CBL
Chemerong - Berembun - Langsir
(1038 m; 3405 ft)
19th - 21st September 2015
pic: trail signboard
been a year alreadi not climbing mountain.... last trip dated on 31st Aug 2014 celebrating merdeka on gunung (mount) Irau (2110 m; 6922 ft) @Cameron Highlands.... he! he! thankfuli, an old budi, surie ganu kite organized Chemerong Berembun Langsir (CBL) trip this year... gathering nearli all best of friends.... from klate; awie plus 2 x kancil turbo (fiq n yie) , bust, daniel toke pare, pok leh, nazmi, woreh, and from pehe; surie ganu kite, abe aji apez de zack, bas, pian, pendi, yuzs, amir misai plus; 1 x daughter (akak mirah) n 2 x kancil turbo (achik reza n baby aziq), lin, jue and syida.
19th September
09:40
began climbing as earli as 0940 a.m..... planned to start moving @0800 a.m., but permit & registration office opened quite late (it's ok though, more time for warming up and doing ice breaking with eazi going joli funni and charming mr guide.... later introduced known as man Pahang). right after all documentation over..... began following cement trail by the chemerong river for about 20 minutes... then, forest trail began... trail begining going up n down. later, reached beautiful chemerong waterfall with clear crystal see through blue water.... pehhh! so alluring majesticali, that could rival even stong waterfall as well as Pelangi waterfall @Sungai Lembing..... see picture below.... had nice short break swimming chill water... her! her!
pic: Chemerong waterfall
continued hiking (starting here, trail goes mencanak uphill), until Bukit Taubat (a.k.a repent hill, which is true to its name!).... rested a while catching oxygen.... her! her! some were sighing longer than others....har! har! har! so... new group name established then n there.... which was.... geng kura-kura (turtle gang). after that... stil ascending trail... until reaching peak about 30-40 minutes later.... then trail goes downhill... need to cross a river to arrive @Kem Balak.... having lunch here... (attention please! no fishing!)
15:15
continued hiking after some refreshment. our destination for camping either Kem Y or Langsir Waterfall... no rush actuali since we were enjoying the process..... talking, joking, kutuking each other til stomach ache (as told earlier, a year past since we got together... her! her!). following trail by the river Chemerong.... sometimes in the river as well... no worries... its onli ankle deep cool water.... stop awhile to put on rain cover.... drizzle accompanied me strolling until reaching Kem Y... about an hour later.... earlier arrivals of the group (guide, ladies and children).... alreadi 'booking' tent-site.... after setting up camp... her! her! its berkubang (swimming) time, even in the shallow n cold water.... her! her! the children seemed to have thick skin.... never leave or stop playing river... took their seniors (our fellow friends), quite sometime to manage fish them out.... had masak lemak cili api for dinner... tq ms chef (ur cooking stil wonderful even 'ter-forgot' bringing along ginger... her! her!). after that, chit-chatting til good night sleep.... stil wondering... no dream at all and can hear nobodi snoring! her! her!
20th September
08:40
after having camp cooked nasi lemak.... packed everything up n getting readi to continue hiking..... adek yie led us as instructors doing warming up n stretching.....plus some 'top-up' moves from us..... followers.... the, the santai walk began towards bonsai... the trail quite sloping but not as steepi.... so... nobodi repented like yesterday... her! her! almost 2 hours walking... arrived @ bonsai... took few pictures while reminiscing 'bonsai' @Kinabalu as well as Tahan... from bonsai.. 30 minutes hike to peak Berembun (3405 ft).
11:40
from puncak Berembun... continued to Langsir waterfall which wil be our day 2 campsite... trail goes downhill from here...@ 1215 p.m., arrived @Jeram Lesung... met other climbers bathing river (was told they been here 2 nites alreadi n they wil moving out today). walk another 5 minutes to destination... couldnt get thinking straight while setting up tent... Jeram Lesung is calling....n calling.... ate maggie tomyam quickli n getting readi for swimming! took some apples, biscuits n drinking water along... always good choice bringing fruits whenever climbing mountà ins....
pic: pool
pic: Jeram Lesung
swimming to my heart contend in the enchanted greeny pool-like waterfall... pool centre quite deep..... almost 3 meters to riverbed.... so careful guys whenever swimming here... got out of the water just for picnic; eating fruits... then went back into the river..... later, picnic again having biscuits.... then, jumped in the water again..... pehh! absoluteli definiteli wil come here again next year.... the best swimming spot of all mountains we've been so far...
pic: all gang members @Langsir waterfall
pic: amir, baby, abe apez, soki, suri, pendi, bas, pian, yus n mira
after almost 2 hours playing cold water... headed to tent and gave as little help as possible to ms chef preparing late lunch... her! her! the menu was soya sauce fried beef... plus dried salted fish with chillies n some sambal petai bilis breakfast leftover.... watching beautiful sunset @Langsir waterfall.... had joined dinner with comrades all... and will be having good chatting tonite.... her! her! heard man Pahang and his crew telling stories their wonderful experiences as mountain guide... also got tips and infos about other mountains trips.... yuzs was appointed as next project chief to either Korbu-Gayong trip or Kerunai-Kenderong @Grik..... good to have general project idea alreadi in hands....
21st September
09:50
watched sunrise..... ridiculousli beautiful coming out from east.... later, took time setting down camp after having curri for breakfast..... a group of climbers from IPG Sultan Mezan arrived later right after group warming up... they were undergoing program kembara duga or lasak as one of their training program... personali, i totali agree in applying outdoor approaches in human resource development training & recruitment program that results in positive attitude modification... later, they caught us at Bagan waterfall.... where we had another chapter of swimming moment.... her! her! had supper before continued trailing....
11:35
long dunking lingering in cold water began taking its toll.... feel calf tightened while going uphill.... did slow pace hike to seraya besar (later, a friend told me scientific name is Shore spp)..... seraya besar is the resting point where it named from a tree which has basket-like trunk.... rest for a while....
1315:
the journey continued from Seraya Besar to Kem Balak. ms chef cooked lunch with my little helping hands as usual.... had rice with egg curri n omelets.... and then.... another swimming spot.... felt disagreement n disturbed on the way to the pool, after seeing thrown rubbishes in the small branch river just behind Kem Balak.... (this is not nice guys!)
15:30
from Kem Balak.... trail descends until crossing Chemerong river..... waited others to catch up..... it was raining, need to make sure of everyone before crossing Chemerong river.... finali, cement trail marks the end of the memorable journey we had..... reached Taman Hutan Lipur Chemerong State Park.... took shower n cleaned up.... drove seperate way after having tea @park canteen.....
words:
klate = Kelantan
pehe = Pahang
turbo kancil = nickname for nimble, quick n fast hiking boy (friends son/s);
bukit = hill
taubat = repent
mencanak = very steep
balak = log/ timber
berkubang = dwelling
toke = shop owner
pare = parang
jeram = rapids
kutuk = 'badding' each other?
