Switzerland's Stairway to Heaven - Alpine Via Ferrata

[@hasenmadchen4120]

Och,du liebe Zeit!!!Was für ein Nervenkitzel....wenigstens sind Sie gesichert.Alle Achtung!Danke für die atemberaubenden Aussichten, für den interessanten Clip

[@CankadeliK]

i have pretty strong fear of heights and this was my first via ferrata. The View is just mind blowing and the feeling you got after doing that is just amazing, especially with fear of heights

[@NeesyPlaysGuitar]

you don't have a fear of heights. You have survival instincts.

[@iskaaa37]

Hard to believe you have a fear of heights! I do too, and my body just shuts down. Tunnel vision, dizziness, shaking legs, panic attacks. It's hard to believe it would be physically possible for me to endure that for 1.5 h, but I certainly would not feel great afterwards. I did a climb that was too much for me once, and all I could do was chide myself for how stupid I was to even do it. I could have been injured or dead because I was simply not in control of my body and mind anymore.

[@CankadeliK]

@@iskaaa37 i understand youre what you mean and yes it really is hard to believe that i have fear of heights. At the time ive did ths ferrata i was doing alot of work against my fear. At the beginning i was shakin too, but at some time ive just concentraited on going forward. I had some short moments wich i was in panic and thinked about what would happen if i fall down. But ive finished it untill the end. At one point ive had really struggels bcs you just balancing over a steel cable and it going down 300m. But thats the reason im so proud ive finished it and i felt so great. But i would never do it again. it was a once in alifetime expirience for me

[@siriosstar4789]

@iskaa- agreed , i would go bankrupt having to pay for a helicopter rescue .😂

[@_XxXxX]

@@iskaaa37 Hard to believe, but i was (and still am in some situation) just like you some years ago, in fear of a lot of thing, but in this case, a ridiculous fear of heights. Long story short, my life is complete garbage since years and years, and i, one day, decided that even tho my life is at this time worthless, atleast, let's do thing that i'd never have done in other circumstances because i'm in too much fear of dying. It's been some months now that i do via ferratas, already did a lot, and yes, at first it was hard, real hard, i stopped multiples times, and was always under pressure, cried, and don't fool yourself, everyone still has pressure on him from falling, but you just accept that thing and go on without letting it disturbe you. Hope one day you'll surpass it, for whatever reason pushing to do so, because you'll surely not regret it, the views are incredible and unforgetable.

[@kskdtr]

and this is how our granparents used to go to school... minus the safety harness, of course

[@kimhenry5658]

Carrying their school books and little sister.

[@andrewkmac3507]

Truly amazing the lengths we go. All for indoctrination;)

[@Nuttyirishman85]

They had boats ropes

[@monikasharma8926]

😂 wht a dedication towards school

[@chapeauvelu]

Outstanding footage. Switzerland gorgeousness represented at its best.

[@freedome66]

This was the first via ferrata i have ever done. In summer. It was terrefying yet awesome and now im hooked to mountain sports

[@karolpryka1268]

Where is it exactly?

[@samarkant0]

0:08 look at that helical ladder.. swiss people are so creative

[@yomommashaus]

I was amazed by that as well

[@maryannguess7115]

Ohhhh gosh, my heart was In my throat the whole time watching..you young Man are a pro and LOVE Ur sport like a mtn.goat.. You are so beyond AWESOME..TY for a beautiful ride of the extreme heights..now I Have to calm my heart Down...PLEASE be safe.. Glad you had that helmet on..GOD BLESS YOU ALWAYS..

[@irynamoskovka6990]

I can"t help keeping my breath as if I were there too! You are so brave!!! Just a nice route!!! The views are amazing !!! Great job!!! Take care of yourself!

[@brunomassussi5627]

Che emozione, sei un Grande 👍grazie x lo spettacolo!

[@Sturmknecht]

IMHO the most beautiful of the via ferrata in Switzerland.

