Capra - VF Backpack | 2020-2023

Designers: Amit Naor, Amit Naor Industrial Design, Tel-Aviv, Israel
Manufacturer: Capra, Tel-Aviv, Israel

While mountaineering the Alps, you would be amazed to discover that many hikers relinquish their safety on Via Ferrata routes because of the cumbersomeness and the amount of time required to extract the equipment from the backpack and wear it. Austrian research discovered that within ten years, over 90% of casualties in Via Ferrata routes were not secured! This piece of information was a guiding light for the Capra project. Capra combines a backpack with safety equipment for a hiker in Via Ferrata routes. These routes invite people for a mountaineering experience of hiking and secure climbing integrated into breathtaking paths.

The idea is to merge the harness, helmet, and energy absorbent into the backpack, thus allowing the traveler a quick and comfortable transition from walking mode to secure mode. All this, within less than a minute, without removing the backpack or even bending down What is Via Ferrata? - Italian for "iron path" - Climbing route that combines steel cables, rungs, ladders, fixed to the rock - In the history VF helped troops move about at high altitude in very difficult conditions, so that troops could ascend steep faces. - Climbing via ferratas has come to be recognized as a valid mountain activity in own right, with its own guidebooks, equipment, grading system and enthusiasts, with an increasing number of locations.