Reasons of accidents during trekking

(Extract from the book ‘Trekking Guide’ written by the famous Bengalee trekker ‘Ratan Lal Biswas’) Many accidents occurred in mountains, many trekkers died in those incidents, many returned ill, some programs failed too. If one tries to find out the reasons of accidents in mountains during the last 20-25 years, the interesting fact, that will come out is, that among these incidents only 10%-15% were caused by adverse nature and the rest are due to human error. The main reason of an accident i