[@유쾌한킴교장]

와우 도전정신이 우리들을 기쁘게 합니다. 접하기 힘든 이런 멋진 영상을 주심에 감사함을 전합니다.

[@JohnHarrison-np9vo]

Unglaublich schön, auch dein Video, Musik und Schnitt sind perfekt....

[@alenkamajerova893]

Nádherná príroda a výborný športový výkon, perfektne nahraté, mala som pocit, že ja sama tam stúpam hore kopcom

[@Алексейяковлев-с1м]

правда жутковато в реале яб шторы наложил😅

[@ОльгаКирпач-к8ф]

Сен Никинг! Как вы доверяетесь все этим скалам, лестницам, тросам! Как чувствует ваша сем,я, когда вы идете в эти скалистые горы? Это просто ,,жуть,,! Наверное горы вас так полюбили, как и вы их любите!!!! Пусть Господь будет с вами в вашем путешествии! Привет с Украины. Киев.🙏🙏🙏🎄🤗🤝🌞🌾🌻🌹❄️🐦🕊️🙏🙏🙏.

[@craigtsmith6957]

thanks breath taking - best country in the world.

[@junkogreene5644]

Thank you for sharing this journey with us. Es war wirklich wunderschön!!

[@shrujanakandadai2064]

Absolutely divine! One can only imagine the effort you put every step of the way ! Camera shots were stunning! Kudos and utmärkt!

[@reactivereplays5666]

That was my question HOW did he get some of these shots.... Incredible.

[@cesarplaton2229]

Superbe, comme d'hab !!! Merci !

[@fastgurrrl]

How neat! The people who do all this set up rock! Cheers, @Zen Hiking Switzerland

[@tb8573]

Thanks for a great experience. I am making a note about this place for the 2022 vacation. And I don't think it's possible to overestimate the choice of music here. Imagen if it would have been euro-house-techno or hard core metal. This was perfect!

[@robusttj]

Amazing. Thanks you for taking us through your journey!

[@conejobike]

I´m jealous!!! what a great climb, gate, walking, and the landscapes ..... congrats!!!!!

[@larsandersson5974]

Good fun to enjoy some exposure practically risk free.

[@cahg3871]

Amazing sights,amazing climb.You are a skilled climber,and very brave.👍

[@gogetoutsidepodcast]

This looks like a really magnificent route. I definitely need to add it to my list.

[@thecaptainsbar]

Excellent video and stunning camera work.

[@PaloukaMan]

Thank you again ❤ My heart rate hasn’t been so high for quite awhile 🙏🏻

[@danmidkiff5416]

The last shot, where he's sitting on the bench, made me think of Gimmelwald. Switzerland is so beautiful. And, all the way up during the climb, no graffiti anywhere!

[@ZenHikingSwitzerland]

Thank you! Kandersteg is a really beautiful place.

[@jamesbond2889]

What the hell has this to do with graffiti? hahahah graffiti is just as beautiful as the mountains

[@trojanostar]

@@jamesbond2889 nah ... Noboby wants to see a grafitti on these beautiful mountains...if you like it great , but do it in your city walls.

[@danmidkiff5416]

Somebody put james to bed.

[@jamesbond2889]

@@danmidkiff5416 😴 boring

[@Nadia_891]

Goosebumps. This time it felt as if we ourselves are climbing 😄. Going to watch this in VR.

[@MrHistorian123]

Another video of something I must put on my list of things I absolutely never, ever want to do under any circumstances.

[@vanleen]

Thats the beauty of climbing or doing such via ferratas... overcoming mental borders. Feels like victory, everytime. I started with not being able to go up more then 5m and i still start to shake at certain heights... but exposing myself to my fears, withstanding them or even overcoming them always feels like victory.

