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Climbing a Mountain, The Danger You Need To Know

Climbing a mountain is certainly an activity that is fun. Especially at this time, it is so much loved. Aside from being a sport, mountaineering as well as resorts that offer adventure and test your nerve.

But all that is in touch with nature, there is clearly a danger. If you did not read the manual first, it can be life threatening. Nevertheless, nature can not always be predicted in the guidebooks. It was just a good action to be chosen for the sake of discouraging a hazards that can arise.

Climbing a Mountain, The Danger You Need To Know
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In mountaineering, dangers can arise from two things. The first, the danger could arise from nature itself. This happens because the forces of nature that can not always be predicted. And secondly, the danger may arise from mistakes made by the climbers themselves. Thus, the climbers are required to read a guide book, let alone a beginner. And also always comply with the existing rules. (read: Mount Semeru Trekking)

Here are some of the dangers that can appear on the climbers.

1. The threat of landslide

Avalanche can appear at any time and can affect anyone. If the weather does not support, you should cancel your course schedule ascent.

Avalanche could be snow, soil and stone. This danger is indeed difficult to avoid. Since nature is not always predictable. So, for you the climbers always careful and always be alert to track the path of the climb, so you are safe from this threat.

2. Slip into the abyss

Fatigue always struck every climber, so try to always maintain the fitness of your body before making the climb. Take a break when you or your friends to experience fatigue.

Starting from fatigue, then lose concentration and balance of the body, which can lead to a very dangerous thing, slipping into the abyss.

It's been so many cases of the climbers died due to slip into the abyss. So do not pull in to make the climb.

3. Hypothermia attack

Some climbers often underestimate this attack hypothermia, whereas victims who died of hypothermia already quite numerous. Or worse, there are climbers who did not have enough knowledge about hypothermia. It is dangerous. We can not anticipate when the symptoms of hypothermia appears.

Hypothermia appears with some of the symptoms, starting from a very cold, to shiver, then the patient began talking strangely and could not be invited to communicate by friends.

If it hit, immediately give warmth to the patient. Always keep the condition of patients in a warm state.

4. Too obsessed with reaching the top

too obsessed to immediately get to the top is one of the dangers arising from errors of the climbers. Who ignore the condition of the body that have been exhausted and ignore it. This is the folly committed by novice climbers who do not know the dangers that can arise.

Fatigue should be to break, but most novice climbers insisted on immediately to the top and can not wait to see the beautiful scenery up there, It's actually very dangerous climber itself. Instead of getting the results to reach the top, even most of them stop half way and can not continue because of an extra fatigue and until unconscious.


There have been many cases of novice climbers who become victims of natural due to carelessness like this. So it's best if you or your friends are already suffering from fatigue, take a moment to rest. And continue climbing after all feel strong again.

5. Violating the prescribed hiking trails

Things like this are usually done by a group of climbers who want to say hero and brave. In fact, it is precisely this that could endanger the lives of the climbers themselves.

Choosing a path that does not correspond to a predetermined safe paths have many threats that can arise suddenly. Attacks by wild animals,  and death are hazards that can be obtained by climbers like this.


That some of the dangers that can arise from mountain climbing that does not comply with the existing regulations. Sebelu you first learn to climb the mountain.

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