Scrambling in Slovakia | Veľký Grič cliff face on rusty chains

ENGLISH: This vlog follows a route up the scrambling route up the rocky cliff face of Vel'ký Grič. The "via ferrata" wires are unofficial rusty chains, installed by an unknown adventurous spirit around 40 years ago. That is according to some locals, I couldn't find any more information about it online.

It was a rugged, wild, beautiful route and I would highly recommend you try it. It could be done without the via ferrata lanyards and harness, but we felt safer to use the chain as a backup if we fell. Neither of us did take a fall though, and there are no particularly technical sections of climbing. Just some reasonably exposed scrambling over loose rock.

If anybody has any more knowledge about how this rusty chain via ferrata came to be, I would love to hear it.

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SLOVAK: V tomto vlogu si vyjdeme na Veľký Grič, via ferratou, ktorá je vlasne neoficialna cesta zabezpečená iba hrdzavou reťazou, ktorú tam natiahol neznámy dobrodruh pred asi 40 rokmi. Teda aspoň tak hovoria miestne legendy.

Bol to divoký a nádherný výstup a vrelo vám odporúčam si to vyskúšať. Dá sa to vyliezť aj bez podsedáku a ferratových setov, ale my sme sa cítili lepšie zaistní. Ani jeden z nás nespadol. Na žiadnom úseku nebolo treba horolezecké schopnosti ale ide sa vo veľmi strmom teréne s trochou voľných skál.

Ak máťe niekto nejaké informácie o tom, ako sa tam tá hrdzavá reťaz dostala, sem s tým, rada bhz som, sa dozvedela o tom viac.