Safety in the mountains

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Answers to the questions related to the safety in the mountains when practicing trekking and climbing.

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This is probably the most relevant topic at the moment, which includes any questions on the mountaineering, rockclimbing, iceclimbing and even the most primitive trekking - how to spend time as safely as possible doing this or that activity in the mountains?

This section includes questions directly related to the physical safety of being in the mountains. Regardless of the type of activity, staying in the mountains poses a real danger to human life and health - a combination of both objective and subjective factors makes the mountains a potentially dangerous environment for human life.

How to avoid the most obvious dangers and not create new ones, because of your own actions - you will find answers to these questions in a selection of articles in this section.

The collection of texts is constantly growing - you can contribute to this by asking your own questions - none of them will remain unanswered, and the answers to the most frequently asked questions will be published here - do not be that lazy to check this section updates regularly!

The author of the text and photos - Alex Trubachev
Professional guide for technical climbing routes in Caucasus and Alps

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