM Kevin Kenny <<a href="mailto:kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com">kevin.b.kenny@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
Slightly off topic: vie ferrate are not a familiar thing in the<br>
mountains near me.<br>
Does <a href="http://aspiringfortysixer.com/Upper_Lower_Wolfjaw,_Armstrong_%26_Gothics_files/P1010309.jpg" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">http://aspiringfortysixer.com/Upper_Lower_Wolfjaw,_Armstrong_%26_Gothics_files/P1010309.jpg</a><br>
count?<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>I wonder this as well. I don't have any direct experience with Via Ferratas, but reading these two pages makes me think that the term seems to be used for more involved routes than a short set of stairs or hand-holds:<br><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Via_ferrata</a><br></li><li><a href="https://chamonixallyear.com/what-need-via-ferrata-in-chamonix/">https://chamonixallyear.com/what-need-via-ferrata-in-chamonix/</a></li></ul><div>I'm interested if those with more familiarity think a short segment of iron steps/hand-holds (and not the extra protection cable) or only a short length of optional protection rope/cable would qualify for highway=via_ferrata.<br></div></div></div></div></div></div>