How to protect your knees in mountaineering

How to protect your knees and warm up in mountaineering

We need to warm up before doing any exercise. Warm-up exercises can warm our bodies and increase the flexibility and flexibility of muscles, tendons and ligaments, thus reducing the possibility of muscle strain. At the same time, warm-up exercise helps to maintain breathing stability and avoid sudden changes in breathing frequency.

Wear knee pads

When wearing knee pads, the legs will feel tight, so many donkey friends don't like to use knee pads. Experts say that even if you don't feel used to it, you'd better wear knee pads. Because the kneepad is equivalent to a shock absorber, it can play a good buffering role and reduce the damage to the knee. In addition, knee pads can also prevent knees from catching cold.

Use a trekking stick

The trekking pole is T-shaped, and it is designed for the use of donkey friends to keep the stability in walking. Holding a portable cane when climbing can offset part of the pressure on the lower limbs, which is helpful to reduce the wear of the knee joint caused by the body pressure when climbing, and the donkey friends will not feel obvious backache and leg pain after climbing.

Wear hiking shoes

Mountaineering is different from ordinary leisure hiking, and there are certain requirements for shoes. Experts say that it is best to wear shoes specially designed for mountaineering when climbing. This kind of hiking shoes has good grip, which can not only absorb shock, but also prevent slippery wrestling.

Related reading? How to prevent insects in outdoor mountaineering in summer? Eat more vegetables, especially alkaline vegetables. Some vegetables contain odors that mosquitoes don't like, such as vegetables containing carotene, garlic and other spicy vegetables. After people eat it, mosquitoes will stay away from you.

2. Adding vitamin B 1 to the bath gives off a special smell, which can keep mosquitoes away and achieve the effect of repelling mosquitoes and insects.

3. Dissolve 3 ~ 5 tablets of vitamin B 1 in water, and wipe the bare limbs with a cotton swab dipped in its solution, which can repel mosquito bites within two days.

4. Use a proper amount of mint leaves, perilla leaves or tomato leaves, knead into juice and apply it on the naked skin of the human body to prevent mosquito bites.

5. Ticks often attach to the scalp, waist, armpit, groin, ankle and other parts of the human body. Exposed skin and clothes can be sprayed with insect repellent, such as deet, to protect ticks. During or after tick habitat activities, carefully check whether ticks are attached to the body. If ticks are found attached to the body, they should be removed immediately with tweezers and other tools. Because the liquid on the tick body or the damaged skin may contain infectious pathogens, do not take out the tick directly by hand or crush it with your fingers.

6. There are often colorful caterpillars on the leaves of plants with bite marks. Dendrolimus punctatus, caterpillar and spiny caterpillar are more common. How poisonous these caterpillars are, Qian Qian should not pinch them directly with his hands to avoid being stabbed by its stingers. If you are unfortunately stung by a caterpillar, don't catch it. The redder you scratch, the more painful your skin is. It's best to take some adhesive tape with you, stick it on the wound, then peel it off, and stick off the poisonous hair on the skin to reduce the damage.

7. Pay attention to your side when walking and lying outdoors. Don't turn over the stone pier at will to avoid scorpions and centipedes taking the initiative to hurt people and defend their homes. Once stung, you should immediately tie the wound near your heart with a rubber tourniquet or rope. Don't squeeze the wound. You can suck out the venom with negative pressure, then wash it with alkaline solution such as soapy water and soda water, wet compress it, and neutralize the acidic venom. If possible, you can take snake pills for external use at the same time and seek medical advice immediately.

8. In order to avoid insect damage, correct clothes are very important.

Long-sleeved clothes and trousers are necessary, and it is best to have a hat on your coat to prevent some small creatures from parachuting into your collar.

Don't wear bright colors, especially yellow and red, which are easy to attract bugs. Light blue and light green are more suitable colors, and it is best to wear camouflage clothes.

Shoes should be high, because there may be snakes in the grass besides insects, and the most vulnerable part is the ankle.

9, activities in the jungle with many snakes, but also be alert to whether there are poisonous snakes on the trees. If you find a snake, you can quickly back off, keep a certain distance, then find a large piece of sticky mud and throw it at the snake hard, so that the snake can't move for a while and get out of danger.