2023-08-03 07:22:18
The routine of turning the beach into a mandatory summer plan is beginning to be a stone in the side of not a few people. Either because of your own concern or following having listened to the recommendation of someone you know, this vacation may have decided on an alternative with cooler temperatures and a different landscape, that of the mountains. This environment in general will demand a much more active attitude on your part. This does not mean that it is impossible to go to the mountains and dedicate ourselves to lying in the sun, but you would be missing a part of the essence of being there and it is none other than nature walks. Let’s see what you should keep in mind to get the most out of the experience.
First of all respect
We must have respect for the mountain in its broadest sense. If you have heard many times regarding how dangerous it can be to bathe in the sea or in a river, the mountains demand no less. precautions. The fact that we are not climbing Everest does not mean that there are no risks. On the mountain the climatology changes quickly, a storm that in your house is relaxing, in the mountains it becomes a nightmare, the entrance of a bank of fog can mislead you and make temperatures drop sharply. Going to the mountains is not going for a walk in a shopping center. In addition to understanding the danger, we must be aware that the mountains, and nature in general, are not there for you to abandon bottles, a bag of chips, cigarette butts or any waste.
Plan your routes and know where you are
They have told us that there is a National Park of unparalleled beauty and we have booked accommodation in the area. Congratulations, a great choice. If we haven’t exercised for fifteen years or the last time we went to the gym with twenty minutes the stiffness lasted five days, we still have to rule out the routes with those impressive views that you’ve heard regarding because, in general, they are the ones that involve more height How can you know this? The easy answer is to consult the Internet, but here is the problem, if you have no experience or nothing to compare the information with, you will see that routes appear that say ‘medium difficulty’ and without being lied to, they are inadvisable for anyone who is Out of shape. There are a lot of personal blogs that expose routes with a thousand and one details, you can also download coordinates with Wikiloc to have a perfect control of the route, but if before you want to have a more or less clear selection of what can and cannot be considered for your level of physical resistance, keep these data in mind:
If you see that the estimated hours for a route are considerable, you have a first notice of its demand, but do not trust everything to time. A one-hour route can be hell and a five-hour walk, and this is due to the following point.
Suppose you leave the zero point, ascend a thousand meters and descend once more to that zero point. The accumulated unevenness of the route will be two thousand meters. If you look at the duration and the unevenness, you still start to connect the dots. A five-hour route with a hundred meters of accumulated unevenness means that you spend five hours walking across a plain. A one-hour route with a drop of 200 meters completely changes the film. The first case is a family outing, the second something serious.
It is not enough with a calculation extracted once we know the time of the route and the difference in level. A long-term route can start with a very steep slope that later becomes practically flat. To understand the slope of the route you are on, you must see its profile or pay attention to the contour lines that appear on the technical maps of the route. These lines that appear on the maps when they are closer together indicate that there is more slope and the further away the flatter the terrain. To understand the unevenness, look at the next two photos in which we are going to see the profile and contour lines of the route to Cola de Caballo in the Ordesa y Monte Perdido National Park ascending the Path of the Hunters, which is a route that is characterized by its strong and continuous initial slope, to then go down little by little all that unevenness that is reached by ascending in a few meters:
Circular route to Cola de Caballo ascending the path of the hunters. The contour lines indicate the steep slope that exists at the beginning. It can be seen much more clearly in the profile of the route.
A route can have high altitude and little slope or vice versa. It is rare that you can walk at high altitude without having covered a large drop, but there are some cases in which it is possible to drive up to exit points that avoid much of the drop. This factor, introducing a car that takes away the feeling of facing the mountains, can make it easier for you to approach areas with perpetual snow where a carefree attitude can get you killed. The snow that is soft when you climb, as the day progresses and the shade enters can freeze, without the proper equipment you have just gotten yourself into a very serious problem and, although less and less, it can also happen to you in summer. Don’t trust
Don’t pay the hazing. Be careful with the descents
Once you are clear regarding all the above points, you don’t have to be nerds and think that if something is downhill ‘it’s sucked’. A A large number of mountain accidents occur on the descents. When you consult the durations of the routes, check if the duration time is only for the outward journey or includes the return, or if the route is circular, in which case there may be a direction of travel that is recommended. Your legs do not respond in the same way following three hours walking, when you return the accumulated fatigue is always noticeable, a simple stumble going down a steep slope can end with a considerable blow. Never think that the estimated download time ‘does not count’ because it will be much easier.
Adequate equipment and hydration
Those very expensive shoes to do a marathon of little will be worth you in the mountains. Carry technical footwear specific, something Warm clothing Although it seems that the weather is good, it is better if it is waterproof and breathable, a good mobile loaded battery protected with a plastic bag that prevents it from getting wet if it rains. put protective cream and at least wear a band-aid in case the blisters. Do not choose too salty foods, you will realize that you need much more liquid than food, avoid excessively sweet carbonated drinks, your greatest ally is agua, it takes too much Even a little more than you think is left over.
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A different tourism
Nature tourism has its attraction precisely in this, you will not find shops, restaurants, or Internet connection and in the case of the mountains, the more physical effort you add to the route, the fewer people you will find. Perhaps this gives us information applicable to many circumstances in this life, although what is above is really worth it and is wonderful, the vast majority of people prefer to give it up just for the effort that must be made to achieve it. A pity, although on the other hand it is fantastic news because we do not need to massify territories that are still practically virgin in many cases. To those who dare and discover that it is worth it, welcome.
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