Today we open door five, and learn about skills that keep us alive..

Mountaineering comprises physical condition and skills. Theoretical skills to translate into reality and practical/technique skills.  You must work with your equipment whole the time.

Use the time in front of the TV to practice to tie knots.

If you don’t live in the mountain environment you still can train you practical skills. Use your stove blindfolded. You can get of skiing or skating on lakes when it is windy. Then you also can practice to use the Wind sack. I would ever leave to the mountains without my wind sack, But then I really must be skilled to use it.

A wind sack can save you, provided that you are skilled to use it, especially in bad conditions..

To build a snöka, will also be a good skill to have. And as well overnight in it.

But get a schema for all your equipment, so you keep up the control and safety within it. And if you do that you want loose your ”know how” to use it. And challenge yourself with bad weather, in darkness, in water etc. Ski a day against the wind on the ice, that would be like skiing in the mountain areas:-)

It doesn’t matter how good the equipment is, if you don’t can use it properly..

Keep practising…

See ya tomorrow