Astemperatures drop and winter approaches, many of us will venture out into thesnow again for some icy adventures. But there are some dangers to be aware of.Creeping frostbite is the most common one when you are out in cold climates.This is something JM Athlete Rasto Krejčí, who is a P&P Control Manager at JM, experienced firsthand. Wehave asked him to tell us more about what happened and what we can learn fromhim.
Findingshelter
Rasto:“Some years ago, we went to the Mount Blanc massif. A sunny and windless dayturned into freezing wind gusts and temperatures of -19°C / -2°F – all in lessthan an hour. And there was no way to escape. When a member of our groupquickly lost body temperature, we had to react immediately. So, we dug ashelter for the five of us into the snow using our avalanche shovels and putour skis as a roof on top of it. Then we all shared food, water and rescueblankets and prepared ourselves to stay in there for a longer time.Those whowere in the worst condition were given food and hydration. Our half-frozenfriend was wrapped in a rescue blanket and after an hour he resumed his normalskin color. The rest of us were more or less okay. At least that's what wethought. Eventually we were rescued by the French mountain rescue service.

The nextmorning, I could not put my shoes on. My toes were twice as big as usual, andonly then did I see what the cold had done to me.The goodthing was: We were all well-equipped, had shovels, rescue blankets and enoughto drink with us.The badthing was: We probably should have paid more attention to the weather situationin the area and should have discussed our plans more thoroughly with the localmountain rescue team.Fortunately,there was a happy ending because we were helped quickly and because we were allwell-equipped and prepared for the worst. I have learned a lot from this.”

Words of advice
Here aresome advices from Rasto:
- Always havea phone with enough battery with you, so that help can be called quickly.
- Save thephone number of the mountain rescue service or any rescue number in yourfavorites to be able to call them in a stressful situation immediately.
- Prepareyourself for bad scenarios.
- Pay attentionto the weather and avalanche forecast.
Rasto,thanks for sharing your experiences and learnings with us. These tips can trulysave lives!
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