[@California__Sun]

Wow so glad your hiking again but that was scary and the helmet can was difficult to watch. But love your drone footage and the vid above the clouds.... Amazing. Keep hiking 💛❣️💙💙❤️💚🧡♥️💗🤍💜from CA

[@blmjr]

Thank you for this amazing video! I would never get to see this view as I'm terrified of heights. I'm 6' tall and *that* is too high off the ground for me. Very generous of you to take all of us along for the ride.

[@A333-s6v]

🙋

[@kotrynasiskauskaite4995]

Fear of heights is something you can overcome. I'm also 6' and few years ago beat that fear. I used to be scared of looking through 5th floor balcony, but by constantly forcing myself to be in heights and deal with irrational fears of falling/balconies breaking and assuring i'm standing sure footed i beat it. I have done my first via ferrata in the alps in 2021 as well. Don't let that fear set you back, you can also do things like that if you set your mind to!

[@blmjr]

@@kotrynasiskauskaite4995 Thank you for your encouragement and congratulations on your courage!

[@corvavw6447]

Lijkt me leuk dit nog voor mijn 70er verjaardag te doen.heb nog wat klimspullen.

[@moonstoneway2694]

Intense and beautiful.

[@yonokzeller5402]

My husband and I did Mont blanc tour 2016 June we loved it like to go back again.

[@sivayamsiva9343]

Thrilling video please take care 🙏

[@ViaFerrataHelvetica]

As always, beautiful. A pleasure to watch ! We have to go back and also do our video of this climb.

[@ZenHikingSwitzerland]

You should definitely do one. I was actually trying to find your version on your channel before I went, only to realize that you didn't cover this one yet.

[@ViaFerrataHelvetica]

@@ZenHikingSwitzerland yeah we did it a few time but we never took the film gear with us. It was before I started to record every climb 😅

[@sonyrana7072]

Very nice 👍👍👍👍👍👍👏👏👏👏👌👌👌

[@kombikaramujaninja5426]

Parabéns sempre show da clássica Via Ferrata, lindas imagens! 👏👏👏👏👏 Brasil aqui.

[@A333-s6v]

🙋

[@xXxdevilsxXx1982]

amazing video love the tunes to

[@rikvdmark]

Awesome, I love the mountains and climbing them 😍

[@noriszapiain3282]

Impresionante. Que imagenes tan bién logradas! Y que ruta tan ruda.

[@AnthooFitz]

howdy awesome work man, and even better footage so cinematic yet thrilling

[@BigbrotherMK]

Thank you for sharing this, I don’t think I would ever walk or climb this trail( I am scared of climbing) so it was nice seeing the views!

[@jegbailon7692]

Very fascinating place nature is really A divine creations..

[@marienaailes]

Verry beautiful video! Thanks!

[@louisasmith9388]

Wow, just wow.

[@андрейандерсон-ъ3ы]

Дух захватывает от такой красоты и головокружительной высоты!!!

[@zaaya7719]

So.... Anybody else wondering who set all this up in the first place?? 😅😳 Absolutely amazing

[@Cherb123456]

Wow! Amazing, thank you!

[@benkusworl4934]

1:46 If you wanna get hurt badly if falling, make sure doing this.

[@disimjenan6840]

Wow,like it👍

[@tullycottage367]

Spectacular! That first traverse on the pins looked scary. What are the brass plaques? Names of sponsors of the route? Another great video and, as expected, your subscribers are really increasing, as deserved by these great hikes and filming. Thanks

[@ZenHikingSwitzerland]

Thank you so much! You guessed it, those are the sponsors who donated to make this Via Ferrata possible.

[@tullycottage367]

@@ZenHikingSwitzerland that’s great, good for them. Nice touch to have their names on it. Thanks

[@Chris-de2qc]

All the people who died 😅

[@dr.nandukumar7115]

It is so risky. You are brave person.

[@williamhill5933]

Love to have a go at this looks so like austria stunning country

[@andyadventures2841]

Amazing. Iv been waiting for you to upload my friend. Great climb 🧗 ❤️

[@hannamaniak545]

Incredible!!!

