Moh Ronda2: November 2015

Gunung Angsi, Ulu Bendul

(825 m; 2706 ft)

18 th March 2018

(Tapau 2 Gunung Project)

08:oo a.m

arrived @Angsi permit counter... the roadside parking area alreadi packed with cars.... many group alreadi hike the hill....sometime later, pian the program coordinator came along with bas, yusz, hapidz n pizal.... radio boy busili trying his new hiking shoes n hiking stick with ghah aid.... as promised, mat rudy then arrived while doing his 'kerang busuk' (stinki bivalve) smiling signature with his jaguh... her! her!

pic: entrance

pic: brag hikerz

pic: mat yie posing new shoes n stick

pic: ranger office

pic: toilet

after paying permits, began climbing the hill.... it has been a while since hiking Angsi.... last time was on January 2016, two years ago, during warm up hike with zul, mat rudy, suri n hazlan.... a lot has changed.... for example; new built toilet n ranger office, new entrance archway n clear wider track to the peak....

as yesterday @Mount Datuk, the ladies led the way, closedli followed by offed radio mat yie... the bragging hikerz as usual... sembanging (chatting) n word wrestling words with each other... then as predicted, the favourite topic surfaced again..... which was the group renaming n relabelling... after a lot of arguments, we then settled on 'salt hikerz', the gang inauguration will be held during lunching the sponsored smoked meat cooked in 'chili fire' creami style... her! her!

11:00 a.m.

reached peak Angsi... we settled @slope since the summit was so crowded... had 'first lunch' sponsored by yusz, while waiting congestion subsided.... then, queued @signboard for group photos... then, packed n starting to descend to starting point.... by 2:30 p.m. pian the program manager prepared us marvelous 'daging salai masak lemak' chili fire.... her! her!

pic: pizal, bas, pian, mat rudy, mat yie, ghah, soki, jue n yusz on the slope

pic: gang Kuantan (hapidz, pizal, yusz n bas)

pic: gang Kuantan

pic: queued @peak signboard

pic: 'garam' hikerz

pic: 'garam' hikerz posing @waterfall view resting point

pic: warm up hike January 2016

20 th December 2015

'Santai2 Famili Hike'

08:00 a.m.

warmed up and all along with jue, ghah, kaisah n mat fikri..... saw other famili (mok nik nenni n husaini) did the same... onli hazlan hike solo this morning.... our nasi lemak sponsor czer arrived quite late... but as long as a nasi lemak benefactor... ordinari timing punctualiti rules doesn't matter... her! her! paid RM5 per head permit... onli those age 12 n above need to pay.... age below, free of charge.... stil need to write names in the book though, for safeti reasons..... 20 minutes later, started climbing iron ladder.... then scrambling the muddi trail...her! her! it was raining last nite...

actuali, today is famili hiking day... want to repeat last October group hike... climbing angsi with colleagues as one of activiti office health program..... last time though, we prepared guides, fasilitators n etcetra..... didn't know that we could get angsi certificate from the forest department...

09:00 a.m.

reached 'coffee' stop... there was an elderli heating water.... rest with the kids for 10 minutes... after kids having gulps of water, continued walking for another 20 minutes, later... we reached @reservoir view... took short break for photo time..... continued another 15 minutes and took a rest @waterfall trail.... had many stopping time when hiking with kids.... not that they need the rest.... it was us, wheezing out of breath trying to catch up with them.... har! har! har!

10:20 a.m.

not reali glad when seeing the "18 minutes to summit" sign nailed to a tree... her! her! after 3rd time coming here... starting to realize the 18 minutes onli true if hike @medium to fast speed.... then, 5 minutes later... reached @waterfall view point... mat fikri gave several cute pose while continuousli assuring himself stil could continue hiking.... har! har!