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Via ferratas in French Polynesia.
The Polynesian experience combines ocean cliffs, ancient phosphate holes and industrial remains on an atoll without an airport.
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Cities, Dams and Industrial Giants · Tuamotu - Makatea
Makatea Via Ferrata - Makatea Vertical Adventure
Mining atoll without an airport, phosphate holes, rusty train, cliffs on the Pacific and a multi-day vertical adventure: travel and industrial history are inseparable.
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Read the profileAtoll, phosphate and cliffs of the Pacific
In Makatea, the via ferrata crosses the traces of a mining island.
The journey to Makatea and the history of the site are inseparable from the vertical progression itself.
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