G.datuk once again

On 14 march I went up Gunung Datuk for the second time..

around 3 pm, arwin, arie, and I met on side gate to meet with the other trekkers at sunway lobby foyer..

on the lobby foyer, I saw many "new" faces and "old" faces. Some of them have trek with me several times, they are Amir, Scott, Mr.TMC, and Mr.Varga.

It was a very enjoyable trek, many friendly CIMPans

Gunung Datuk was never an easy trek for me
The first time I went up Gunung Datuk is my first time trekking, I'm dying going up, and for the second time, Gunung Datuk killing me again. I underestimated this mountain and take too much load on my bag.. I brought up 3 litres water, 1 huge plastic floormat, 1 4-men tent, 4 apples, 3 breads which turned into mashed breads because I squeezed it in my bag, 1 rocky, 2 cadburry, 2 Cup Ramen, 1 gas, 2 pan, and 1 Sleeping bag.

but I admit that I need to train more so that I can be the best beast of burden and able to help my fellas to carry the loads.

My sweat starts raining all over my body since the first twenty minutes of the trek. Gunung datuk just have a long steep section which make me sooo tired..

This trek brings back the memories from my first trek to Gunung datuk, I miss some of my buddies that trek with me at that time, they are Aloy, Nini, Fani, Kourosh, and Farah.

At the time I reach the peak in this trek, some tent have been set up, then I helped to set some tents and one of them was set on a "Isolated" area which was very windy (this tent was blown up by the wind at the night, and those guys who slept on this tent move to other tent except steve who chose to sleep on the peak)

after set all the tent, we cook, we eat, and all of us gather together and talk to each other. we sang a song which called "row row your boat" and I also have a duet with Mr.Varga singing "Wherever you will go" from "the calling".  some people tell jokes and ghost story.

after the night gathering, I chose to go to the peak to meet Mr.TMC, and on a night I count that I go up and down from the camp site to the peak 4 times.
-the first time with Mr.Varga, we went to meet Mr.Tan on the peak, and found Mr.Marc Andre was up there too.
-the second time was with Mr.Tan, Mr.Varga, and Mei
-the third time was with gabby, leon, and smita, and Mr.Tan
-the fourth was with steve, amir, Mr.Tan

Amos and Nee On come at 3.15 to the peak which surprise me, these to fellas are crazy trekkers..

everybody went down the peak around 4am, except steve and me, yeah we are the only survivor.. Hell yeah

can't sleep at all on the peak till morning come, it was very cold and windy.. the stars are great up there, but nothing beats the stars on Gunung tahan, it was brighter and also a lot more stars there..

we did some cleaning up, fill some plastic bag with rubbish, but the last plastic bag is very small because I felt lazy filling it ALONE
I fill the plastic bag while the others busy taking pics and chit chat, but I know some of them busy cleaning up their tent, so can not blame it on them, they also have the right not to clean up the mountain because its their choice, and I have to accept it.

on the way down, I walk together with TMC and Mei
Mei really is a nature lover,this young maiden collect all the rubbish that she found on the way, and her act amaze TMC and me.

enought talk, here are the pics (most of them are the pics that I got from CIMP blackboard.. LOL)

P.S=
-somehow I felt bad that I post G.Datuk story for the second time and still choosing not to post story about G.Tahan which was my best trekking experience so far. The long journey on Tahan really is too long to be written, and the experience is just MORE THAN WORDS

-while I was writing this blog I felt a bit upset because it was raining outside which make me can't play frisbee with my friends

Gunung IRAU - HAISH!!!

on 28 and 29 of June I went to IRAU...


FYI, IRAU is Mr.TMC favorite mountain...

