Outdoor sports climbing is an excellent way to stay healthy and get the fresh air absent form ours stuffed urban environments. The exercise is great for training your legs, getting the heart pumping and extending the lungs capacity. Your ability to push the boundaries will improve as your body will learn to cope with more pressure. Here is a basic survival guide to a safe mountain climbing experience.

First of all, make a careful plan of the trip with the estimated timing and locations. This should be done in written form and given to a trusted person to use in case of emergency.

Secondly, you should always keep the essential traveller’s items with you at all times. These include maps/GPS equipment, compasses, lighting essentials (flashlights and headlamps), plenty of canned food, some extra clothing (and don’t forget extra gloves and hats), a pair of quality sunglasses, a pocket knife, a first-aid kit, matches and a good fire starter. If you don’t want to waste time on useless meanderings in more than a dozen stores head straight for Bill and Paul’s Sporthaus, where a team of dedicated experts will help you choose just the right products for your to-get list. And remember that these essentials are called essentials for a reason. You should have them with you on every trip, no matter how short and easy, since absence any of those crucial items can turn disastrous in the great outdoors.

Thirdly, you should pay extra attention to your clothing. Have lots of basic clothing items so you can put them on in an instance while you go up and the temperatures drop. Bill and Paul’s Sporthaus has a variety of hiking clothes so stock up on them and create those layers that will keep you comfortably safe. When it comes to jackets and coats go for windshield, waterproof materials (the outing at least) and carry a couple of those items. You should be ready for any type of sudden weather changes.

Next, check the weather conditions right before you venture out and make sure you are aware of the longer term prognosis. Cancel or shorten your trip if there is the slightest chance of a hazard. Bill and Paul’s Sporthaus - the leader in outdoor clothing equipment - stocks a great number of books and videos to aide you become expert in mountaineering and hiking in general. These include survival guides, travellers’ testimonials, the most outstanding hiking stories, first-aid manuals and so on. Do your homework even if it’s not your first trip.

And last but not least, keep both your body and mind flexible. Physical preparation is a must, you have to try and be at the top of your form. And if anything at all seems odd or suspicious, in terms of your health or the conditions outside, turn back. When you are on top of a mountain there is very little time to lose. Be safe.

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Green... going green... well, trendy? Ok, let it be so. The only question arises: Where have you been years ago and what have you personaly done to really SAVE our environment? Talk is cheap! Action is gold!

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