Dos and don’ts in hiking

Mindful steps: Hikers climbing a steep slope up Bukit Wawasan in Puchong, Selangor, which is a popular hiking destination. — YAP CHEE HONG/The Star

IT WAS supposed to be a short hike up Bukit Gasing in Petaling Jaya, Selangor, for Derek Francis, 47, his wife and their two boys, aged 12 and 10.

But what was to be a 45-minute stroll turned into a two-hour ordeal when they got lost after Francis veered off their usual route.