Somehow I can't really enjoy this trek,, there are some reasons for it;

1. I don't like to trek at night

2. somehow I don't have a good chemistry with the group (maybe becoz we don't know really well and we have very different personality)

3. My torchlight went out of energy, so I have to use my eyes in night vision mode to trek for 2 hours in the dark

4. the peak was not so great

5. the place was SO DIRTY

6. it is sooooooo muddy there

7. I DON'T HAVE A CAMERA.... SHIT!!!

8. It was so cold, I didn't have a good sleep there, my body kept shaking all the time in the tent

9. we walked sooooo slooooww

but, its not all bad there, there also some factors that make me enjoy this trek

1. Nini, Aloy, TMC, and Mr.Varga was in the group ( TMC sing a song for me, it was funny; Nini, Aloy, TMC, and me keep walking in a group so I'm not so lonely)

2. the forest is GREAT (it was so green, mossy, and misty)

In Conclusion, I can't really enjoy this trek because there are more negative factors than positive factors in this trek...

anyway.. here are the pics ( most of the pics are taken from Nini and Aloy, some are taken from Mr.Varga's and TMC's Blog)

Nini take photo of these two butterflies... she is great...


I really love this picture, I think it is artistic..


Nini and I in the mossy forest


Moving on the stone to make us able to see higher... (uuhh. heaaavvvyyyy..)


Mr.Varga and Mr.TMC



The mossy forest of IRAU


Nini, Aloy








some of the plants on IRAU....


views from the peak

I love to stand higher than clouds..


Nini, Aloy, and I chose to walk to the peak of brinchang after we went back from IRAU...


Nini as the model of DIGI.. FU-YOH


A squirel dropped this nuts.. (we can't take pictures of the squirel, it gone so fast)


the tea plantation.. (picture from Mr.Varga Blog)

Gunung Ledang

Now I'll tell you my story on gunung ledang.

It was started on the morning of 2nd march and ended in the evening of 3rd march

This mountain is the 64th highest mountain in malaysia.. but it is the 6th difficult...

The cost for this trek is very expensive. To be able to join the trek, I have to buy a new bag, a shoe, socks, raincoat, sleeping bag, and etc. It was cost me about RM250-RM300. I also have to pay for the registration fee which is RM105. This trek cause me a defisit for my February pocket money, but it was worth it because I got a great experience on Gunung Ledang.

When we trek on Gunung Ledang, My condition is much better than the condition when I trek on Gunung Datuk. I trek with nice pace and much faster than before. This time, we are not trekking directly to the peak, we trek for approximately 4 hours to the campsite, and then we took a rest, eat something, and tried to relax our body and mind. After about 1 hours , we started to trek to the peak. The trek to the peak take 3 hours. I reached the peak together with Amos, Nee on, Kourosh, Mr.  Varga,  and Armien. I feel so great that I can reach the peak together with these men, because they are very fast trekker. I able to make it because I started to jog every week and having another outdoor clubs in tuesday and wednesday. These exercise have increase my stamina and my leg power a lot. By the way, Farah and Ms. Nurashima did not reach the peak because Ms. Nurashima got a cramp and Farah should accompany her to get back to the campsite.

It was very cold and windy on the peak, which made me have to use my raincoat to cover my body, but unfortunately I wore Short and that make my leg feel so cold. Anyway, the view up there was so great, and we were above of some clouds. But we couldn't see sunset because the clouds covered the sun.

On the way back, it was very dangerous and more challenging because it was so dark. Due to the darkness on the night, 2 persons was Injured, Kelly and Armien. Luckily the injured was not so bad.

The fullmoon at that time is so great. It just so clear, quiet big, and shiny, but unfortunately I didn't get any good pictures of the moon.


Anyway, here are some pictures that I want to share :


The views on the peak


The waterfall is not big, but it is quiet beautifull ( the last pic of the waterfall was taken by Mr. TMC)



Our Campsite


I found some nice flowers on the way up (the second flower pictures was taken by Mr. TMC)


the ladder and rope section which make the trek become more fun, more challenging, and more dangerous. We have to hold tight on the rope or else we will fall and get injured.


Armien, Me, and Nee on (that was fun, miss that moment already)


This is Mr. Varga the Geometry lecturer.