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A climber moving across an exposed alpine via ferrata high above a green valley.

Field notes Via ferrata / overlanding / gear

The full route.
The real setup.
The lesson after the mistake.

Complete Via Ferrata climbs, life on the road and equipment tested in use. The terrain, the decisions and the mistakes stay in the story. Experience changes the verdict.

Selected field note The full route

A route is more than its grade.

Start with a complete route experience. These selected videos introduce the channel through lessons worth returning to; find new releases in Latest uploads on YouTube.

A climber above the Moiry reservoir beside a route sign; the thumbnail questions the advertised grades.

Via ferrata / Route experience

Via Ferrata de Moiry: the climb behind the grade

Follow the exposed traverses, bridges and decisions on a French-style route above the reservoir, then compare the advertised difficulty with the experience on the cable.

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Useful before it is cinematic.

JetSetYourself does not hide the awkward part of the day. These three stories show the method: conditions, decisions, consequences and what changes next time.

JetSetYourself soaked in cold mountain rain; thumbnail text reads Cold and Wet. 13:11

Via ferrata / Safety

When one broken rule meets icy rain

A near-hypothermia day, reconstructed without pretending the original decision was better than it was.

Learn from the mistake
The DusterHouse with its rooftop tent open and storage visible against a mountain landscape. 12:42

DusterHouse / System walkthrough

How a small basecamp works as a whole

Power, storage, sleeping and everyday access in one DusterHouse walkthrough. See how the parts work together at the start of a months-long trip.

Explore the setup
JetSetYourself holding a via ferrata set and lanyards; thumbnail text reads Swivel Test. 21:48

Gear / Practical testing

Does the swivel actually untwist the lanyards?

Hand tests and route footage compare a rotating part with the job it is meant to do. Follow the observations and the limits of the test.

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The channel Three connected systems

Route. Basecamp. Capture.

The story does not begin at the summit. It begins with the route choice, the moving basecamp and the production system that can survive the same conditions.

  1. 01

    Via ferrata

    Route reality, technique, exposure, weather, etiquette and lessons worth carrying forward.

  2. 02

    DusterHouse

    A compact car-and-rooftop-tent system for reaching the next route without turning travel into excess.

  3. 03

    Field-tested gear

    Cameras, power, footwear and mountain kit judged by the workflow and consequences around them.

Field kit Start with the job, not the shopping list

What earns a place in the system.

Selected examples of how equipment decisions work in practice: how the parts fit, where the costs accumulate and what makes a verdict change. Start with the reasoning and apply it to your own route and conditions.

Explore my growing gear list for owned equipment, recommendations and research interests. Watch why the footwear verdict changed.

The method What the channel promises

Evidence leaves a mark.

01

Field use before verdict

Specifications describe a product. Repeated use reveals the system around it.

02

Trade-offs stay visible

Weight, weather, workflow, queues and fatigue belong in the story.

03

Corrections are useful

A changed conclusion is documented, not quietly edited out of the record.

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The place comes first

Access only survives when the route, camp and people after you are respected.

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