What is mountain safety? Well, this is a good and complex question…And is looks like all got there own view of the area. So I will present my view here. Some mean it depends on the activity, others that is the environment, and some talk about skills. This means it is complex as you understand. I will also add the human factor. One interesting thing connected to the human factor is how people act with a guide. All of a sudden all responsibility is removed, and you can act as a child. The reason -You are not the one in control anymore.  This is a funny and scary thing, that peoples mind changes in this moment. Therefore the heading.

But lets dig deeper in to the subject. The environment stand requirements on us. Wind,  cold, precipitation etc. Also if its rocky, avalanche risks etc.  Then it depends on what we are going to do in the environment as well, If we go skiing, with snowmobile or ice-climbing for example. And then we also got our preparation and knowledge and skills. Today we can get a lot of information from a lot of sources in the Internet. But this could never replace our own experience. All of this ingredients will be the thing to put into the scale, and the outcome will be your risk plan. So with all the consideration of all of this you can start the  planning your route, and have a good view over how to secure a safety trip ahead. The next step will be about being well and right equipped for the activity due to safety, but as Kipling Said -thats another story…

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