Mountain races, by Mayayo Mandatory Material Trail Running: What to carry and why.From Patagonia to Mont Blanc, by Mikel and Mayayo.
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Mandatory Material Trail Running: What do we carry and why.From Patagonia to Mont Blanc.The greatest tragedy in the history of our sport, with the two1 dead in Ultra Trail China for hypothermia still has us shocked.Serve this misfortune, at least, to prevent another: it is time to rethink what we do and why.
We review in our Mountain Security section that, or not in the regulation, we should always carry in a long mountain or alpine commitment race.We start with the mandatory material of Ultrafiord in Patagonia, by Mikel and review after Utmb Mont Blanc with Mayayo.
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The evolution of large mountain races, the Ultra Trails, has a before and after the UTMB of Chamonix.We like the mercantile evolution of the event, with the launch of the UTMB World Series as the last step until today, its positive contribution to the development of this sport is undeniable.
The selection and control of the mandatory trail running material is among its most valuable contributions.And it has not been easy, as we remember all of us who lived the first triumph of Kilian Jornet in Utmb two008 when the tension whether or not to comply with the regulation at this point almost made the entire event derail.
From then on, Michel Poletti and his team thoroughly rethink the list, they specified and detailed many points, even specifying weight and sizes of some item.Over the years, that list has continued to evolve and today, the enrolled the UTMB two0two1 have a complete list to comply, in addition to a detailed explanation of the why of each piece.
For its undoubted value, we are going to check now the UTMB list for all, since Chamonix's experience could serve as the basis for the regulations of many other races.Now, or not, the regulation of your career, it is convenient to look at this list because it is the result of the experience of thousands of runners around the world running, year after year, the hundred miles around the Alps, of the ceiling of Europe.
And by the way.Not only from Uult Trails we live, today's list can be worth a rapid alpine ascension: from Mont Blanc to Aneto and beyond ....
Normal via to Mont Blanc: Gouter Refuge (3.800m) Mayayo photo.
Mandatory Material Trail Running: UTMB two0two1.
Complete list: fifteen items.
Mobile phone;Minimum fifteencl personal glass;Reserve minimum water 1L;Thermal blanket 1.40mxtwom minimum;Whistle;Two fronts;Adhesive elastic bandage (100cm x 6cm minimum);Reserve food;Jacket and membrane pants.0000/10.000.Hot Long T -shirt;Sun cap, hot hat and hot and waterproof gloves.
1.Mobile phone, with international roaming activated and ignition.
Many mountain races pass between countries. UTMB lo hace incluso entre tres de ellos.Mandatory international roaming to contact without problem.
Batteries at the exit.As optional, it would be recommended..)
Telephone, on and active in the race, never in airplane mode: in case of incidents in the race, it is vital to receive the official info.The organization should be able to contact you in any circumstance, included before and after the race, if you bother you the sound of the phone or want to save the entire possible battery, turn off screen and disconnect all notification except the sound for the “SMS alerts or another chosen routePR THE OR OR.
Protecting the phone in the race: A watertight bag not to risk being wet in case of bad weather is the minimum.Moreover, there are water resistant phones, blows and dust (IP57 standard), with great autonomy.Record emergency call numbers: you are alert from each country.In this case: France eleventwo, Italy eleven8, Switzerland 144.
two.Minimum fifteencl personal vessel (Bidones separately)
It serves to avoid the waste of disposable plastic glas.Also.Now with the COVID, it provides one more hygiene guarantee for all.
I can use an unconventional container like a orange juice tetablik, but before, it is time to verify at least the bottom of the tetrabrik is solid enough and does not break during the route.Also, that the heat resists to drink a soup.
3.Minimum 1 liter water reserve
The modern Ultra Trail are almost all careers in semi-autonomy: there are no supplies in each kilometer or sources, so we must be autonomous from one supply to another.Needless.
4.Two flashlights in good condition with replacement batteries for each flashlight
A single flashlight is not enough: imagine if it fails for whatever, or you lose it in the middle of the night.An unacceptable risk.And of course, you must carry replacement batteries for the two lanterns 🙂
5. Manta térmica de 1,40m x twom mínimo
The blanket allows you to protect from cold, heat, rain, moisture and wind, in case of a problem in the route, of injury, waiting for help.The thermal blanket has two faces, usually a gold.When the golden surface is inside, it protects from the heat of the sun, since the silver side reflects its rays
To work well, the blanket must fully wrap the subject.Indeed, the slightest hole lets the air pass inside and the blanket is then ineffective.Highly recommended, therefore, bring American tape that with minimal weight and bulk we can cut and fix to cover ourselves with the blanket.Eye, many blankets are usually unique use.
6.Whistle
The whistle will serve us in case of falling out of sight, fog, snowbish ....In many situations we can be just a few meters from the path but nobody will see us.The whistle comes more and better than the voice.Thus, whistling with him, the runners of the proximities will hear you and can help you.
