The 6 Best Via ferrata set

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Via ferrata sets are a life insurance in climbing. In an emergency, they are the most important part of the equipment and catch the climber if he should fall. Accordingly, much importance should be attached to this part of the equipment. Many climbers make individual components of the equipment themselves. This is no problem with chalk bags, for example, and makes it possible to adapt them to one’s own needs and, if the processing is not quite successful, at most the equipment gets dirty. A via ferrata set doesn’t seem much more complicated if you have a certain skill. However, we strongly advise against doing it yourself, as such parts cannot achieve the quality of industrially manufactured, standardized and, above all, extensively tested products.

Since in the worst case a person’s life depends on the quality of a via ferrata set, strict guidelines apply to its manufacture. Since every via ferrata set has to meet certain standards that prove its quality beyond doubt, it does not matter which product you buy. Every via ferrata set officially sold in Germany complies with statutory standards and is therefore of the same quality as other products of the same model. It is more important to pay more attention to the respective model, since via ferrata sets differ slightly in their construction and there are a few different types. The most frequently used and also the best type of via ferrata set corresponds to the Y construction. Such a via ferrata set consists of a loop, a shock absorber and, branching off from this Y-shaped loop, two stretchable legs, each of which has a snap hook at the end. Above all, it is important to create such a via ferrata set without any mistakes so that it can also fully accomplish its task. The strap loop is threaded through one or, if available, both binding loops of the harness at chest height and the entire via ferrata set is threaded through the resulting loop and the resulting loop is carefully tightened. The Y-climbing set is so popular because, on the one hand, no special knot has to be made for fastening and, on the other hand, two snap hooks secure the climber to the rope. When climbing, only one hook is attached to the next anchor point at a time, while the second hangs at the current anchor point for the time being. Thus the climber is secured at all times by at least one karabiner hook on the rope.

In many cases, relatively young children already want to practice climbing. The market also offers a large selection of via ferrata sets for children – all of which are completely unsuitable! Via ferrata sets must comply with a specific standard, namely EN 958, which states the force at which the shock absorber triggers. This force results from the sum of the weight force of the climber and the force from the acceleration in free fall. For a shock absorber to trigger, the sum of the two forces must reach a certain value. The tests to determine this standard and the quality control of all sets of access ladders are carried out with a weight of 80 kg. This poses a serious problem. The lighter a person is, the higher the force from the acceleration must be, so that the total force is sufficient to trigger the shock absorber. As a result, a child must fall much lower for the fall damper to trigger. A deeper fall results in a much higher rate of fall before the child is braked. Directly related to the significantly higher speed is a higher force effect on the child’s body due to the braking effect of the via ferrata set. At the same time the braking distance is shortened as all parts of the climbing equipment, except the shock absorber, are already under tension and cannot contribute to the damping of the fall. This load results in particular in a strong application of force to the arms, legs, back at the level of the attachment of the via ferrata set, and finally to the neck. The resulting injury risks include overstretched limbs, an overloading of the spine, which can lead to paraplegia, or a neck fracture. Therefore, please be expressly warned: There is no via ferrata set for children under 50-60 kg!

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