Rating of Difficulties
As river trekking has a certain level of risk, experienced river trekkers or hiking groups have developed rating systems about difficulties on different rivers. The ratings usually are various from 1 to 5 stars, even though a few rivers can be more than five stars because of their extreme difficulties. Such ratings are largely subjective, depending largely on river trekker's own experience. Therefore, different people or hiking groups would give different number of stars on the same river. According to Hong Kong Adventurer, an English Website about hiking and river trekking in Hong Kong, difficult scale of different rivers as:
| Number of stars | Description |
|---|---|
| 1 | can be handled by normal healthy persons |
| 2 | not too easy |
| 3 | fairly difficult |
| 4 | difficult, absolutely not for beginners |
| 5 | very difficult, very demanding in term of strength and skill |
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