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0 pointsnix235y ago0 comments

For that you have a rope, that's the objective part...you would not climb (i hope) an overhanging wall.

>little injuries sliding down a shallow wall

Those are often not "little" the rocks rip you apart, and when you stop you look not human anymore (a bag of flesh)...happens often at glaciers too.

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Oh, but in the alps there are ways with a metal ladder, where you indeed "walk" a overhanging way, without rope.

Not for everyone obviously.

nix23OP5y ago

You have steelropes or hooks there too and a via ferrata set with a shock-absorber and a helmet:

And if without securing...even a bigger objective danger for you to decide if you can do it, that's the point.

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Oh, but in the alps there are ways with a metal ladder, where you indeed "walk" a overhanging way, without rope.

Not for everyone obviously.

nix23OP5y ago

You have steelropes or hooks there too and a via ferrata set with a shock-absorber and a helmet:

And if without securing...even a bigger objective danger for you to decide if you can do it, that's the point.

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