点评:My daughter and I climbed the Via Ferrata at the Arapahoe Basin in Colorado (all day option). Our original scheduled time was 7:50am and then we got a late notification that we were bumped to 8:30am. Upon arrival we were grouped with a mother and daughter for a foursome climbing group.
From the onset (while practicing at the school house rock), it was obvious the mother had no business being out on a trail at elevation. When we actually starting climbing the via ferrata, things got much worse. The woman was extremely slow, scared, crying, literally screaming at some points as our group patiently waited behind her. With a lot of coaxing and breathing exercises, we finally made it to the summit (approximately 13,000'). Because of the excessive time going up and the woman’s inability to go down via the cables, the decision was made to hike down the back side of the mountain and not experience the downclimbing of the via ferrata that was advertised and paid for in full.
This was disappointing to us, as we paid for a full day experience going up and up down the via ferrata and were only able to participate in half the adventure.
I contacted the manager and requested a 50% refund as an appropriate reduction for only experiencing half the climb. He quoted some fine print language and suggested we should have reserved all 5 climbing spots at $200 per. This solution is obviously ridiculous and unprofessional. They did not screen their participants properly and instead of the doing the "right thing"; after they rescheduled us, they chose to keep the full payment for half services rendered.
Very disappointing and I would not recommend this organization for a climbing experience.
Charles Iseman
翻译:我和女儿在科罗拉多州阿拉帕霍盆地攀登了铁索攀岩(Via Ferrata)(全天可选)。我们原定的出发时间是早上 7:50,但后来收到通知说时间被推迟到了 8:30。抵达后,我们和一对母女被分在一个四人攀岩小组。
从一开始(当时在学校的岩石上练习),就很明显,那位母亲不应该在高海拔的山路上行走。当我们真正开始攀登铁索攀岩时,情况变得更糟了。那位女士爬得非常慢,非常害怕,哭喊着,有时甚至尖叫起来,而我们一行人耐心地跟在她身后等待。经过一番劝说和呼吸练习,我们终于登上了顶峰(大约 13,000 英尺)。由于上山时间过长,而且那位女士无法通过缆车下山,我们决定从山的背面徒步下山,而没有体验广告中宣传的、全额付费的铁索攀岩下山路线。
这让我们很失望,因为我们支付了一整天的攀岩体验费用,却只体验了一半的攀岩路线。
我联系了经理,要求退款50%,因为只体验了一半的攀岩路线。他引用了一些细则,建议我们应该以每人200美元的价格预订所有5个攀岩点。这个解决方案显然荒谬且不专业。他们没有对参与者进行适当的筛选,而且没有做“正确的事情”;在重新安排我们的行程后,他们选择保留一半服务的全额付款。
非常令人失望,我不会推荐这个机构来体验攀岩。
Charles Iseman