How to Preserve Nature When Climbing Mount Kinabalu - By: Gregg Hawes

The rising popularity of backpacking and climbing draws a continuously growing number of people to the mountains every year. What can be more beautiful than the nature in its pure state? The mountains around the world attract people with their beauty, purity and the challenges they present. Climbing Mount Kinabalu, situated in the southeast of Asia, can offer people a unique experience due to its marvelous sites, its well-planned routes and the accessibility for all amateur climbers.

This pleasant experience can very easily become an unpleasant one if people do not respect nature and dispose their wastes wherever comes in handy. Because of its accessibility, the mountain can transform into a garbage pit at any time, if those who climb it would not make everything in their power to preserve the nature.

For some people, preserving nature can be even more challenging than climbing a mountain, but for most people this thing comes naturally. These are the people who, after working hard to climb the mountain, want to feel like no one has ever been there before, they want to witness the beauty of the nature in its untainted form and they will do all they can to help protect and maintain the nature and the natural wonders.

Before climbing Mount Kinabalu, or any other mountain in the world, you should know some basic information about how to leave no trace on where you pass.

Do not destroy or disturb the historical artifacts, the rocks or the plants; in this way, the ones coming there after you are gone, will enjoy the same beauty as you did.

You must respect wildlife and observe it from a distance. You should never feed the wild animals, nor to leave food behind. When climbing Mount Kinabalu you will probably see many curious animals and interest plants, but you must resist and not touch them.

Pack out all your garbage and never leave it behind because it will not biodegrade. All waste must be packed in bags and disposed in special areas.

If possible, remove any waste left by others from the mountain. There are many visitors that start climbing Mount Kinabalu without the necessary things that they would need in order to pack their garbage - so they leave it behind.

Always carry a camp stove so that you can heat your coffee, tea or food, and do not make a fire every time you need one. The forest is in danger every time people make fires and do not take care of them. The dipterocarp and oak forests do not need to suffer because of careless people who do not put out the fires they have started.

If this minimal information is considered by every human that starts climbing Mount Kinabalu, the unique natural site will be kept as it is for many years and more and more people will enjoy it. We should understand that wildlife will not survive over the years if we don't make an effort to respect its habitat.

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