Gunung Irau, Cameron Highlands
(2110 m; 6922 ft)
23rd April 2016
08:45
so many groups today @Mossy forest.... people arrived as earli as 700 a.m.... saw few hikers gathered stil @wooden stairs entrance, queued for their turn.... (later, informed that most of them do not have permit to venture this Mossy forest) found out quite hard to parking with so many cars.... mat rudy skilled as ever, settled that parking issue by the edge of the road... other climbers greeted us while walking to the entrance... some even asking about possible extra permit we have... luckili, thanx to aziah who managed to settle all that documentation before coming here today....
after document checking done, our group were cleared to enter Mossy forest... saw that some stil bargaining with the authorities ... piti them.... our group of 14 hikers for this mission are; mat rudy, mat yie, zul, soki, amal, tok wan aziah, mok nik nenny, czer, hila, sidah, yani, siti, a'an 12 yrs n danish 8 yrs (nenny sons) n sofiyah 9 yrs (czer daughter)....
started climbing stairs for about 10 minutes... there are some rest huts suitable for hikers to stop, to rest a while for sceneriy... (i don't know if we stil need permit just to come to this huts...). some groups joyfuli taking pictures n 'selfieing'... her! her! about 30 minutes later, saw signboards jungle walk 14 (JW14) which tells distances to mount Irau.....
so many groups today @Mossy forest.... people arrived as earli as 700 a.m.... saw few hikers gathered stil @wooden stairs entrance, queued for their turn.... (later, informed that most of them do not have permit to venture this Mossy forest) found out quite hard to parking with so many cars.... mat rudy skilled as ever, settled that parking issue by the edge of the road... other climbers greeted us while walking to the entrance... some even asking about possible extra permit we have... luckili, thanx to aziah who managed to settle all that documentation before coming here today....
pic: entrance checking
started climbing stairs for about 10 minutes... there are some rest huts suitable for hikers to stop, to rest a while for sceneriy... (i don't know if we stil need permit just to come to this huts...). some groups joyfuli taking pictures n 'selfieing'... her! her! about 30 minutes later, saw signboards jungle walk 14 (JW14) which tells distances to mount Irau.....
pic: wooden trail (2014)
pic: JW No 14
pic: wan yah, mok nik n czer
10:05
reached first stop @mini Irau (6666 ft).... mat rudi n mat yi alreadi there.... ten minutes later, all kid arrived with their nannies of the day.....sidah n hila... then, had nice eating time n refreshments.... nasi berlauk ikan aya aka tongkol (mackerel tuna).... took rest for almost an hour....
pic: mini irau
pic: nasi berlauk
11:00
continued hiking from mini Irau..... following signboard on log to Irau.... her! her! after sometime, saw check point bonsai 2.... from here, followed misti trail to the peak.... some of us joked 'like lord of the rings film' sceneri.... quite hideous trees look like though , especiali if walking alone....
continued hiking from mini Irau..... following signboard on log to Irau.... her! her! after sometime, saw check point bonsai 2.... from here, followed misti trail to the peak.... some of us joked 'like lord of the rings film' sceneri.... quite hideous trees look like though , especiali if walking alone....
pic: signboard on log
pic: check point bonsai 2
pic: wan yah, czer, yani, siti n mok nik
pic: trail
pic: rooti trail
pic: trail
11:50
it was nearli an hour hike from mini Irau to peak Irau.... saw signboard hanging by a tree.... last time hiking here in 2014, the board had its own iron stand poles.... signboard says the trails was 2.35 km from Mossy gate to the peak.... but, my strava suggested 2.5 km.... many groups had arrived earlier.... some were cooking, resting, drinking n eating.... while waiting for remaining group members .... our chef quickli rummaging his bag pack n asking for additional water to make hot nescafee.... n cooking.... as well... we had roti cicah ayam kurma for lunch... mat yi found nice cool spot away from the sun... lying there was quite blissful.... with full stomach.... buuuurppp! some other time in the future maybe, should have one nite camp on this peak.... must be amazing sleeping in foggi mist under stars above....her! her!
pic: peak signboard
pic: forever chef mat rudy, mat yi n zul
pic: whole herds @summit Irau
pic: summit (2014)
13:43
took group pictures before going back to Brinchang... mat rudy won the nomination to be the child minder all the way down to the gate..... so that, their mothers will have 'girl time thing' moments together...har! har!......
pic: mok nik, aziah, danish, a'an, sofiyah n czer
pic: yani, siti, sofiyah n danish
16:30
arrived @Mossy... waited @one hut for the mums, they stil spending their time together-gether.... her! her! after sometime, it starting to drizzle... here comes cold wind.... even though the kid still could persist such temperature, we blanketed them, plus showing them how to keep body warm..... such a lesson unteach nowadays........ by 1752, all had arrived..... after saying goodbye, went home seperateli..... some of us stil linger in cameron for another day.......
pic: soki, mat yi, a'an, danish n sofiyah
pic: happy kid makes happy mums, n happy mums make ??? happy family of course!!!!
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