How to go camping and stay alive
Travels / / December 19, 2019
Anyone who has ever been on a camping trip, will never be able to get rid of this hobby. Anyone who does not yet done, get out into nature dreams with tents and backpacks. However, not always hiking consist of gatherings around the fire and beautiful views. Sometimes it can be interfaced with these dangersEspecially if you are going in quite remote places. In this article you will find a list of the actions you need to take so that your trip was as safe as possible.
Bring along everything you need
If you think that this item relates only to newcomers who do not know how to put together a backpack, then you are grossly mistaken. Even seasoned tourists make mistakes sometimes annoying, forgetting to put in a backpack or that object or relying on a friend who "kind of had to take a torch."
Therefore, before each trip, make a list on paper a simple, consisting of 10 points:
- Clothing.
- Sun protection (glasses, cream, headgear).
- First aid kit.
- Fire.
- Tools and materials for repair (tape, thread, needles, nylon cord, glue).
- navigation tools (map, compass, GPS).
- Lighting.
- Food.
- Holiday Supplies (sleeping bag, sleeping pad, tent or tent).
- Water.
Do not leave home until such time as this list will not be blotted out all the items.
Find your route
Many tourists, especially the steps down several times in the trips, feel extremely confident in their abilities and do not worry too much about the details of the upcoming route. All the questions they contemptuously waving his hand and replied that "as we go along we shall understand." And in vain, because sometimes there are situations where such confidence brings trouble.
Before going to need to be sure to learn more details about the upcoming terrain. Read guides, explore maps, find reports of previous travelers. Particular attention should be given to weather, local animals and the availability of water sources.
Dress properly
It's incredible, but at least half of the accidents in the foot marches do not occur because of the wild animals or landslides, but because of the wrong clothes participants. This is especially true of the mountains, where in the same day, you can get sunstroke and freeze. Therefore it is very careful approach to the selection of clothes and never hope for good weather.
Leave information about your route
In our time, when it is possible in a second call to any person and obtain any information that advice many overlook. It is very possible that in the campaign you will have no connection, battery dies or even stolen phone. And it is at this moment under the law of meanness and there is still the worst. Therefore, before you leave home, leave a message about your travel route and expected time of return at least two trusted people. Even better, if it will be a detailed track of your hike.
Know your limits and possibilities
You and only you know what your body is capable. There is nothing worse for you and your group, if you misjudge it and at some point feel that "everything can not, Pick-me-back "Therefore it is necessary before leaving the house clearly evaluate the prospective rate of movement, physical condition - and the rest of his participants, the difficulty of the route. It should first of all remember that hiking - it's still a holiday, not a fight for survival.
Take care of the water!
The most unpleasant and, unfortunately, common in camping trips - it's lack of attention to the water. We are so accustomed that the tap is always a clean and clear water, this reflex in urban residents completely atrophied. A particularly important when water gets heat and considerable physical stress, dehydration occurs when an organism in a few hours. Therefore, you must first be sure to find out about all the sources of water on the route and calculate the rate of their movement with their accounting. Think also about the availability of a sufficient number of bottles or jars.
Notify animals their presence
On the planet there are not many places where animals pose a real threatEspecially if you stick to well-known tourist destinations. However, it is discounted this risk is not worth accounts. Especially if you decide to go on a really wild jungle.
In order to avoid the unpleasant consequences of encounters with wild animals, it is necessary to remember only one rule: no animal is more dangerous than a man. All the inhabitants of the steppes, forests and rivers, perfectly knows about it and do not try to keep out of your sight. So try a little more talk, sing and make noise, to let everyone know about their presence. Usually, you give way and try not to catch the eye.
Do not be upset!
If you are traveling in a group, then in any case can not leave anyone behind or, conversely, to go far ahead. If one of the participants are tired and can not stand the pace, then wait for it; if he can not continue the way, do not leave your companion so long until it is in a safe place. Try to stick together and not break apart even if it seems to you that it is safe.
We have given only the most important and indisputable security measures that must be followed to ensure that your stay is pleasant and relaxing. Fill this list with their advice and travel stories, and do not forget to share this article with all the friends who walk or just going to go hiking.