9 USEFUL FOR SMARTPHONE APPLICATIONS MOUNTAINEER

The technology is more advanced, now almost everyone must have a smart phone or smartphone always carry wherever they go. A variety of smartphone applications is often very useful as a tool to simplify the job or as a helper in the face of adversity. The following summarizes some smartphone apps that will be very useful for the mountaineers.

Guide Hiking


Although impressed quite simple with still many shortcomings, this application will be very useful especially for fellow climbers who are beginners. A lot of good information about preparation, equipment, danbeberapa other important things to consider when doing the climb. There is also a mountain of information along with a map and a brief description of the route which is very useful for reference material.

Disadvantages of this application is not yet completed the mountains of information available, and the view is too simple, and not a lot of features that will facilitate the users. It is actually very reasonable, considering this application is made to meet the final project by a student named Mohammed Supenda UIN Bandung Griana. Let's hope that the creator will soon upgrade his application in order to be better.

If you do not like this application, there is no alternative other applications named "Application Guide Mountaineering". Both applications can be downloaded for free in playstore.

Compass


You should bring the original compass as a navigational tool land, but it never hurts to download the smartphone application compass in yours, who knows could be useful in certain moments. For compass applications, there are many options available in playstore, please select just which one is the best and most comfortable to use. If available, choose a compass application that can be used in offline mode.

Altimeter


This application is very useful to know what our position altitude while mountain climbing. In addition, these applications typically also include access to view the map, altimeter on my smartphone can be used to access maps in Google Maps. This application could also help me when lost in the wilderness of Mount Sawal a few months ago.

Weather forecast



Weather conditions is one important factor that should always be considered when planning climbing activities. For that, I often use the Accu Weather application to know the latest weather forecast information. This application provides much convenience for a weather forecast for the next few hours or days of a site area. Indeed, sometimes the weather forecasts made this application is not 100% accurate, but it was tolerable for reference materials.
For local products, there is an application "Earthquake and Weather Info BMKG" pretty good too, but when I used to use, the information available is limited only to the weather forecast today, there is no forecast for the next few days.

PMI - First Aid


This application would be very useful for the climbers when from time to time have to deal with difficult conditions, such as an accident or disease. Information on the various types of disease, or injury, along with first aid measures that should be done, it may be available in this application. There are also many other features such as the ability of a test that will be very useful to train our skills and readiness in dealing with emergency situations. Other advantages, this application has a very cool look and is very easy and convenient to use.

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SAS Survival Guide


Each adventurer surely must always prepare for the worst situations that could occur. SAS Survival Guide will be very useful as a guide to improve our ability when forced to survive in the wild. The available information is complete, dab many additional features that facilitate the use of this application. Unfortunately, this application uses the English language, because it is made by Americans.

For now, I have not found a similar application made by the people of Indonesia. Hopefully in the future there will be a similar application made in Indonesian, which is very useful because of its role regarding the conditions of life and death in the wild.

LED Torch


Often forget to bring a flashlight, headlamp or other lighting equipment? Better you immediately download this application as an alternative reserve. Currently forget to bring a flashlight, or perhaps a flashlight that was brought suddenly broken middle of the road, this application can be very helpful helper. There are so many similar applications available in playstore, please choose which is the best and convenient to use.

Music Player


Listening to music while climbing sometimes can be a good solution to dispel the tired, bored, and bête while passing through steep terrain or monotonous lines. Today, the variety of applications available, almost all smartphones can be used as a music player.

Games


Due to certain reasons, such as heavy rain or cold air, sometimes we are forced to keep silence linger in the tent. This of course would be very boring if only silence for hours without any things we can do. Want snacking, snacks already exhausted all consumed, would chattingan, no signal, like the photos on the outside, the rain has not abated, then what can we do? Applications smartphone games like Angry Bird and other offline gaming could be a solution that is very helpful to drive away boredom.

Relying on electronic device (especially smartphones) when performing outdoor activities certainly can not always do. The main problem is the matter of power limitations, therefore, try to conserve power as much as possible by using a smartphone only on condition that really needed, or if available, take POWERBANK as much as possible.

So much information that I can share, anyone want to add?