On 23.04.2015 11:59, Richard Z. wrote: > there were ongoing discussions concerning this subject so > I have ammended the wiki: > > http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/via_ferrata#Criteria_for_taging_as_either_via_ferrata_or_path
> "use highway=via_ferrata where people commonly use ferrata kits" This is an individual decision. I know someone who did all ferratas (difficulty A-E) in eastern Austria without a ferrata kit. I also saw people using a ferrata kit on an easy ladder, and on a short wire rope that is meant as a handrail. There are ferratas which are more than hundred years old. Nobody used ferrata kits back then, because they simply did not exist. > a path is way where a hiker can walk without a ferrata kit and without > extensive use of arm muscles See above. What's an "extensive use"? Experienced climbers will tell you that they do it all by technique instead of muscle power. > a path should be safely passable without a ferrata kit even in less than > optimal weather So we need to delete all paths in high mountains, because they are neither ferratas nor safely passable when icy. -- Friedrich K. Volkmann http://www.volki.at/ Adr.: Davidgasse 76-80/14/10, 1100 Wien, Austria _______________________________________________ Tagging mailing list Tagging@openstreetmap.org https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging
