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I was seriously nervous that my best friend had signed us up for a cliff side via ferrata on day 1 of our last minute Kentucky adventure weekend. While I was super pumped, I knew this was going to be a huge stretch out of her comfort zone.
Nonetheless, we plowed through the safety briefing and clipped in to begin our climb up the rock face of a gorgeous ravine. It quickly got real as the exposed ledges gave way to only minimal crevices to traverse across. After only a brief panic attack, she conquered level 1&2 and I couldn’t have been more proud of her.
I continued onto the intermediate course and was in my element. With a big smile plastered on my face, I enjoyed a nice sweat and intense physical exertion scaling up the challenging route. After taking a quick lunch break and allowing my fingers to recover, I resumed my quest to achieve my goal of walking the elusive suspension bridge. Section 4 was a serious test that had my forearms severely bruised from hooking into the iron rungs for slight breaks from the grind and my legs wobbling with every push to the next shelf. But I persevered to enjoy the “break” of the wooden walkway and rounded the jagged corner to a brutal uphill stretch. I attempted most of section 5 and eventually ran out of steam and grip strength, so bailed out while I could still save myself instead of the embarrassment of having the instructor come to rappel me down to safety.
What a rush!! Highly recommend this relatively unknown hobby because it will push you to the brink of failure, but will empower you in the same breath to be your own hero!
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