Shocking moment 'crazy' tourist family carry baby and walk child along narrow mountain ledge 'with no safety equipment' and stomach-churning drop below in Italian Alps

A family caught connected camera arsenic they made a hair-raising climb without information instrumentality successful nan Italian Dolomites person been slammed by upland rescue groups.

The unidentified parents and their young children were spotted by different shocked climber who videoed them arsenic they attempted to tackle nan perilous Via Ferrata climb.

It involves making your measurement on razor bladed ledges astatine spine tingling altitudes, utilizing metallic cables, ladders and metallic fixtures anchored into nan stone and galore are near complete from World War One erstwhile installed by Alpine soldiers.

The family - overseas visitors - were spotted connected nan Bepi Zac conception of Via Ferrata – which is graded arsenic difficult - and runs betwixt a rocky ridge from Passo Selle to Forcella Laghet successful nan Monzoni scope of mountains adjacent Trento.

A guidebook says nan way – which reaches a stomach-churning tallness of 2730m – is 'exposed' and has 'narrow ledges' and 'unprotected paths' which are 'decidedly adrenaline fuelled'.

The video shows nan begetter holding his babe successful his arms arsenic he gingerly makes his measurement on nan cableway holding connected pinch 1 hand, while his woman is down gripping onto nan aforesaid fixture.

Luigi Bartocci, who posted nan video, said: 'Look astatine this madman, he is perfectly crazy, would you cheque this out, look astatine this, guys.'

'There he is pinch a mini kid successful his arms. It's amazing. They are astatine almost 3,000m and they person nary information equipment, they person nothing.'

Luigi added: 'Look wherever he is,' arsenic he cautiously makes his measurement down nan conception earlier reaching a wider way astatine nan guidelines of a ladder fixed into nan rock.

Minutes later Luigi spotted a mother and child, again overseas tourists, making nan aforesaid perilous descent – pinch a young boy nervously holding onto nan cablegram arsenic his mother encourages nan intelligibly worried child.

Luigi said: 'And past they opportunity accidents hap successful mountains,' earlier fortunately nan brace scope nan aforesaid ledge arsenic nan erstwhile climbers and transportation connected pinch their hike.

Walter Cainelli, president of nan section Alpine Rescue, said: 'Unfortunately location is simply a rising undervaluation of nan risks that exist.

'Basically, if you scope a constituent wherever you can't transportation connected because you don't person nan correct equipment, past you move round, it's arsenic elemental arsenic that.

'Too galore times passim nan twelvemonth we are called to intervene and thief group who spell into nan mountains nether prepared and without nan correct gear.

Mr Cainelli added that successful 2023 location has been 12,349 operations carried retired Italian Alpine rescue teams.

Maurizio Fugatti, president of nan Trento province, said: 'Everyone is invited connected our mountains, but nan champion measurement to acquisition them is to first cultivate a heavy consciousness of respect.

'Don't play pinch nan life and do not underestimate nature. We person lived successful nan mountains for centuries; we emotion it moreover though we cognize really terrible it tin be.

'And nan toll paid is high, sometimes by those who ran to nan assistance of others. The champion measurement to honour their representation is to travel nan rules, pinch scrupulous prudence.

'We beryllium it to ourselves, to our loved ones and to nan galore group whose lives must not beryllium jeopardized by recklessness and carelessness.'

The Bepi Zac cableway crosses positions held by Italian troops and Austro-Hungarian adversaries during World War One and is celebrated pinch knowledgeable thrill seekers.

Between July 4 and July 7 six group were killed successful accidents successful nan Italian mountains, officials said.