[@Vincent_escalade]

Superbe via ferrata ❤

[@brookeshaffer4377]

Awesome👍

[@trudidolder6122]

mit der Seilbahn waere es viel einfacher gewesen….. Grosse Leistung, ausgezeichnete Photographie. Habe gar nicht gewusst,, dass im Berner Oberland solche Kletter Abenteuer vorhanden sind. Vielen Dank fuer all die Videos. Ein Frutiger in den USA

[@giuseppedemarchi5852]

Che figata incredibile...

[@gustavoandrade4710]

beautifull via ferrata !

[@s2188918]

Thanks mate. It's beautiful.

[@Russell_and_Rosko]

This place looks incredible

[@johnnyharbuckle3808]

WOW! BRAVO.

[@sfoeric]

Thank you for sharing.

[@CYV_COV]

Wow great vid man. COOL

[@guillaumeb.1268]

Bravo, magnifique !

[@antypanag1]

thank you so much for sharing this with us !!!!!!!!!!!

[@Simon-bu4kc]

is there any footage of this being built? would love to see how they did it... rappeling down from above?

[@reactivereplays5666]

I was thinking the same thing. The way they had those VERY specific ladders HUNDEREDs of feet up... Painstaking I'm sure...

[@cabanford]

Had my final tandem paragliding license exam start just above this. Watched people going up all day. Looks lovely 👍😎

[@umbertofurlan3166]

Probabilmente se vado in un cantiere edile mi diverto di più Qui a mio avviso si è perso il senso di andare in montagna.

[@louisasmith9388]

