{"id":2461,"date":"2013-11-04T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/?p=2461"},"modified":"2013-11-04T20:51:07","modified_gmt":"2013-11-04T20:51:07","slug":"furenwand-via-ferrata","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/","title":{"rendered":"F\u00fcrenwand &#8211; Via Ferrata"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday we finally made it to Engelberg and the Via Ferrata on F\u00fcrenwand leading up to F\u00fcrenalp. It was about 4 years ago we did this Via Ferrata the first time. Honestly I did not remember it being that steep, it is about 750 meters elevation change and parts of it goes pretty much up straight walls with short overhanging moves and a free hanging ladder. Before Friday I was actually thinking of bringing inexperienced climbers on it but changed my mind once I was on the wall. I think I would like to be positive that people does not have issues with heights before taking on this wall.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-2461 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/img_4300\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4300-e1383594777164-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2466\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2466'>\n\t\t\t\tAndy is coming up the free hanging ladder.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/img_4298\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4298-e1383594676699-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2465\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2465'>\n\t\t\t\tI am closing in on the ladder which you can see in the top of the image.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/img_4296\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4296-e1383594519543-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-2464\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-2464'>\n\t\t\t\tI am about to step out on the bars and around the corner on a vertical part of the Via Ferrata.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Our first plan was to go shopping in Z\u00fcrich. The weather forecast however said it was going to be the only dry day during the weekend so we changed our plans and went climbing instead. Although it was not raining it was partly wet and at some points even a bit slippery.<\/p>\n<p>It was nice to come up on F\u00fcrenalp and see the sign for the restaurant. It was definitely time for lunch and a panache (beer mixed with lemon soda). \ud83d\ude42 There was no wind at all so it was actually ok to even sit outside and enjoy the views.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-2461 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/img_4302\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4302-e1383594627606-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/wp_20131101_12_26_14_pro\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/WP_20131101_12_26_14_Pro-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/img_4304\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/IMG_4304-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday we finally made it to Engelberg and the Via Ferrata on F\u00fcrenwand leading up to F\u00fcrenalp. It was about 4 years ago we did this Via Ferrata the first time. Honestly I did not remember it being that steep, it is about 750 meters elevation change and parts of it goes pretty much &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/furenwand-via-ferrata\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;F\u00fcrenwand &#8211; Via Ferrata&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2461","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-switzerland","category-via-ferrata"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2461"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2477,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2461\/revisions\/2477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2463"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/globitrotter.com\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}