Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word ferrata.
Examples
-
According to local guides, the group had not hired a guide upon entering the via ferrata, which is illegal.
British student killed in zip wire accident in Swiss Alps 2010
-
According to local guides, the group had not hired a guide upon entering the via ferrata, which is illegal.
-
Albert's sudden death, falling from a "via ferrata" – a usually safe system of ladders that allows non-climbers to experience steep cliffs – was tragically ironic for someone who had survived the harshest conditions.
Kurt Albert obituary Ed Douglas 2010
-
But in the summer there's no shortage of thrills either, whether you want to try mountain biking on proper mountains, rafting, tackling a via ferrata or even warm-weather skiing? on a glacier.
-
There are around 20 guides in the village, and a guided visit to a via ferrata costs 80 Swiss francs (£48), he said.
British student killed in zip wire accident in Swiss Alps 2010
-
She was on a "via ferrata" – a mountain climbing route fitted with cables, ladders and bridges – when the accident happened on Sunday.
British student killed in zip wire accident in Swiss Alps 2010
-
Fenestra familie, que fratrum dicitur et conversorum, tres pedes habeat in distancia maiori similis et eciam ferrata.
Sensual Encounters: Monastic Women and Spirituality in Medieval Germany 2008
-
German rock-climbing website, via-ferrata.de, has created a Google Map mashup of climbs in the Alps.
-
There was some more ironwork and planks on the way up to Lac Blanc my boots were designed for via ferrata, it should be easy!
-
On the day I am destined for the via ferrata, I wake to sunlight and crisp mountain air.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.