What are the precautions for mountain climbing?

In our daily life, there are many backpackers who like to climb mountains. Climbing mountains is becoming more and more popular among many young people. For these energetic young people, climbing mountains can bring them many benefits, such as relieving physical and mental stress, exercising the body, and promoting changes in their cardiopulmonary function. So let us take a look at what are the things to pay attention to when mountain climbing!

1. Personal items

Including clothing, bedding, tableware and daily necessities. The basic principle for preparing these things is to make them as light, multifunctional and meet basic needs as possible based on the climate characteristics of the mountainous area. Among them, the variety of daily necessities, while ensuring basic needs, can also be equipped with photographic equipment, telescopes, compasses, rain gear, radios, etc. according to one's own conditions. Among daily necessities, fittings are indispensable. It is best to have a backpack that can free up both hands, plus a belt-style belly bag. The former is used to store camping supplies, and the latter is used to store commonly used items during the journey.

Also, don't forget to bring a walking stick. With it when climbing, people become "three legs", which can prevent slipping, prevent falling, stabilize the center of gravity and save physical energy. The length should not exceed half of your height.

Collective equipment: mainly includes camping equipment, cooking utensils, and fuel appliances. Of course, if rock climbing activities are arranged, you should also be equipped with complete rock climbing technical equipment, including: safety helmet, main rope, carabiner, small rope loop, safety belt, rock cone, rock hammer, ascender, descender, trauma medicine, etc.

Environmentally friendly tools: portable shovels, pickaxes, garbage bags (waste plastic bags can be used) for field work, bamboo clips for picking up garbage (can be homemade), tents for covering toilets, etc.

Food: Prepare 1 kg of staple and non-staple food per person per day, and use ready-made or semi-finished products that are durable, fresh, and portable as much as possible. In addition to the necessary drinks for the journey, try to prepare powdered drinks to reduce the weight during the journey. It is advisable that the outer packaging of various foods should be non-glass products. When picking wild vegetables in mountainous areas, you must seek guidance from professionals.

2. What kind of physical exercises should be done before climbing?

First of all, we must remember that mountaineering is a very intense fitness activity. People with weak constitutions should not force themselves to participate in activities that are beyond their capacity. If conditions permit, it is best to increase the amount of exercise on the basis of the original exercise 1-2 weeks before entering the mountains. When mountaineering, one must take into account strength, agility and balance in terms of physical fitness, while emphasizing strength training. Strength training should focus on the lower limbs (of course, if you are rock climbing, you should emphasize the strength of the upper limbs). To improve lower limb strength, you can adopt a variety of methods such as long-distance running, weighted squats, single-leg squats, standing long jumps, and stair climbing. The measurement indicator can be the number of single-leg squats (for example, ten consecutive squats on each side are considered the standard).

While doing physical exercise, you should also do some mental exercise, and consciously require courage, willpower and calmness. The means can be individual ideas and group mutual examinations. For example, what should we do if we encounter a storm in the mountains? What should we do if we encounter thunder and lightning? What should we do if we are stranded in the mountains for various reasons and do not have enough supplies? What should we do if the strong wind blows the tent over? What should we do if there are seriously ill people? What should we do if we get lost? And so on. In short, be as mentally prepared as possible for difficulties.

Mountain climbing is a group activity. Being dedicated to the collective, united and friendly, and caring about companions are not only the necessary ideological basis for organizing mountaineering activities, but also the goal we want to achieve through training activities. Starting from the preparation stage, we must strengthen the training and education in this area among peers. With the spirit of collectivism, big difficulties in mountainous areas will become small, and small difficulties will disappear. The spirit of collectivism is the soul of a mountaineering team.

Speaking of mountain climbing, there are quite a few things to pay attention to. The above editor introduces some precautions for mountain climbing. It is not easy to bring too much equipment when climbing, so everyone can go out together, so that you can share some equipment together. Before climbing, you must be fully prepared, check the weather forecast, and choose your clothes according to the weather forecast.