On second thoughts, I'd prefer to visit after some restoration work was done, because I love heights but dislike the idea of the concrete crumbling under my feet. The nice thing about trails like my all-time favourite Angel's Landing in Utah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%27s_Landing ) and the via ferrata I've seen in Italy is that they're constructed by removing rock, not adding concrete, and the national park authority (USA) / people who own the bar at the end of the trail (Italy) are pretty diligent about ensuring the chains and handrails aren't about to come off in anyone's hands either.
It's cool, that really does reinforce the fact I have a fear of falling and not a fear of heights. I can watch that and go wow and cool and not have my heart rate raised at all. In reality even the bits that still have handrails would have my heartbeat going like crazy. The sections with the safety line, and watching people with harnesses actually clipping onto it, were definitely reassuring though.
It's pretty clear that the camera operator is not using a line - they don't stop to transfer it between sections at any point at they go past someone who is using one without AFAICT breaking stride. The balancing bits go slow enough that I suppose you could believe they're attaching a line at that point, but their attitude elsewhere suggests perhaps they aren't...
I'd worry about the strength of the things my line was attached to given the general state of repair l-)
Yeah, I realised that. I was just thinking it might be nice if I ever got to visit somewhere like that :-) The line seems much more recent that the early 20th century concrete, and there isn't any evidence of much disintegration of the rock wall it's attached to, rather than the path and handrails, so that would give me more confidence too.
What do you think the camera was attached to? I tried a bit of video with a camera on my shoulder and the result definitely bobbed up and down. Even the shadow moved very smoothly.
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Date: 2008-05-06 09:39 pm (UTC)It reminds me more than anything of Half Life 2.
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Date: 2008-05-06 10:19 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-06 09:41 pm (UTC)On second thoughts, I'd prefer to visit after some restoration work was done, because I love heights but dislike the idea of the concrete crumbling under my feet. The nice thing about trails like my all-time favourite Angel's Landing in Utah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel%27s_Landing ) and the via ferrata I've seen in Italy is that they're constructed by removing rock, not adding concrete, and the national park authority (USA) / people who own the bar at the end of the trail (Italy) are pretty diligent about ensuring the chains and handrails aren't about to come off in anyone's hands either.
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Date: 2008-05-06 10:27 pm (UTC)I'm up for a via ferrata. Just not that one, until they fix it.
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Date: 2008-05-07 11:02 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-07 11:14 am (UTC)It's pretty clear that the camera operator is not using a line - they don't stop to transfer it between sections at any point at they go past someone who is using one without AFAICT breaking stride. The balancing bits go slow enough that I suppose you could believe they're attaching a line at that point, but their attitude elsewhere suggests perhaps they aren't...
I'd worry about the strength of the things my line was attached to given the general state of repair l-)
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Date: 2008-05-07 12:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-08 06:40 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2008-05-08 08:10 pm (UTC)