Gunung Datuk, Rembau
(884 m/ 2900 ft)
17 th March 2018
* Strava: 4 km one way
after a year of 'mandom' static life.... pian decided to cordinate 'tapau 2 gunung' project.... Mount Datuk which is located @Rembau n Mount Angsi @Ulu Bendul..... onli 'gang' members from Pahang (pizal, hafidz, bas, soki, jue, ghah n mat yie....) n pian who organized the trips.... set Bera, suri n his beloved tent mate lin, went to Krabi, for their countless annual honeymoon..... while mat rudy, had mountain bike training (mtb) near his hometown, but expected to climb Angsi tomorrow....... at the mean time, set Dabong regretfuli abstained the hike due to several reasons... (pok leh stil takes his time recoveri from mtb accident... n awie had niece 'big work' (literali means wedding ceromoni)...... we actuali plan quite sometime hiking Gunung Datuk... but time seems so limited..... her! her!
pic: parking area @hutan lipur gunung datuk
0800 a.m.:
arrived at Kampung Batang Nyamor.... then straight away to Hutan Lipur Gunung Datuk via google maps ... took us straight to parking area @Hutan Lipur Gunung Datuk .... mani hikers today so the parking was quite ful.... those late comers need to park by road side... way down form here..... then need to have warm up walk to this starting points.... after some toileting n warming up.... the hike began.... firstli, need to cross shallow river... then reached permit counter, forestri department of Negeri Sembilan... stopped there since the counter stil close.... several regular hikers assured us it was ok to climb first n pay the permit during coming down.... so we proceeded....
the hiking trail plan to summit says onli 2 hours.... n approximateli 2 km on flat ground distance..... but, we know better.... her! her!..... about the route, it was +-700 m rocki trail surface.... then +-200 m to the resting area.... we had lot of jokes sarcasming each other all the way to this break point 1 (BP1).... the topics included giving names to our gang members.... such as 'garam' (salt) cramp hikerz, sembang (brag) hikerz n even 'sembang garam' (brag salt cramp) hikerz..... har! har! har!
from BP1, almost 700 m hiked the more than 30 degrees steep trail ... a lot of taking five session required.... but the garam specialist stunned us today... with fast agile movement leaving us behind... such like the 8th wonder of the world emerged becoming apparent n revealed the first time ever... (pian, this is a compliment!... har! har! coz this entri published after a wonderful delicious sponsored lunch daging salai (smoked beef) masak lemak cili api...her! her!)
at the mean time, our ladies (jue n ghah) as usual swiftli gracefuli doing the climb ahead of us.... the 24 hour radio mat yie entertained hafidz about how quickli he can hike IF supported with adjustable aluminium hiking stick n right shoes... (maybe he knows that today....sport direct doing the sale on hiking items!!)...... then, for about 400 m, we had to moved slowli upward due to long line of traffic hikerz coming down from summit.... those sunrise hikerz went up as earli as 4 oclock to catch the sun...
pic: gunung datuk trail @permit counter
the hiking trail plan to summit says onli 2 hours.... n approximateli 2 km on flat ground distance..... but, we know better.... her! her!..... about the route, it was +-700 m rocki trail surface.... then +-200 m to the resting area.... we had lot of jokes sarcasming each other all the way to this break point 1 (BP1).... the topics included giving names to our gang members.... such as 'garam' (salt) cramp hikerz, sembang (brag) hikerz n even 'sembang garam' (brag salt cramp) hikerz..... har! har! har!
from BP1, almost 700 m hiked the more than 30 degrees steep trail ... a lot of taking five session required.... but the garam specialist stunned us today... with fast agile movement leaving us behind... such like the 8th wonder of the world emerged becoming apparent n revealed the first time ever... (pian, this is a compliment!... har! har! coz this entri published after a wonderful delicious sponsored lunch daging salai (smoked beef) masak lemak cili api...her! her!)
at the mean time, our ladies (jue n ghah) as usual swiftli gracefuli doing the climb ahead of us.... the 24 hour radio mat yie entertained hafidz about how quickli he can hike IF supported with adjustable aluminium hiking stick n right shoes... (maybe he knows that today....sport direct doing the sale on hiking items!!)...... then, for about 400 m, we had to moved slowli upward due to long line of traffic hikerz coming down from summit.... those sunrise hikerz went up as earli as 4 oclock to catch the sun...
1115 a.m.:
we reached Mount Datuk summit..... mani groups arrived earlier began climbing down..... @summit... saw no sign of pian, the project manager..... maybe climbing alreadi up on the stone peak... rejuvenating under sunbeam n fresh cool air.... her! her! without hesitation.... climbed the newli sturdi aluminium scaffold (saw the old ladder set a side in the picture below..) ...got to be veri careful with the kids....
we reached Mount Datuk summit..... mani groups arrived earlier began climbing down..... @summit... saw no sign of pian, the project manager..... maybe climbing alreadi up on the stone peak... rejuvenating under sunbeam n fresh cool air.... her! her! without hesitation.... climbed the newli sturdi aluminium scaffold (saw the old ladder set a side in the picture below..) ...got to be veri careful with the kids....
pic: hafidz n radio kid reached Datuk peak
pic: radio kid climbing new built aluminium scaffold ladder
on the peak rock, could see 360 degree surrounding view.... spent about half an hour enjoying sceneri... one hiker doing drone photo shooting.... everione cheered whenever the drone close shot... hope to watch in youtube some time near future.... whenever drone owner uploaded on the internet... her! her! stil no sight of our glorious project leader... har! har! then, stepped down the rock... back to the summit...
pic: mat yie, ghah n jue @rock peak, datuk
near summit sign board... there, our manager laid down peacefuli asleep... maybe resting after salting... har! har! had mini lunch n taking pictures....
1230 p.m.:
starting going down the hill... had misstep on slick mosty rock.... thankfuli got no injuri.... the switched off radio boy n the girls not far at the front... we continued slow descending until permit counter... paid the permit to the friendli rangers... n asked few more info about the mountain for future hike...
pic: gang photo @parking zone
1440 p.m:
arrived @parking area... staright away to the canteen.... feel like drinking coke or coconut juice at the moment... her! her! ordered some eatables... n some more beverages.... started discussing tomorrows hike @Angsi with 8:00 a.m. promised agreement..... after joking around for quite some time.... taking gang photo @keris monument before separate @15:30 p.m.
- look entri Gunung Angsi for hiking on 18 th March 2018-
