FishyFolk
26-04-2012, 03:09 PM
Weather was nice today, with a temp where wearing a thin jacket is too warm, but still to cold to go without. So I decided to head into the woods behind the house and just light a fire and have a brew. As around the house the snow is now down to where our strawberry patch on the south wall is free of snow.
So threw a hatched, knife, kettle and firekit in the daypack, and heaed into the woods. 3 meters in, I knew this would be a struggle. 50 meters in I turned back and wen't home, praying for rain so this !%!"#¤% meter of snow would melt quicker. It's completely rotten in there, and I sank in up to my hips for every step.
Now Ray Mears would have fashioned himself a pair of snow shoes and trundled on, but I am a 41 year old, out of shape bloke carrying 20 kilos to many, chrons patient recovering from surgery where I had 50 cm of intestine removed...I had my brew in the garden. My excercise will be had allong the roads for a while... :campfire:
Anyway, mountain code #7 is: Turn back before it's to late, there is no shame in doing so.
Here is the 9 rules the code, which was developed in 1967 after 18 people perished in the mountains during easter that year.
1 Do not go on a long trip without excercise/training.
2 Report what your route will be (and stick to it)
3 Respect the weather and weather reports.
4 Be equipped for bad and cold weather, even on short trips. Always bring a rucksack with the equipment that the mountains demand.
5 Listen to experienced mountaineers
6 Use map and compass
7 Don't go alone
8 Turn back before it's to late, there is no shame in doing so.
9 Save your strength, and dig a snow hole in the snow if necessary
Norway is for the most part just a mountain range, stretching down the scandinavian peninsula from north to south, and in the north, mountain conditions persist even in the low lands.
So threw a hatched, knife, kettle and firekit in the daypack, and heaed into the woods. 3 meters in, I knew this would be a struggle. 50 meters in I turned back and wen't home, praying for rain so this !%!"#¤% meter of snow would melt quicker. It's completely rotten in there, and I sank in up to my hips for every step.
Now Ray Mears would have fashioned himself a pair of snow shoes and trundled on, but I am a 41 year old, out of shape bloke carrying 20 kilos to many, chrons patient recovering from surgery where I had 50 cm of intestine removed...I had my brew in the garden. My excercise will be had allong the roads for a while... :campfire:
Anyway, mountain code #7 is: Turn back before it's to late, there is no shame in doing so.
Here is the 9 rules the code, which was developed in 1967 after 18 people perished in the mountains during easter that year.
1 Do not go on a long trip without excercise/training.
2 Report what your route will be (and stick to it)
3 Respect the weather and weather reports.
4 Be equipped for bad and cold weather, even on short trips. Always bring a rucksack with the equipment that the mountains demand.
5 Listen to experienced mountaineers
6 Use map and compass
7 Don't go alone
8 Turn back before it's to late, there is no shame in doing so.
9 Save your strength, and dig a snow hole in the snow if necessary
Norway is for the most part just a mountain range, stretching down the scandinavian peninsula from north to south, and in the north, mountain conditions persist even in the low lands.