Mountain Hardwear's "Trango" Time

this post is not especially about an action of our team, but you can get an inside in leisure time activity of Patricia, one of the team members.

If you think our Mountains (the Alps) are not so hard like other bigger mountains, be careful with this statement...

In the middle of february two crazy (in the eyes of our surrounding) people leave Innsbruck for a 4-day adventure: Skitouring in the south-tyrolien alps, the area is called Fanes, well-known for easy skitours and snowshoeing in a beautiful landscape.

Sounds not bad, but the deal was to build up the tent in a central position and spread out from there every day. Sounds not bad, but the temperature was forecasted to fell down to -20 degrees with strong winds, so with windchill you feel like in a big fridge.

It's not the first time camping in cold conditions, but this temperatures seemed to be a challenge. We felt like on an expedition, in the morning huge ice crystals decorate everything laying in the tent, you really don't want to move and step out of your warm sleeping bag, it's cumbersome and you have to conquer your mind to start in the day with boiling hot water for breakfast. But this is the next challenge, the gas although warmed in your bag starts after a few minutes to loose its power, so it takes hours to boil litres of water. In this case a mouthful of tea must be enough for the skitour, cooking and boiling is much more easier in the sun, so you change your normal daily timetable. Brush your teeth, hairdessing and Co., melting water, cooking,...everything is done in the afternoon when the sun burns down.

After 4 days of collecting experience in really cold conditions you appreciate every comfort at your home!

But it leaves impressions no one else is able to relate to . If your equipment is of good quality go out and try!

Some further impressions of the fantastic landscape:

Patricia in artic conditions