7.Adhesive elastic band that allows a bandage or a straping (mini 100 cm x 6 cm)
If you get injured in the route, alone, without coverage, you should make a bandage that allows you to alk the closest relief position by your own means.Here we leave you a tutorial to learn to do it.
8.Food Reserve
As we point out before, by regulation we must be autonomous from one provisioning to another, but with much more reason, it makes us autonomous in case of problem, of injury, and having to get energy while helping the help.
How much to carry?Commo reference, think of a minimum of 500-1000 calories.From there up.The concrete food must be something that we want, what you usually eat during a race.We can take from some bars to salty ham snacks, sausage or sweets based on milk bread, which usually enters very well because of its softness.
9.Hooded membrane jacket (minimum. aconsejado 10 000 Schmerber) y transpirable (RET aconsejado<13)
Elschmerber is a unit of measure of the impermeability of a tissue.It is the basis that almost all brands use today when talking about the first number in their 10K membrane.Unfortunately, for breathability brands use different mutiplesProcol for marketing reasons, which also measures as 10k-two0k.
It is not the best criteria, because the RET index (resistance evaporative transfer) measures much better and with a unique protocol the ability of a tissue to let the water vapor generated by the body (perspiration) (perspiration).
The king is a resistance index, the lower it is, the more breathable the fabric is.If you want to have serious references of RET, here our article, a modern classic on the subject.As a rapid basic reference, you can tell that a REC 6 would be close to 10k breathability.
10.Waterproof pants
Eye!The waterproof pants is a third outer layer, not replace the pants or race mesh.No, waterproof over-paid must be seen as a complement to the pants or career mesh.Time changes very quickly on the mountain, as we have just remembered the recent misfortune in China, protecting the entire lower train is vita.necessary to foresee everything in the mountain.
Interestingly, in this case the Org.He does not ask to be breathable too, although in my opinion I should clearly do it.The truth is that, if we only want it to comply with the regulation.A simple motorcycle or basic plastic pants can also serve.
eleven.Full leg pants or mesh combination/stocking that covers everything.
The objective is to carry the entire covered leg, so that the body heat that we generate does not escape, we need it.And it is time to remember that this first complete layer will work along with the outer waterproof pants on the outside as a second layer.The knee must always have something that covers it too.
Thus.Although snow, it rains strongly or hits us a snowstone.plus a first layer inside.We always stop, it should be enough to wrap the lower train.Now, if we stop it will be easy to stay cold also there.
1two.Second hot layer of long sleeves.Minimum 180gr weight for size m man)
The second hot layer of long sleeves of minimum eleven0g + window with perland protection (DWR) is also admitted, the reason is that, even in the month of August it can be cold in the mountain in motion in motion.Much more if we stop due to injury or exhaustion.
There is a hot garment vital that surrounds us, we can choose only a hot long -sleeved garment with more body;or combine two lighter garments separately: light t -shirt eleven0 gr plus window of remove/put on the outside.
The first option will be safer for most runners, especially in case of bad weather.The second option allows head runners to have a lighter and more modular system.The system is also valid to accumulate several long sleeves that add more than 180 grams, of course.
13.Sun cap, bandana or equivalent
You must have to protect the head in case of warm or sunny time.
14.Hot hat.
It is different from carrying a sparrow, a tubular or the bandana.Those three will serve us for the sun.But in case of bad weather, snow, wind, it is vital to have a hot hat for cold protagonists.In winter conditions, we can lose about 1/3 of body heat just by the head.
The hat is mandatory and cannot be replaced by a normal tubular ... except if it is made of polar fiber.In that case, curiously, the tubular can also protect us not only from the cold, but from the sun's rays.
fifteen.Hot and waterproof gloves: the two things.
The organization demands at least dog gloves, that is, an anti -governor membrane and a bit of water repellent, such as the window jackets.But of course it is more logical to carry at least a couple of exterior membrane gloves or even complete.
It is necessary that the gloves be water resistant by the back and the palm, the palm should not be just a fine tissue because you will also get your hands, especially if you correct with sticks.
A good solution can be to combine a hot glove and an entertainment or stagnant mit.As anecdote, for years that the gloves of scrubbing dishes are accepted by the org.For this role.Thus you can combine them according to the weather conditions: hot, watertight or the two possibilities.And it is cheaper.
We end with a special article and video: fifteen gloves for trail and mountain, where to choose.
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Mandatory trail running material, by Mayayo on Radio Trail
Above, we start on the web with the videanalysis of the mandatory material of Ultrafiord in Patagonia, by Mikel.Now, in parallel, we review here on Radio Trail the Topfifteende Utmb Mont Blanc with Mayayo.A rapid summary of the entire panorama in less than fifteenmin.Give the play here or in the image below.
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