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clothing and shelter will be provided for porters and staff on high
altitude treks. A first aid kit will be sent on each trek. First aid
training will be made a available to staff.
Ask Group Members To Help. Group members will be properly briefed
before trek on proper dress, bathing attire, respect for religious
sites, to give money/gifts only through monastery/temple caretakers,
schoolmasters or local health workers.
Practice Proper Hygiene. Staff will be informed of the importance
of washing hands before touching food and using clean towels for
drying dishes. Drinking water will be boiled for at least two minutes.
Use Toilets And Existing Campsites. Toilet tents or existing campsite
toilets will be used Toilet tent holes will be filled in to look
as they did before digging. Rain trenches around tents will only
be dug in emergency. New campsites will be used only when existing
site are not available.
Leave All Camp And Trails Clean. Campsite rubbish will be separated
into burnable (paper), food garbage and nonbiodegredables (tins,
bottles, metal-foils, batteries and plastics.) Only paper products
will be burned in an old fire-site, not a new one. Vegetable waste
will be scattered out of sight well away from the campsite. All
nonbiodegredables will be packed out to be disposed correctly. Porters
and staff will be encouraged to clean up after others and not to
litter. Lodges that practice eco-friendly methods will be used on
Lodge-Treks.
While Staying In Village Lodges. Patronize those lodges who use
kerosene, gas or fuel efficient stoves for cooking where ever possible.
Encourage and help those not already using eco-friendly methods
to do so. Keep a record of each lodge used in order to compare different
lodges and to introduce better services using better methods.
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