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Sunday 26 July 2009

More Via-Ferrata…

Filed under: Summer — Tags: climbing, passy, via ferrata — leighton @ 7:42 pm

Helen and I took nephew Tim (the photographer at our wedding) down to Passy for his first go at Via Ferrata…

Thrilling stuff…  Annoyingly my leg started shaking involuntarily when going over the “bridge”…

Tim on the three cord bridge

Tim on the three cord bridge

The things we do for fun!!

Tim on the two cord bridge, Helen in the background...

Tim on the two cord bridge, Helen in the background... Looks safe, heh?

I am still not confident enough to be taking my best camera out whilst hanging on… so photos from my iPhone.

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