Gunung Tok Wan

Hujung minggu yg lalu, aq ngan sifu aka partner aka En. Hakim telah berjaya menawan puncak Gunung Tok Wan.. Alhamdulillah..


Basically trip ni x susah, tapi dek kecederaan otot di buku lali kiri aq dari Bunga Buah melambatkan sket perjalanan kitorang.. Isy3.. 


Timeline kasar:


0700: start hike dari kaki bukit
0755: sampai puncak ke-4 Broga (aq hampir peywai di situ XD )
0800: start hike ke Gunung Tok Wan
0920+-: sampai di puncak 
1015: turun
11++: sampai puncak Broga
115+: sampai kete teross.. 


secara kasarnye keseluruhan trip mengambil masa 5 jam, dan boleh jadi lagi cepat jika kitorang x spraint muscle kitorang.. hehe.. Bak cakap orang setiap gunung ade susahnya dan memang betul, mula2 mindset aq igt gunung Tok Wan cam senang tpi x semudah yg digambarkan.. 

trek

Trek atau jalan ke puncak jelas so x perlu risau, cume kene peka dgn marking. N kalau anda peminat burung, ade beberapa area di sepanjang trek menjadi kawasan permainan burung, cuma kene peka la. Kitorang ade jumpa beberapa 'sign' bahawa ada sumber air (botol kosong yg diikat di pokok), tpi kitorang x jumpa. So sape2 yg dtg bawakla air lebih, x rugi untuk mengelakkan dehydration. 


Time turun tu memang betul2 terbakar kat area bukit Broga. Bahang panas yg naik ke atas, dengan kurangnya pokok, dengan kawasan lapang. Memang korang x nak berada di Bukit Broga time tengah hari..


Anyway, trip kali ni memang best, so kalo korang nk elakkan kesesakan Bukit Broga, bolehla jalan terus ke Gunung Tok Wan, x ramai orang pi sane n suasana pun tenang.. hehe..

Karya En. Hakim XD

pandang atas

ade cerek ditinggalkan in case korang nk masak air.. hehe

sign Gunung Tok Wan

baldi pun ade

trek melalui salah satu banir pokok

T-shirt tajaan Lusuh Adventure

Pondok

Kerusi

Pondok 2

Mount Bunga Buah, 8 oct 2011

This is my first hiking trip to Mount Bunga Buah, Genting Highlands (1430m / 4690f). The hike offers spectacular view around the highlands itself and also a view of Tabur Hill. It’s been a while since I’ve been hiking a mountain so I was very excited. I promised myself to record this precious experience with my camera.

The organizer for this event is MWAC, my university adventure club. It’s a daypack trip so the load is not too heavy but for me, it’s a good training for my body if I can bring extra load. By a carpool method, we departed to Gohtong Jaya in Genting Highlands.

Our starting point is a private property in Gohtong Jaya, it is necessary for us to respect the owner. The path to the mountain needs us to cross a vegetables garden and then a steep ascend to a road. It was a muddy ascend due to the rain the day before and I’m glad to reach the road. High vegetation that covers the road as we go forward indicates that the road’s been unused for quite a time.

The road not taken

We came across a pair of Siamang Gibbon that feeds on the jungle fruits and then a Binturong! At first I thought it is a weasel (musang) but further research it is indeed a Binturong. Well google it if you don’t know what Binturong is  XD  And there are so many leech here that rainy seasons makes the environment favor themselves.

A leech

From the junction to Rock Garden, the path is more ascending than descending as we go through the ridge. As we continue the hike, ascending is obvious and most of the path is waterways that is dangerous and very slippery if its rain. At certain point, we came across mossy forest and it is very cool.

@ Rock Garden

Finally, we reach the peak around mid day. There’s no view around the peak due to heavy cloud surrounding the area but we were satisfy to complete the hike to Mount Bunga Buah =)

View

Hibiscus sp.

We was here, Mount Bunga Buah