It's day three gais,
it's summit day!
And on my post before, I did mention to selit a bit about day 3, but I didn't, so pardon my malas. Its not good ya. But harini, aku akan try my very best to cerita on day 3 and day 4 terus.
Ok. Let us start.
Day three, tidur malam tadi tak berapa nak lena, because sejuk. This is the first time, tidur in ground and fly, dan ground tu kita ikat ya anak anak, to prevent angin from masuk, that's how sejuk kem Botak is. Plus, basah. It makes everything worse even more.
Kem botak at 0700
That morning we woke up awal, but, stay ja keras dalam sleeping bag. Sebab sejuk. Bangun, itu pun sebab fikir nak p naik atas sikit layan sunrise and view. Dekat kem Botak ni, you've to hike atas sikit then baru cantik sikit nak layan view sambil ngopi. Gitu. But kena beware sikit, sebab atas ni banyak port membuang, so, kena elok elok to not step on it. Or else, murung, sis. Murung.
Kalau nak borak pasal view, kali ni trip view belanja habis. Alhamdulillah, takhabis habis mulut ni sebut syukur, sebab selalunya orang pi, and its kabus all the way. Kitorang tak, not at all.
But if nak cakap about weather pattern, on Merapoh side, hari hari hujan. Until today, sebab kitorang dh otw ke peak, and menghala ke Kuala Tahan, it was sunny all day.
Subhanallah.
This is what special about Tahan. That you won't get anywhere else. Cara alam, menunjukkan kebesaranNya. It's different, here. The atmosphere. How random the weather can be. Every and each of it are unique.
Susah nak cerita. You should come and experience it yourself.
You can see the track up there, seems near- its NOT
Kem Botak signage
Route for today:
Bukit Botak - Mt Tahan summit - Bukit Berapit - Mount Gedong - Kem Gedong.
We've started a bit late today, as team sweeper semalam decided to sleep at Bonsai, sebab dah sangat lewat, and dah habis pewai. So we have to wait for them to arrive then baru gerak. What's unique about this route, adalah, it consecutively offers various levels of track difficulties, dia macam, day one santai, day two azab, day three chill balik, and the list goes on. Hence, the reason of why harini gerak kemain lambat. Sebab misi harini, kem dekat Kem Gedong ja. So macam, chill je lah.
How the track looks like, gerak ja dari Kem Botak
THIS is it
And, ingat harini dah bersih dah? NO.
Short log sat:
11.02 am - angkat sauh!
12.30 pm - Mount Tahan summit
12.56 pm - gerak
4.45 pm - Bukit Berapit
6.39 pm - Mount Gedong
6.59 pm - Kem Gedong
Mount Tahan summit signboard, another 55 km to go? Gila.
Hence,
on day three,
Feb 4, Mount Tahan, 2186 mdpl, checked.
Feb 4, Mount Gedong, 2066 mdpl, checked.
Today was the highlight of the day sebenarnya, again, those breathtaking views, makes everyone went "subhanallah" all the times. It's magical, tho. Oh, kitorang pun ada berhenti makan sat somewhere after the summit. Makan, sambil layan view. Itu yang buat lepak lama tu, nasib ja tak buka dapur buat teh panas lagi. Haha no, no.
Cantik en?
View after summit Tahan, and ke arah Kuala, adalah bae. Lagi lagi bila dia belanja, subhanallah. Dah berapa kali dah aku ulang habaq subhanallah kan? Centu lah kitorang weh. Sebab cantik sangat. If kau dah lepas Bukit Berapit, kau akan layan pacak sikit tau, pastu jumpa one point macam dalam gambar aku attached bawah ni,
Ok kau jalan depan sikit, if kau pandang kanan, kau akan nampak satu banjaran tau. Dia macam, Grand Canyon dekat US tu, but greener, versi Malaysia. Aku taktahu cane nak describe, but, it makes you feel like kau dekat dunia lain. Sebab, dia macam divide banjaran Tahan and sebelah sana, lucky us sebab jalan dengan Ustaz Nan, so dia pun habaq lah, apa yang kita nampak tu adalah Banjaran Ulu Kechau. And what's special about it adalah, it is prohibited. Tak boleh masuk. And I don't know why. Maybe nak preserve something?
It do feels, and it looks like a hidden world.
This is it, Banjaran Ulu Kechau. Bawah tu mcm cliff, yang sangat dalam, it makes you wonder, ada apa dekat bawah tu?
Weh dah rindu, nak repeat, sampai Gedong ja.
You'll found the plane wreckage somewhere nak ke Kem Gedong
Cerita about plane wreckage ni?
Sat.
"Serpihan pesawat yang melanggar di satu kawasan dekat puncak Gunung Tahan yang mencecah ketinggian lebih 2,000 meter dari paras laut (dpl) itu dipercayai sebahagian daripada bangkai pesawat milik British yang terhempas sekitar 1972. Dilaporkan sebanyak dua orang terkorban termasuk juruterbang. Bagaimanapun maklumat lanjut mengenai kejadian tersebut tidak diketahui."
But its written there, Lloyd M. Smith, dekat wreckage tu kau akan jumpa satu plate besi, Ustaz Nan kata, family dia yang datang, buat memorial cemtu la. We can still see serpihan serpihan dia bersepah dari point yang ada plate ni sampai lah Kem Padang, bersepah.
Oh, initial plan was tidur dekat Kem Padang, but tak jadi. I iz sad. Baru nak feeling pi. Rare kut tidur Padang. Oh, Kem Padang is the original campsite, before adanya Kem Gedong. Kem Gedong ada waterpoint, to be exact, waterpoint sama if korang stay Kem Padang. Which is for me, jauh. You've to turun for about 10 minutes, or lebih? Turun here is, turun, like, bila nak naik satgi, kena panjat. Panjat yang tak appropriate if nak pakai selipar.
Geddit, geddit?
That's mean, trek dia requires you to pakai kasut. Sebab batu tajam. Dan licin, but if kau jenis jiwa kental, redah jelah turun. But still, sejuk dia takleh bawa bincang. And one more thing to remember, if you're about to do Merapoh - Kuala, is to always make sure that kau refill air kau dekat sini. Malas ke, apa ke, wajib.
Sebab next waterpoint adalah dekat Kem Pankin, which is jauh gila lagi.
Ingat tu.
So malam tu, lepas settle makan apa semua, kitorang tidur. Again, tidur tak aman, sebab fly terbang, tercabut, angin kuat sangat, one thing to ponder adalah:
How come Anis and Syida boleh tidur lena as if takde apa?
Padahal muka aku dah kuyup kena libas dengan fly basah tu.
Padahal muka aku dah kuyup kena libas dengan fly basah tu.
Haha let it be, esoknya aku tanya, dua dua tak sedar. Hebat. Penat sungguh dorang. Haha
Rasanya itu je kut, for day three. Still, plan aku nak combine day four sekali, kelaut. Sebab day four panjang weh. Esok insya allah, aku sambung. Sebab day four best sikit, tidur on track lol haha ciao
