Geierwand - C
Elevation: 350 m / Lenght: 400 m
Approach: 15 min / Duration: 2,5 hrs
Rating: 4/5
This ferrata surprised me a lot both pleasantly and unpleasantly, I always recommend you to look at the topo before you go rock climbing.
After a great climb on the Crazy Eddy ferrata, I crossed just a few kilometers further over here. I knew it was a C difficulty route, but didn't notice that the ferrata was over 2 hours long. I hadn't replenished my water supply and started out with less than half a litre and that really wasn't enough.
More about the Crazy Eddy ferrata:
https://www.trailtherapy.cz/l/en/ferratas/zugspitze-arena/crazy-eddy/
The rock is very easy to climb even without holding the rope. The difficulty is quite adequate, I would not be afraid to take a beginner here. The crampons are too close together and I didn't encounter a difficult passage during the whole climb. The difficulty probably reflects the length of the ferrata and the vertigo in the upper parts, after all you climb around 350 m up.
About halfway up I got a muscle cramp in my left arm and ran out of water at 2/3. The sun was beating down on me on the descent and I was really glad when I finally got back to the car, drank a liter or so of water, rested and drove home.
Route from parking lot to the starting point of ferrata.