REMEMBER—IF YOU ARE GOING TO THE
HILLS

Trekking is more than an individual visit to a distant place.
It is a team work where living, acting and thinking together is
involved with a fraternity of like-minded people who seek high
adventure in high places, considering that courage lies in
adventure.
Today trekking has become a popular sport which is spe-
cialised with the use of artificial aids to accomplish ascent
that would otherwise be impossible. The practice has become
so widespread and so developed that it may be said to consti-
tute anew and separate phase of human endeavour in the field
of trekking and mountain craft.
Equipment
In the good old days walking stick,'rope, ice axe and impro-
vised boots constituted part of a mountaineer's equipment.
Those early trekkers braved the hazards of trekking with im-
provised equipment. After continued trekking, fresh experi-
ence, incessant experimentation and prolonged research has
brought forth a variety of new instruments and sophisticated
appliances amongst which most important are pitons and
carabiners. The former is a horizontal or vertical iron or steel