Is your "fate" your own or the team leader's? Cruel but reasonable

Whether you choose to hike, cycle, or climb mountains... In addition to seeing more scenery, safety is always the first priority. In outdoor sports, it is indispensable to talk about the team leader and the team members. There are also some principles for the relationship between the two. When playing outdoors, the team members' "A priority is life" and the team leader's "A priority is safety." Let’s take a look at the thirteen golden rules for playing outdoors.

Team member “A’s life”

Golden Rule No. 1: Always rely on yourself

What is outdoor “AA”? 90% of outdoor enthusiasts Everyone thinks it’s just “A cost”. In the past ten years, this concept has led to serious misunderstandings, which has also led to frequent accidents. I want to tell you that sometimes outdoor “A cost is life”.

The outdoor AA system is not only AA for fees, but also AA for responsibilities and risks. The official point is that all participants, in order to achieve the same hobbies or goals, act on a voluntary basis. , spontaneously organize an outdoor activity and share the costs of the activity equally, and "you must bear the consequences."

The real AA outdoors should be about cooperation among friends, each with his or her own strengths. As the saying goes, there are no brothers without brothers. There are many people who know this truth, but few people actually implement it. In pure AA outdoor activities, the team leader usually has no legal responsibility or obligation to take care of the safety of the team members. He may not even have any sense of responsibility for you. Why do our team members dare to leave our lives to others with complete peace of mind?

Take the outdoor movie "Desperate Elevation" as an example. On the way back to the camp, both Baker and Ningzi were on the verge of death due to exhaustion of physical strength. The rescue team members chose companions who still had mobility, and the former In the end, he was left there to die by his teammates. This is actually the most basic morality of disaster movies. When a crisis comes, choose self-protection with a higher probability of survival, or choose the team to not leave teammates behind. "Vertical Limit" also has such a confrontational scene: when someone is in a desperate situation and endangers the lives of other team members, cutting the rope may be the only option. This is the law of mountaineering. It does not mean that there is no rescue. Unity and mutual assistance are the most valuable assets in the mountaineering spirit. But why should we show this scene in front of everyone? Because the reality is cruel, you must understand that if you want to choose This way of living requires the courage to face the day when either you or your partner will cut the rope off your head.

In the AA system, please do not rely on anyone except yourself. When everyone is in danger, what people think about most is how to survive. At this time, please do not expect anyone to come to help you. They may have rushed to a safe place early; and do not expect to rely on the team leader. You He may leave you alone when he goes missing, or he may not know where you are when you are in danger; don’t even think about relying on your lover or lover, you must know that in this world, except for yourself, only your parents will sacrifice everything for you. .

The most thorough implementation of outdoor AA is "alpine climbing", which is a mountaineering activity that does not rely on others and relies entirely or mainly on the climber's own strength to climb various peaks, that is, alpine mountaineering. From 1786 to 1865, almost all foreign mountains with an altitude of 3,000 to 4,000 meters above sea level were climbed one by one. Later, the world mountaineering community called this period the Golden Age of the Alps.

If your ability cannot meet the AA standard, then please choose a commercial team, which can also be understood as "hi-style mountaineering, also known as "nanny mountaineering": vehicles, routes, food, accommodation, everything It's all under their consideration. Just walk. If you can't carry it anymore, the porters will help you carry it. If you can't carry it, they can even put it on the roof for you. Of course, as long as you have money.

Gold. Rule 2: Come back alive

Safety always comes first: From 2001 to 2014, mountaineering and outdoor sports mountain accidents claimed the lives of more than 300 people.

In fact. , the number of outdoor casualties in 10 years should be much greater than this number. According to the analysis of the rescue team, more than 90% of outdoor accidents are related to human factors, that is, there is insufficient preparation for outdoor travel, including physical, technical, psychological and other preparations. Many accidents are caused by It is caused by being too blind and taking risks in your own activities. When unexpected situations occur, you must dare to "give up". This does not only refer to the whole team, but sometimes to a certain individual.

Please always remember, Your "fate" does not belong to you alone. You belong to your parents, wife, children, relatives and friends, too.

Taking risks and taking risks are commendable actions, but many outdoor enthusiasts and snow mountain climbers will give one piece of advice: be safe outdoors and come back alive.

In many cases, team members do not take into account the upcoming danger, but if the team leader discovers it, he must put it forward and stop it. Maybe it is due to poor physical condition or insufficient equipment. Don’t take chances. Of course, this The decision is painful, but only with "sacrifice" can there be "gain". The team leader must understand that safety is always the first priority! You must go out safely and come back alive.

The less experienced a climber is, the more likely he is to reach the summit on his first try. This is just seizing luck by ignoring the existence of risks, which is of course very dangerous. You may get lucky once or twice and escape danger, but it doesn't make any sense for a long-term climber who has been climbing for many years. The summit ratio in the Himalayas is 1:3.

When Wang Shi climbed to the top of Mount Everest for the first time, he sighed: "The scenery here is beautiful and worth coming up to see it, but what I think more about is how to survive."