I saw the north face of Eiger while looking for the place I had recalled as being where I have felt most at peace. I like all of this area but I’d been seeking a specific spot below the south face. I got corrected by several Swiss (one perhaps 90, another possibly 40, another maybe 18-20 years old). They said I was on “the wrong side”; I’d visited many times, however it’s been many years since the last visit, so I shouldn’t feel bad (they conversed in this style)- but should go around to the south side. Good advice, it seems. (I’m still figuring out how, but I will. Or I will be flexible and perhaps not see the same hallowed ground - for it is such to me - again. I have it in memory. One day you may film it, for all I know.) I’ve been to so many of the more oft-visited places over years (now realizing it’s a “total” of mere months spanning across decades), including every other weekend when living in Geneva for a short while when I was a student. I had a roommate with me, or a parent or eventually a spouse. We all age differently. Some, by their own description, are exhausted at 40-50, others at 80/90+ are *not*. Seeing the 80-90 year olds with their packs and hiking sticks dashing up the mountains, I do think age is “something” of a number, if one stays active and is “lucky.” *****I found your channel long after deciding I’d visit again after too long away. I am here now; sleepy still (forgive me, anyone who wades through this!) I was reluctant to post but thought I’d live on the wild side. (Posting a comment! Brave, or stupid/foolish!? I hope merely neutral or reasonably adulatory for both ZEN HIKER, *and* the mountains.). So much has gone wrong but I’ll at least try not to stare too long in “the rear view mirror.” That’s just time I won’t get back so as to spend in these beautiful mountains. I wish I could wake up to them every day - but perhaps some of the transcendence derives from how unlike my usual surroundings they are. There are people who think I won’t come “home”; I had (have) not planned any such disappearance. I saw my beloved Eiger from the Kleine Scheidegg station, walking upwards from it (days ago), and I was moved to tears. I had been there before, twice, but it was the longest ago and I hardly recognized anything but the EIGER herself. The clouds swarmed her then parted; the public station near top of Jungfrau was right there when the clouds parted. All of this is “more for tourists.” That’s super, but I aim to walk (truly hike) like you do! I do (hike), yet I am not able to find where I wish to go half the time! Others surely feel the same and may consider me self-indulgent- (“I don’t know either- just go figure it out!”). I do expect that soon enough, people will be asking you not only for these videos, but for advice, and as well to lead “group hikes.” You could earn a lot of money leading group hikes (2-8 people, or even more, at once), but I sense you do not find that an attractive idea. (Maybe one day, even years from now.). I had to be here now. A feeling I cannot, or perhaps at any rate “should not try to” explain. The “old timers” have given me the best advice of all during this trip, followed by those who are teenagers still! I don’t make many photos or videos because *you’ve* got that part done, as well As anyone possibly could, for all the world to see and (in human terms) for all time. Nobody does it better than you do; it would seem that nobody *could*. I do wish we could ask you questions but then you’d be deluged....I really do respect that you put these *videos* out as the vehicle by which you choose to communicate and share your knowledge and insights with the world. You reach the most number of people in this way (“the greatest good for the greatest number”). Many will never be able, even if they feel called (a desire inside), to tread the same ground that you do. I’m here trying in my mediocre, halting way. I hesitated to leave this comment but it is mainly to wish you well. I may not be able to come again, though one never truly knows. I’ve been to so many of the towns on the map over ~25 years that I’ve confused them and thought I could revisit *all* again for old times sake, then strike out to new territory I’ve not covered (by day trips only, not camping), however there isn’t time. The choices are painful to me because there is beauty and then there is “breathtaking beauty,” by which I mean the kind that for me brings tears to my eyes. I don’t know why, only that it is true. All best to you-I can see that you are not wasting decades of your life on things others chase (and so often simply because others say “it’s the thing to do”, or seek ultimately illusory things like safety). I don’t know what you do at other times of year/days off, but what you place here on the internet (for free!), we should all be so grateful for. I imagine I’m not at all unusual among those who’ve found your channel and wish we could sit down for a beer (I don’t drink beer- just an expression!) or phone you and ask “which mountain of two today... would ‘this one’ be an easy 6 hours or a hard 12+ with some risk?” Maybe, Zen Hiker, if you ever take a fall and must physically rest while healing, you could have a website (behind a paywall or not) where you might answer such questions for “we who are not worthy.” (That last quotation is from a US-American or British comedic movie, perhaps from before you or I were born.) Maybe some of your subscribers are capable climbers, but I’m not. But that’s okay. Right, I’m off to see if I can cry a river! By which I mean: be as happy as some say they are when they witness a child being born. Some days and experiences are special. They are what life is; not found in preparing to live one day (in the future), or in reflection upon prizes won in the past. Being at one with nature as you said in reply to a subscriber who asked you if you felt “alone” out there you said NO. Being in Nature is like being with a stern, loving mother, or for some perhaps still more transcendent, whether nature cares for us or not. I apologize for the length of this comment and some repetitiveness: I am exhausted by many things of no interest to anyone else (or if so, those persons need someone else’s concern). I do wish I could stay here forever.

[@margaretlavender9647]

What a wonderful post! You have so much experience of going to different places, you really should write a book before you really do forget, as you say you are now doing. So, where were you? Were you on the Grindelwald side, not seeing the North Face of the Eiger? You seem to have been in the wrong place but not knowing it, quite a few times. I’m glad you eventually found your way to Kleine Sheidegg and that OUTSTANDING view of the amazing deadly North Face. My husband and I were definitely not climbers! But he very much enjoyed walking, whereas I have loathed it since being a small child. Cars are to get you from A to B !! That’s why I adore Switzerland, because of all its cable cars to get me to the views I love but have NO intention of walking let alone hiking! I particularly love the Bernese Oberland, the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Oh the times we’ve driven up that right to the end, and up in the cablecar to Murren, and Piz Gloria. That VIEW! We were up there in Aug 1967 when the restaurant had only just opened to the public after the Bond filming of On Her Majesty’s Secret Service. Our daughter was 2 months old, our son 4 yrs and we were camping on the outskirts of beautiful Interlaken…..So on the train to the top of the Jungfrau. SO wonderful. But my husband put the bag of nappies down in the snow. Oh dear!!! Wet before using them! And another trip naturally, up to Kleine Scheidegg, just one of many visits, the last one with both children when aged 17. Then just us on our own…..THE best memory is of lying in our backs in the grass, lying there gazing up at the North Face, the White Spider, etc etc. Absolute bliss!! Wed read all the books in the 1960s so to go there as often as we could was truly wonderful. Fond memories only now, as I’m 82 and not well with arthritis, and my husband died 17 yrs ago.

