Via Ferratas of the Italian Dolomites: North, Central and East v. 1 (Cicerone Mountain Walking)

"I bought this book a few years ago for my first trip to the Dolomites; I could only find this and one other Dolomite Via Ferrata book in English. I found this book a Godsend; informative, well laid out with maps, photos, cross reference indexes, useful telephone number and local information.
This made my first Via Ferrata experience so much easier to plan and navigate.
I have since done a couple more trips and this book and Volume 2 have been my guides and are well thumbed.
I would recommend this book to anyone planning a Via Ferrata trip to the Dolomites whether a novice or seasoned ferraterist.
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~ Written on 2008-09-18

"The new Ferrata guide is probably the worst guidebook and I have ever tried to use it is extremely hard to follow they have invented their own grading system and it is repetitive. You are better getting the old guide which although it is out of date is much better and easier to follow and the grade can be relied upon.
They state that there are many grading systems in existence but they differ only in minor ways for example using numbers from one to six instead of letters so they are roughly comparable, they have invented a new system and assigned the roots in a seemingly arbitrary fashion I went up one route which my partner looked at would not go near, it were graded two in this book and the Germans told me that in their book it was a three/four l believe the German grader was much nearer the mark having climbed it. I have previously climbed a large number of Ferrata.
They are also somewhat inconsistent in their information for example putting information in about roads that are not accessible to the public and ignoring roads that are accessible to the public for instance it is possible to drive to the Cinqeu torri refuge which is a very useful piece of information and would have saved us time and money.
I have climbed the Ivano Dibona Ferrata on a number of occasions and I did not recognize it from this description I had to refer back to the old book to get any decent concept of what was happening so if you can find the old book by Cyril Davies get it because it will serve you better and I hope that Ciceron return to the normal good form with the next edition."
~ Written on 2008-07-07