Anon10/21/25, 11:33No.2845946
https://www.dnt.no/om-dnt/english/need-to-know-about-norwegian-outdoor-life/the-norwegian-mountain-code/Depends on where you're situated though and frankly as long as your trips are always such that you **know** that you can make it home before nightfall, then you can just experiment and learn without worry. After that point however, that's when you need to think about safety.Other than that just look up youtube and look up books/magazines. In my experience you need to learn by experience with this stuff because there is like a million minor things and personal preference that smooths out as you figure things out.People say it's a cheap hobby, but then forget they grew up with all equipment given to them. A pro tip is to look up nearby military storage sales and try get some cheap equipment. Bullet points:- If ur cold, especially if cold and wet climate you think of clothes as layering and then you change often. For example, you don't buy the best jacket that does everything, you buy a water- and windproof jacket that does ONLY that. Then you get something a warm layer directly onto your skin (typically tight fitting wool underwear in scandinavia), that keeps you warm AND ONLY THAT. Then you get a dry, heavy sweater that keeps you warm for when you stop AND ONLY THAT. You get the point here. Go for simple and (probably) cheap singular function items in this climate.- In same climate ( but works for most of the world i think), is mountain boots (tall brims), and then you wear thick wool socks. The wool socks is a consumeable, making sure you'll always fit into the boot. It's a very flexible, albeit a bit uncomfortable, especially in the start. Leather boots are supposed to fit you over time. If you're a dry rockhound then you probably want low brim shoes or jogging shoes, but make sure that they fit you well. THis si extremely important for longer trips and this is one of the things you want to test trip, before a larger tripcomment limit fml...