Self-insurance and self-detention when moving in mountainous areas. Travel Tips

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Insurance in the mountains

Of course, it is more reliable to move around the mountains and in a group, after all, there is an opportunity to insure each other. In order not to fall from the crack, be sure to feel the snow in front of you with a pole. It is good to make insurance from a rope attached to reliable anchors on both sides. Tie a short halyard with a bow knot around the waist, and tie the other end to the main rope with a special knot. It will slide down the rope, allowing you to descend, but will stop any fall.

If someone fell into a crack and you have to pull him out, then he should be raised to the surface with all precautions: squeezing the chest with a rope can lead to suffocation. Lower the rope with a loop down, which will take all the load when a person inserts a leg into the loop. If the fallen person has lost consciousness, then the joint efforts of at least three people with safety equipment will be required to lift him. It is necessary to act as quickly as possible: the temperature in the cracks is very low, and the victim will quickly freeze.

Movement on mountain slopes is much safer if you use a staff (ice axe), when driving on steep or slippery slopes, hold it in two hands in the "at the ready" position. The hand holding the upper horse of the ice ax (at chest level) clasps the shaft with the palm up, and the other hand, which is closer to the lower end (bayonet) of the ice ax, takes the shaft with the palm down and at any moment is ready, as it were, to press the stick to the slope. With the help of a stick, you can constantly keep two points of support in motion: while the tourist takes the next two steps, he leans on the slope with a stick, then, standing on two legs, quickly move the stick forward to another point of support, and the movement cycle is repeated.

When crossing a slope (traverse, zigzag), the ice ax must always point towards the slope. When changing direction or turning to the slope with the other side, the stick is intercepted by hands without detaching the bayonet from the slope.

When crossing a ford with a stick, her bayonets are carried out against the current. At the ford on a rope, it is strictly forbidden to use loops with seizing knots. Self-belaying in a similar way when moving along a rope railing can be used in a dry place (descents, ascents, traverses), and the length of the self-belaying loop should be shorter than outstretched arms.

Self-defense in the mountains

Self-restraint consists in the ability to stop or at least partially slow down a fall, breakdown, etc. When falling or slipping on a grassy slope or small scree, instant support with a stick (alpenstock, ice ax) into the slope from the “at the ready” position is necessary. If this failed. and the tourist rolled down, one must immediately strive to roll over on his stomach, head up, and linger with a stick in a prone position while the stick is held in half-bent arms and rests with a bayonet obliquely on the ground.

When falling on a snowy slope, it is necessary to turn over on your stomach with a jerk and, pressing the stick with a bayonet into the snow, gradually slow down the movement. It is very important that the legs are wide apart and rest the feet on the slope, this will slow down the slide.

In conclusion, I want to remind you that after reading these tips or tips given in any other book or website, do not think that you are ready to make a serious ascent. You can simply move around the mountains, but to achieve outstanding results, long training and technical preparation are required.

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