Five Ten 2015 | Harald Philipp | VIA FERRATA on a Mountain Bike

VIA FERRATA follows Five Ten athlete Harald Philipp into Italy’s Brenta Dolomites for a wild, genre-bending first: descending a fixed-rope climbing route on a mountain bike. Filmed by Christoph Thoresen and captured from above with drone footage, the film drops you into steep limestone walls, airy traverses, and the unique world where ladders, cables, and exposure turn a “path” into a vertical line. What makes this short worth your time is the sheer novelty and precision of the riding—Harald threads consequential via ferrata terrain with the focus and calm you’d expect from a climber managing exposure, only now on two wheels. In under five minutes it delivers pure alpine atmosphere, crisp aerial perspectives, and that addictive mix of flow and consequence that will have you replaying sections and wondering where the boundary between climbing and riding really ends.

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VIA FERRATA is a short film about Harald Philipp making the first descend of a fixed-rope climbing-route on a Mountain bike. Christoph Thoresen filmed the bike ride in the amazing Brenta Dolomites with a drone. Harald did not ride Bocchette Alte but he rode Via Ferrata Benini, Vidi and Oris on 90% of all the downhill-sections.