Tibetan bridge between the mountains



If you are assiduous to Ferratas Roads , or you are simply a fan of the heights and there is no air circuit that is resist, surely you have once traveled a Tibetan bridge, but would you know how to explain exactly what it is about?

Beyond being a construction that saves two parts to be able to pass between one and the other, a Tibetan bridge implies all the elements that an adventure in capital letters implies: balance, height, difficulty (more or less), technique ...

The Tibetan Bridge is a structure composed of three strings in the form of an unvertited triangle. Two parallel ropes are approximately at chest height so you can hold "comfortably" while advancing and the third (the plank) is located at the bottom so you can walk on it.

Its name is due to the Chinese region of the tibet where the highest mountain formation in the world is located, the Everest 4,500 meters of altitude. Without a doubt, if there is a place in the world where to find the most spectacular Tibetan bridges is this. His appearance, like so many other things, was the result of the need to pass between populations located in the mountains.

Also called mono bridge, this type of roads are very frequent in the ferrata roads although its birth is due to the environment that was used to overcome geographical accidents. They always exceed a studied security system composed of harnesses and strings that the sports technician who accompanies you in the route will ensure the same bridge .

The longest tibetan bridge with whichWe count in Spain is in the via Ferrata de la Hermida belonging to the Cantabrian municipality of Peñarrubia, very close to cities such as Potes or San Vicente de la Barquera . But it is not the only one since there are ferrata pathways with incredible tibetan bridges, both inside and in the coastal areas of the Iberian Peninsula . And if you do not believe it, you just have to take a look at the ferrata roads that you can travel with the best experts in our country here .


 Crossing the Tibetan bridge