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Cows tails are used for redirects, quick acting safeties and what not while caving. As it mentions in the listing it is used in a via ferrata. no clue what that means but I do know that you as you pass a re-belay you use the cow tails and ascenders to attach to the lead line. That funky part in the middle acts as a friction decelerator in case you slip.

Here is the product guide:

http://www.petzl.com/ProduitsServices/L56%20ZYP-Y_FR7256_281100.pdf
 
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As it mentions in the listing it is used in a via ferrata. no clue what that means

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You can Google "via ferrata" and find that "a Via Ferrata (in english : "Iron Way"), is a fixed-protection climbing path, mostly found in the Dolomites mountain range in northeastern Italy."

Many are cabled pathways through the mountains and the zyper serves as a safety to move along the path..you can always stay snapped in as you transit dangerous areas. I have read of one in the USA that many Boy Scout groups use...it has varying pathways of increasing difficulty. Tree guys would probably love it.

This site has some good info:

http://alavigne.homeip.net/newHomePage/Outdoors/TripReports/ViaFerrata/index.jsp
 
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There is one near the Red River Gorge in Kentucky at a place called Torrent Falls. They have a bed and breakfast, an area with rock climbing routes, a restraunt and a via ferrata. It looks cool but I have never got around to trying it because I am usually to busy rock climbing when I am in the area.
 

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They allow anyone to climb. They ask for donations if I remember correctly it is less than 3 dollars per day. They built a bed and breakfast in the arena area where all the sport climbs are. To the North of that area is where the restraunt, climbing shop and terra verta are.
 
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The beer trailer is to the North? Heres a popular route at Roadside. O.K. Mark heres your chance to make up for my truck comments.
 

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Looks like Ro Shampo. Awesome route /forum/images/graemlins/jamminz.gif Its really fun cleaning it.
Did you recognize the route that my picture was from. It was not at Torrent Falls
 
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You got it! It's been awhile since I've been there and a bunch of new crags have been developed, is it at the Mother Load?
 
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No the route is moon over mississippi at pocket wall. It is closed to climbing. But the first time we went down there we didn't know that it was closed and it took so long to get back there and there were other people cimbing that we decided to climb. The area has a lot of routes in the 5.10 to 5.11 range. The beer trailer is just to the South of Torrent Fall. Torrent Falls is really nice but we don't go there a lot because our dogs get in trouble with their bed and breakfast quests.
 
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If you ever make it out west to WA you have to hit the granite at Index WA, it's awesome!
 

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I climb mostly on sandstone but I did get to New Hampshire last fall to climb some granite. And I climbed in Colorado on some limestone once. That was alot different than what I am used to.
 

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I have never climbed in Ontario. I am from Alberta and used to climb in Rockies in Jasper National Park on a regular basis (having kids has slowed down my rock climbing substancial).........mostly quartzite.
 
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What are you implying PUNK? /forum/images/graemlins/crazy.gif /forum/images/graemlins/smirk.gif /forum/images/graemlins/tongue.gif
 
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I have climbed at Lionshead (about a decade ago) that seems like a little out of the way for you treeman.

Via ferratas are fixed steel cables held out from the rock. They used to be more of a placebo because the massive fall factors if you did fall on them would rip out anchors, break your back, or rip your harness off your body; until the zypher came along. The rope is very tight in the "holder" but will slide under falling forces to dissipate the impulse.

Dave
 
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