Ten Commandments of Mountaineering

Thou shalt –

1. prepare thoroughly before starting.

2. set out early.

3. set out properly equipped.

4. choose thy company with care.

5. not destroy anything that is thy neighbour’s.

6. often keep silence to hear the mountain speak.

7. leave no sign of thy passing.

8. remember others in their strength or weakness.

9. bend to the weather

10. be humble – and praise God. from “Hamish’s Mountain Walk” by Hamish Brown