Terrifying climb up Tofana di Rozes (Dolomites) - Via Ferrata Giovanni Lipella 

The views, the mix with historical events and the fact that you knew when to stop makes this a great video. Congratulations.

10:50 “you didn’t tell me it was rock climbing” 😂

Appreciate the historical context you brought into this video, especially some of the archived photos which gave it a lot more authenticity compared to simply rattling off a few historical facts about it (like many would) and continuing with the climb. Well done! 👍

Incredible journey man, I'm sorry you guys didn't reach the top, those tiny rocks were horrible. Also, the cave, wow!

As from 11min, got sweaty hands. Such a beautiful video with short interesting historical comments. Good job!

What a trip.... and you are right, whatever the destination that's the journey which really matters... you will summit, both, another time and together. Thanks

Finally, someone did justice to film Lipella, nicely filmed!! I did the same, but only to the end of the feratta. It was already 6.30 PM :)))

Thank you for the historical context as well

Man, i made the top from via Normale and i found it extremely difficult at the end, and it was July! It's very dangerous up there if you make a worng step and you were very wise! Good choice, there will be another time to reach the top! Thanks for the great video!

I climbed it a few days ago, on the first day of July by following the normal route. Was not sure about snow on the ferrata route and this was the reason for not going there. I see some snow sections in your video. But later on the summit I met people coming from that direction and they told me they did not have problem with snow. You are a great example of how this should work. You gave up so close to the summit and this is not an easy decision as you know, but there will be the other day, the mountain will be there. On my way up, just below the summit I was passing a man who was on his second attempt, previously he gave up because of rain. But he was on the summit that time. Have read earlier the story about WWI role of this mountain, but you presented it here so nicely. As I said earlier in my another comment on your video about Lagginhorn, you are a natural talent for this. Great work man. May I ask, how do you keep the camera, it does not shake which is good? Is it on a stick?

Nice camera work, editing, and good choice of background music! It was very thoughtful of you not to summit without your girl. Nice video!

Fantastic place. A little bit careless to push on out with time and weather against you. Dangerous enough without stress. Love the camera work and you guys seem lovely. Don't be afraid to change plans for a nicer day.

I live there and I did that a few times, but you really did an amazing job showing it complimenti!

Fatta 1969 cordino a bretella non c'erano le imbragature attuali, fermato poco prima della vetta dove il percorso si faceva più facile per problemi ti orario(mese di settembre) ritorno con discesa per la stessa via ferrata, esperienza fantastica

Very brave guys! I guess you can call yourself a true alpinist. So nice how you include all the info in between. Outstanding adventure! Stay safe out there and happy trails & climbing ;)

That is a gnarly climb!!

Just came back from dolomites. We were doing ferratas every day, and had to rush most of the time, for the same reason - Thunderstorms! A bit annoying, bit we were lucky most of the times.

Well done for not summiting without your partner. Great gesture mate!

Pretty cool climb and not far from Bolzano which is a big transport junction. Climbing is a two way trip - not always have to summit.

At least we got a smily Viv. Wasnt sure but that was the icing on the cake. Thanks :)

the video is so cool It's amazing. good to see It would be cool to shoot with a drone.

still searching for the foot holds...definitely not doing that one >< loose rocks and scree too my favorite surface ! yes it's the journey that matters I aborted many times sometimes 20m before a goal, safety comes 1st there are other mountains so many to explore :)

Awesome video. ❤ Thank you for rendering it so creatively and including the WWI story. I watched this video several times and decided that I want to try it myself. I'm already planning a trip and I would also like to ask you: is there another wonderful via ferrata near this via ferrata that you would recommend? I'm not a big expert, I wish it wasn't the most difficult, but that it would be long and interesting like Tofana di Rozes (Giovanni Lipella). I will wait for your recommendation.😊

Nice Video! How do you like those scarpas? I'm considering them..

awesome

Great video, that looked super sketchy. Curious though how you got down, presumably not the way you went up as I doubt you could have done that in 2 hrs. I'd like to see more descent videos, no one ever films their descent which when I was hiking and climbing was always the worst part.

great video :)

Congrats for the video, I ve enjoyed it a lot! :) We re looking for going there this year. We don't know if the 1st week of May is a good idea or there will be snow... what do you think? Ty

Very nice!! (Can you tell me what sunglasses you used?)

We have done this route twice. But the first time we took the wrong route, shortly after the tunnel and passed the Casteletto. The 2e time a small stretch on the back of the mountain was icy but we managed the round trip. We weren't certain we had enough time to climb to the top. So we didn't try. Still I am not able to figure out if you made the same round trip has we did. To start with, you went down a bit, shortly after the tunnel. That is what we did the first time and then turned left to the Casteletto but that was the wrong route. The 2e time we turned right after the tunnel and the route was either flat or climbing up, more or less at the same altitude as the tunnel exit. Then there is a split. One trail goes to the top. About half an hour, fairly easy not steep climb. The other trail makes a loop around the mountain. We though we would need at least another hour to climb and descend again, so we decided not to go up. On the back of the mountain, about an hour from the end, there is 2 store rifugio, where we had a drink and a piece of cake. The rifugio is surrounded by huge boulders. We did start and finish at the same parking as you did. The mountain pass almost at the end is fascinating, specially from below, which you can see in the early stages of the hike. Within the first hour. 2 years later we went for a 3e time. This time with our 13 year old son. We wanted to try to reach the top. But it was the 6th day of our trip and hour son was wasted. He didn't say anything that morning during breakfast, so we left Cortina D'Ampezzo for the short ride to the parking. At the parking lot, all of a sudden he said he wanted to stay in the car because he was too tired. Just like that. We couldn't leave him behind for 7-8 hours, so we decided to go back home to the Netherlands the very same day. The return trip was schedule for 2 days later.

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The non-cabled sections seem much scarier than the cabled via ferrata sections.

"You didn't tell me it was rock climbing" Well, that's the main problem with many Dolomites and Austrian Klettersteigen, as opposed to French or Swiss ones : it's MOSTLY ROCK CLIMBING, secured by a iron cable. But technically speaking, one shoudn't use the cable to climb and pull yourself up, but use the stone to climb, while the cable should only serve as a security.

How do you get back down? The way you came up?

Viv is a very tough little girl.

Come on, everybody drives Panda in Italy, it is second most desired car after Ferrari :) But nice video, and kudos to all brave girlfriends :)

The Fiat Panda: ?? I did not ask for this

17:17 ❤❤❤

Panda the best.

In the photo at 08:26 is it the Austrians or Italians who are dressed in World War 2 British uniforms?

You are not climbing safely. This is putting out a bad example for people to emulate…

Teryfying? There's nothing teryfying. Maybe you choose wrong path ...