The third golden rule: Protect teammates, your second life

"Deadly Elevation" can be said to explain this rule incisively and vividly: Doug, the teammate who drags the bottle, because of his physical fitness The team leader did not dissuade Doug from climbing to the summit (if the dissuasion was successful and the teammates were protected, only three people would be alive). In the end, this also led to Andy, who had the instinct to escape from danger, to pick up Rob. The distress signal turned around for rescue, but eventually disappeared. The original situation of one death and two lives turned into the final three deaths.

In 1975, Xia Boyu accompanied the Chinese mountaineering team to challenge Mount Everest. During the mountaineering process, Xia Boyu and his teammates encountered severe snowstorm weather. Lack of food, they stationed for two days and three nights, and finally had to make the decision to descend. During the descent, Tibetan teammate Tsering Dorje was exhausted and eventually lost his sleeping bag. In the evening, looking at his weak teammates, the energetic Xia Boyu decided to give his sleeping bag to his teammate Tsering Dorje and sleep with his clothes on. This also caused Xia Boyu to lose feeling in his feet, which caused frostbite and necrosis and forced amputation. It can be said that Xia Boyu saved the lives of his teammates with his own feet.

A small accident by a teammate may lead to the destruction of the team, or it may save a team. Please protect your teammates. This is to protect your team and yourself. No brother is immune. the climb.

This is not inconsistent with the first one: always taking care of yourself is the rule for your survival; protecting your teammates is the guarantee for achieving your goals.

Reminder: Especially in some technical mountaineering, many routes require alternate protection. If you are alone or with an injured teammate, can you imagine the difficulty you will face.

The fourth golden rule: "Strength" determines your "participation" route

New donkeys who have never been to the plateau have to walk Aotai, Wusun, and Xia Special, this is not playing outdoors, this is risking your life!

Are you capable? Have you ever been to a plateau? How many lives do you have? Before signing up for an event, please evaluate your ability and strength! Many new things Donkeys complain that some old donkeys don’t take them out, and some team leaders are proud to bring more girls. In this year’s impetuous outdoor circle, many fledgling donkeys and new donkeys are clamoring all day long to go to high-intensity and challenging routes. , and after coming back, he was even more proud of "bragging" about it, saying "the difficulty is just mediocre." If it's a FB (Luxury and Luxurious) route, it's okay, but if it's a ZN (Zero Hard) or technical route, then you have to ask yourself, am I capable of participating in such a route? And those who have walked through it, ask themselves, is it your luck? The problem is that the strength has been achieved, please don't mislead.

Many times in an AA team, there will be a huge difference between the strongest and the weakest teammates, and there will be a serious asymmetry of information and experience: route selection, camp selection, travel When choosing equipment and dealing with unknown difficulties, there are some things that others may carefully remind you of, and some things that others may not realize. Whether your equipment can be cold-proof and waterproof when going into the mountains, whether your shoes can adapt to a variety of changing routes, and whether you have extra packs. One pair, do you have a few more pairs of socks? If you don't pay attention to some small details, you will face more dangers and difficulties than your teammates.

Some girls, in particular, always want to place their safety on the team leader or some male team members when traveling. This is why mountain disasters always happen to girls.

The outdoors is dangerous. When everyone reaches their limit, the most important thing they think about is to survive. Therefore, everyone must understand that sometimes when danger comes, accidents often start with the weakest member of the team. If you want to participate in alpine mountaineering, please improve your own strength first!

Golden Rule No. 5: Please master your own limits and strengths

In addition to pursuing "higher and stronger", outdoor sports In addition to the sports spirit of "faster and stronger", it also emphasizes participation, entertainment and bravery, and pursues the sense of pleasure and accomplishment obtained when overcoming psychological barriers.

But in AA outdoor or alpine climbing, please be sure to reserve some strength to face the difficulties behind. The mountain is still there. If you don’t succeed this time, there will be a next time. As long as you are still alive, there will always be opportunities. All are there. "Talk less, observe more, and experience more" is one of the signs of a mature traveler. And some friends who talk endlessly and nonsense along the way, or even teammates who jump up and down, are usually very annoying and a waste of energy.

Good physical fitness, sufficient physical reserves, and good physical condition are the basic conditions for participating in outdoor sports. Take it step by step and do not participate in activities beyond your body's tolerance. Do not challenge yourself in outdoor activities. own physical limits.

When traveling, it is recommended that everyone needs to have their own expertise, such as identifying terrain maps, weather judgment, communications, navigation, rescue, logistics, technology, etc. There may be a team leader, but he is just a team The communicator and arbitrator cannot be the operator of everything. If you really want to have a place in the mountain climbing community, learn at least one of your specialties.

Golden Rule No. 6: Always keep a bag of life-saving rations

Players who often play outdoors usually have such a sense of safety that they will always keep one or two boxes for themselves. Compressed cookies. This is an emergency ration to prevent getting lost or lost.

The golden rescue time is generally within 72 hours. Usually, water can be guaranteed to a certain extent when walking in the mountains, but food is difficult to guarantee. When encountering extreme circumstances, a pack of compressed biscuits usually It can achieve the life-saving effect of bringing the dead back to life. There is nothing trivial in the outdoors. Always be extra prepared. Maybe just carrying an extra kilogram can help you survive. Please don’t consume your life-saving rations until the end.

