Rain, hail and lightning can capture in a mountainous area. The most dangerous are: peaks and ridges exposed, because mountains attract clouds lightning generators, and peaks favors lightning.

How to protect yourself if you get caught by the storm:

• Do not remain on tops, ridges exposed or on flat ground unprotected. If the storm can be provided, do not go on the route.
• If the storm is about to be triggered and you can't go down, you must depart as soon as possible of ridges and at any elevation. The middle of mountain is preferable towards its ends. Avoid tall or isolated trees.
• Where to hide from the storm? On the lower slope, on a block chouse for sitting, but not only the highest point on a flat surface.

If lightning is imminent, we must seek a place relatively quickly protected from direct impact. Find a platform, a slight slope, a high point elevation dominated by a neighbor (it must be at least 1 m away from any wall and vertical). No way do not shelter in the beetle, vertical cracks or under rocks. The elevation, the rock near which you will sit in the squat position, should be 5-10 times higher than yours.

The place would be good to be as dry as possible, without lichens, beyond the recess, caves, cracks, unless they are larger and allow you to sit at least 1 m of wall and 3 m above the head.

Grottoes and the fillings - avoid them
Are dangerous and entry into these caves, with the risk of forming a bridge of cage over the opening. Although some shelters seem good, but during an electrical storm, caves, pits, depressions that lower edges of 1m-1, 50m is not at all secure.

Position: squat
This position is indicated and provides better protection because the distance between various points of contact with the stone is the smallest. Do not touch the walls with hand, head or shoulder. Isolate the point of contact with rock with an insulating material: synthetic fiber rope, boots, rubber hood, a folded sleeping bag, an item of clothing, etc.. Keep dry other objects under the bivouac sack or cloak.

If the storm got you on mountain side and you are bound to fall, need to make sure that you do not fall. The point of attachment must be as close to reduce the potential gradient along the rope. Booster would be a way to escape from the danger zone fast, but depending of probabilities, and a discharge which could cut the rope.
The axes can sit in the backpack. Make a ring of rope and will sit on it at 1 m distance from the wall.

If you caught the storm on land released and there is no safety zone, you get squat position.

If lightning strikes:
Person struck by lightning will be a shock, burns, breathing may stop, seizures can occur, by stopping the heart and atrial.
First Aid will include mouth to mouth breathing, if breathing stopped, massage chest area if stop cardiac contraction. After solving the problems caused by the shock will treat burns.

Caught by the storm should move quickly. Sit down so that you will not be one that offers a transitional pass elapsing from the rock and along the cracks.