As more Hongkongers take to the countryside to escape the city’s buzz, the rising frequency of mountain rescue missions has shown they are too often under-equipped for their excursion.
Two walkers died in two days last month as the cooler weather encouraged many to take to the hills.
The number of hikes taken in Hong Kong rose steadily from 12.2 million in 2005 to 13.3 million in 2015, while mountain rescues have more than doubled from 138 in 2005 to 357 in 2016.
Philip Forsyth, the...
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