Leader "A is for safety"

Golden Rule 7: Safety always comes first

Just like Golden Rule 2, life is only once! Life There is only one life! There is only one life! Many times the life and death of a team depends on the thought of the team leader.

You only have one life, please make a "choice". Safety is always the first factor when playing outdoors, and it is also the first factor that a team leader must master. Please always remember: Safety is always first! Safety is always First! Safety always comes first!

Golden Rule 8: Be sure to respect the weather

Bad weather can turn an outdoor day in the sun into a terrifying and deadly hell journey. Taking the Aotai Route as an example, 80% of the mortality rate is related to weather changes.

As a team leader, you must judge the weather in time. Sudden weather changes may make the team unable to see anything. Snowy and rainy weather may make the blood of the team members seem to have curdled. You seem to have lost the ability to think and lost your way. Suddenly, you feel the pain of death tightening in your heart, and you feel extremely helpless. You lose feeling in your fingers and toes. Ice condenses on your pale face, and you and your companions cry out desperately for help in the wind and snow. It’s too late! Don’t put yourself in the above situation. Read weather forecasts carefully to ensure you understand them, carefully consider weather changes, and be prepared to "camp in place" and "escape."

Bad weather may occur unexpectedly. Mountains have their own weather laws. Such weather changes cannot be accurately predicted based on today's weather conditions. We cannot build a weather observatory on the top of the mountain. Therefore, the team leader must trust the predictions of the weather forecast system on the one hand, but also pay close attention to the changes in the mountains themselves. Place fixed ropes where possible, bring a compass, and the campground must have safe lighting. Prevent all possible dangers.

Golden Rule 9: Must master the barrel principle

I believe most people know the principle of barrel effect, which means that how much water can be filled in a bucket depends on its shortest length. That board. For a barrel to be filled with water, every wooden board must be flush and undamaged. If one of the wooden boards of the bucket is uneven or there is a hole underneath a certain wooden board, the bucket cannot be filled with water.

How much water a barrel can hold does not depend on the longest board, but on the shortest board.

And a reliable outdoor team is here too. In outdoor mountaineering, the strength of a team is usually determined by a good leader. When forming a team, the leader must fully understand the abilities and physical strength of the team members. During the march, you must pay attention to the situation of the team members at all times, arrange the traveling speed according to the physical strength of the weakest team member, and adjust the plan and itinerary according to the strength of the weakest team member, so as to ensure the safety of the entire team. Any organization may face the same problem, that is, the various parts that make up the organization often have different strengths and weaknesses, and the weaknesses often determine the level of the entire organization.

Some team leaders may feel that this arrangement is unfair. However, since you have brought them, you must consider the strength of the team members in your safety plan.

Golden Rule No. 10: Listen to reasonable opinions and suggestions from team members at any time

The team is most afraid of the leader who speaks his mind and insists on his own actions. The leader is usually the soul of a team and can even decide life and death. But the team leader is not omnipotent. In many cases, the team leader may not be able to make up his mind.

In fact, when an outdoor team is formed, there are usually old donkeys and new donkeys, and the experience of many old donkeys is no worse than that of the team leader, especially when getting lost, sudden changes in weather, and team running-in. Unique experience. For this reason, on the one hand, the team members must always make reasonable suggestions to the team leader, and on the other hand, the team leader must accept them with an open mind. Don’t pretend to understand or show off; be honest about the limits of your own and the entire team’s abilities.

Golden Rule 11: "Don't want these two types of players"

Don't want players who don't have the spirit of unity and cooperation: stubborn donkeys, selfish donkeys, unorganized and undisciplined people, They have their own set of experiences, ideas, concepts, and even a selfish mentality. They have resistance and resistance to some of the team leader's decisions. Many times they insist on going their own way and sometimes form a small circle. This undoubtedly has a great impact on the original team members. It will also bring disastrous consequences to the entire team, so players who cannot be controlled by the team leader must not be led.

You cannot lead players with too big a difference in strength (for ZN and technical routes): If the difference in strength is too big, it will not only hold back the entire team, but may also cause disunity among the players. Sometimes they say: "They are still new, so you don't know how to take care of them." Regardless of whether such a team member is a beautiful woman or a handsome guy, it is better to refuse. This is good for the whole team.

Golden Rule 12: Build a team “first aid kit”

A first aid kit is a must-have for every team leader. But through the above points, you should know that you must build your own first aid kit, rather than buying a complete set of ready-made first aid kits from the drugstore, because such first aid kits are usually stuffed with many things that you are unlikely to use.

First aid kits should be built for the team based on known routes, so that you will know what is in it and how to use it. Many times such a first aid kit can save your life or that of a teammate. In addition, one thing to emphasize is that please always have a snake venom extractor.

Golden Rule No. 13: You must buy "insurance"

There is no need to talk about this cliche. "Insurance" cannot save lives, but for the team leader, the team, and the individual , is what is really important, whether it is a short term of one or two days or a long term of one month, those who have not purchased insurance should be advised to quit immediately. Such teammates are irresponsible to themselves and their families!