Today its time for the 5th of December, and a reminder of the safety always remember…When it comes to mountain Safety I can write a whole book or a pair of books about the topic. But let us start with a quote:  “Prepare and prevent, don’t repair and repent.” That’s a good start. This topic is more current than ever, with a lot of beginners in the mountains due to the pandemic. What is mountain safety? Well from my point of view it begins with your own knowledge and experience. Add the factor weather and how challenging environment you are adventuring in. So when you start the adventure, think over these factors and you will know how to act. If you want to challenge your experience, you might bring a more skilled friend or why not a guide? The basic for me in mountain safety will be; a good knowledge and experience in navigation. Well experienced with all the help device for the safety, such as 1st aid equipment, wind shelter, shovel, etc. And ”safety it something that happens between your ears, not something your hold in your hands.” In real life, it’s about having the right judgment. You will never have such a stress that you have to chance or be careless, its to late to regret when the accident had happened. When it all comes to its nature it is about not expose yourself or others for danger. And buy using your ”stomach” feeling, you will know what will be the right decision in a given situation. When it comes to mountain rescue patrol, and all there mission, we all from stand position can have opinion about have carless people are. But in the city life we don’t have any opinion’s of  people use 112 etc. Observe that I don’t mean that unnecessary rescue mission  is ok, but it is easy to to have opinion form the side. And with right judgement, you will call in the right time…And you, don’t forget to report to your relatives, your planes and when you will call again during your journey/adventure. And always bear in mind, you can never replace lack of experience with a tool or a gear. A new ice axe will not make you an alpinist…And always remember; never trust a guy with shiny gear. So even if you got a new shovel, with combined snow saw, you still need to practice within beore you can use it in hard condition in real life on the mountains..

 Mixed climbing under heavy weather – YouTube

Mountain safety advice from Tryfan, Snowdonia – YouTube

See ya tomorrow…