by Cristina Nuta -

Before venturing yourself towards the heights, you should take some measures of precaution, if you want to conquer the mountain and not the other way round.

The exams have just finished and the only thing you have in mind, is how to go skiing or how to climb heroically towards the tops of the mountains. Well, before taking your knapsack and getting on the train, you should verify for the last time your list. If you leave for excursions, the rule number one is not to go out of your way. The majority of problems when you are in the mountains, appear when one does not respect the direction he has in mind: you, then, get lost, the food you have is not enough, the clothes you have do not offer you the thermic protection you need, and so on.

It is advisable for you to know how to read a map, if you have started on the mountain taking one with you. If you don't trust too much in your map-drawing abilities, it is better to be accompanied by a friend who is much experienced. Then, it is also convenient to leave a copy of your line at the hotel or chalet you are accommodated, specifying the hour you are to come back, too. Therefore, if you are going to be lost, the persons who will come to rescue you will know where to look for you. And, please, don’t trust your mobile phone too much, because you can have no signal in the mountains.

And if, unfortunately, you get lost the first important advice is not to get into panic and not try to find the way back by yourself, because you risk to estrange yourself from the direction. The only thing you can do is to ask for help: the most common universal signal is to launch six visual or acoustic signals each minute, which means one at each ten seconds. These signals can vary from simple shouts till lighting up the area with the help of a lantern, during the night.

In what concerns your equipment, this has to be a very good one, with a good pair of boots and not trainers which help you slip easily in a precipice. You should also have lightly clothes, in case the weather gets better.

If one takes into consideration these pieces of advice, then he will know what to do when climbing on the mountain.
Don't let you be captivated by the heights written by Cristina Nuta for FamousWhy.com
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Category: Travel  - ( Travel Archive)

Date Added: 23 April '07

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