Mountain Safety and Hazard Prevention

Beware of the following elements:

1. Strong wind will drop your body temperature.
2. Clouds movements show the change of weather.
3. Rain will raise the river level and makes the trails slippery.
4. Don't light any fire during day hike.
5. Fog bothers your visibility.
6. Thunderstorm is a warning signal of lightening.
7. Lightening will cause fatal incident.
8. Bees bite will give you painful memory.
9. Mosquitoes are annoying.
10. Snakes are always found in shade area in hot and humid days.
11. Poison ivy will give you a permanent scar.
12. Poison oak is not easy to be recognized.
13. Deer ticks are always found in isolated trails.
14. Lime disease on deer ticks can be a fatal disease.
15. A bear family may appear in front of you.

Mountain Safety hints

1. First aid kit.
2. Don't move the serious patient. Send 2 persons to get help.
3. Notified someone about your hiking and your plan.
4. Use flash light or whistle to send out the signal. Moss code for SOS is 3 short, 3 long, 3 short.
5. International signal for asking help is: six light flash or whistle blow. Rescuer's response is: three times.