[@markangeloconsuelo8509]

so beautiful

[@sheilabloom6735]

A beautiful video of a grueling (to me) hike. I always wonder how they get built.

[@enjoynepaltreks6860]

wow..wow...Adventure

[@romanticcyclist]

Amazing ...

[@markushangartner3129]

Wunderschön

[@lucaRambo71]

Good job.Number one.

[@adnrdgz2595]

Amazing!!!

[@peterbaader334]

May be spectacular, but I would crap myself! My deep respect for all those who can take this challenge!

[@ronaldlinkenhoker5705]

I might have done this when I was younger. Great video. I’m also wondering about the plaques.

[@lorenzogki]

Spettacolare, credevo che solo sulle "Dolomiti"ci fossero fantastiche ferrate

[@m1hax]

wonderful stuff

[@vdubfish1]

And u get a ride down at the end...... Oh yes!

[@DomesticDave]

As a paraglider pilot I am fine with dangling 2 or 3 thousand meters above the ground in a tiny seat under a nylon bag. But I could never do this, my legs would turn to jelly.

[@ZenHikingSwitzerland]

I haven't tried paragliding yet, but I feel for me it's the opposite. I'd have a hard time not being able to hold on to something stable.

[@christheswiss390]

@@ZenHikingSwitzerland Something stable?! Haha. 😂🤣 I have a VERY different definition of stable! 🤣😂

[@goaliemojo4310]

thank you! new bucket list addition. actually the very first bucket list denotation. however, as climber, it does seem weird to think of falling on a lot of protruding stakes of rebar, instead of clean rock face, even though you have a lanyard system. i just won't fall, or will add a mechanical prusik to the scary sections..... ah, there were a lot of scary sections. what a beautiful country!

[@timmyn8575]

I did one of these in West Virginia. So fun

[@osvaldoibanez1309]

Preciosa la música además..

[@duiliopina2521]

Ottimo cantiere!!! Complimenti per l'enorme lavoro ma un grande dispiacere per una montagna trattata come un parco giochi!!!

[@carolineCeeJay]

Who handles the controls of the drone or rather: How are they handled whilst you're climbing??? Crious and impressed 76 y/o from Zurich 🇨🇭🇨🇭🇨🇭

[@ctgeorgia]

Ugghhh... I torment myself watching these climbing videos! Hands are sweating bullets and stomach is in knots...

[@franciscomontesdeoca5316]

The paradise.

[@AntonioCarlosSoriaHernandez]

very nice

[@io_metre]

Love your hikes 💪

[@clefmentine]

seems fun !

[@johncross116]

How do you get down? Do you go the same route you came up?

[@louisasmith9388]

Differences between Wetterhorn and Eiger...each beautiful. Zen Hiker, you say the North Face of Eiger is tricky (I take it extra difficult or dangerous), though you do such challenging climbs. Have you or will you climb Wetterhorn?

[@SA-te7lh]

How the f***is this Zen if your heartbeat is through the roof just watching lol? I picture zen being ontop of that mountain listening to the wind without the insane climb 🤣. Either way....incredible stuff

[@ZenHikingSwitzerland]

haha Zen can be found at all times. Thanks for watching though, hope it didn't freak you out.

[@eidontkehr4081]

zen is where you can find inner peace for me it is long tours with my mountainbike and hanging around in the nature

[@adrianflitney7815]

Looks fantastic. Where exactly is this?

[@tackyman2011]

Imagine this on a windy day.