oo nos...
Sat, I'm paying respect to my ancestors (qing ming) and
Sun, I've just agreed to join a charity run.

So sorry bro.

This post has been edited by botterjr: Mar 26 2014, 12:25 AM

3 Days. Day 1 starting from sembalun, camp by sembalun crater. Day 2 summit hike. lake. camp by senaru crater. Day 3 descend to senaru village.
so is this the easier option?

you memang pro. any other nice mountain you would recommend?

3 Days? Your leg will start to get ache during your descend from Senaru crater. Average walking step will be around 20-30k steps per day.

Day 1 - Start from Sembalun. Pretty easy walking on flat savannah terrain. Do not need to wear your wind breaker/ warm wear first as it is well exposes like Broga. Along the way do BEWARE OF COW DUNG. Plenty of them along the path and start to get lesser when you will make your stop at CP 2 (if not mistaken) for lunch near the bridge. Try not to eat near the edge as monkeys will try to snatch your food or belongings if not being careful. Wild monkeys are you will not get back the items. Things will go slighly difficult when ascend from CP 3. About 45-55 degree up for about 1.5 - 2.5 hours before reaching the campsite where you going to stay for that night.

Day 2 - You will wake up around 2-3 AM (very similar to Kinabalu) and start hiking to Rinjani peak. The last 1 km to the peak are all sandy and my best advice is to get a pair of trekking poll which could be useful for your end as every three steps you make you will fall a step backward. Once you reach the stone area then you are pretty ok and can enjoy the Rinjani summit. Do not spend too long up there as you will be using the same way to descend all the way to your campsite. Unpack and head down to a slippery small cliff which leads to the savannah before reaching the lake side about 1-2 hours from the Sembalun crater.

Your itinerary make things worst for you as you mention you will be camping at Senaru Crater on Day 2. If you are not prepare, things get pretty worst here. You could question your group leader on why did they want to camp at Senaru Crater instead of the lake. Was it because just for the sunrise? From lake to the crater might took up easily another 2-3 hours with rocky terrain all the way up up. I did my research earlier for my trip and I discard camping at Senaru crater and settle down near the lake. Nearby the lake there is a waterfall and a hot spring as we could enjoy a good rest before pushing the limit on the final day.

Day 3 - According to your plan which is the night in Senaru Crater, from there you will descend all the way downhill until you reach the hut area where more likely you will meet group starting climbing from Senaru gate instead. Your guide will more likely cook your lunch here and push down to the summit all the way until you reach the Senaru gate. Do not be too happy when you reach the Senaru gate as you will need to trek out another 0.5 -1 hour to the main road.

You could ask me more questions about Rinjani and I will assist if I know how to answer them.

Any other mountains which I would recommend? Depends what you are looking at. Oversea or local?

If Indonesia, most people will hike Ijen and Bromo first although I felt Ijen was not up to my expectation. Everyone got tricked by the blue lake which doesn't interest me much. Others might consider Kerinchi, Agong, Batur, Semeru and Merapi.

Local got a lot of nice mountains too like Stong, Yellow, Bubu, Tok Nenek, Tebu, and many more.

This post has been edited by aidono: Mar 26 2014, 09:20 AM

Need not to be sorry. Qing Ming during the weekend is ummph - tiring. LOL.

Kiwanis Charity Run is it?

No doubt about that, I start from Broga too, but after 3 times I got sick about this hill.. Wanted to go Tok Wan but was Shoo-ed off by herds of mosquitoes..

Wait huh? Qing Ming is tiring on it's own regardless of day, haha.

No No, not so big scale run. I din't know Kiwanis has a run.

Tok Wan is hell crazy full with mosquito especially the first half of the terrain before heading down to rock steps and ascend up again where the mud area is. Could be a little slippery if raining season.

Those beginners who went to Broga and continue towards Tok Wan, they really never expect the unexpected.

Not too bad I could still remember all the terrains Syok sendiri! LOL.

For Broga Hill, I hike about 4-5 times but I used that hill to train to carry heavy weight-load up to 15-20 kg.

I think the run is under Leo Club Run at DPC, Kepong.

Next week I am not available already since I heading to the remote jungle again to camp.

Is there something that you do not know?
Haha..

Unlucky me, I'll try dragging a friend or two to those hills you've suggested.
Perhaps some day I'll have the honor to join ur hikes

There are almost 150+ mountains in Malaysia which I have yet to scale and most are pretty unknown to me .

Slowly explore, still taking my sweet time.

Broga Hill is super easy to be honest, but if you want to hike easier type - we can head to the one nearby to Subang - Serdang Hill (30 minutes hike) or Puchong Hill (15 minutes hike) but both got not much of the view compare to Broga at Semenyih.

Dato - 1 hour to summit, but the drive is 1.5 hours
I kinda like this hike, it's challenging, it's interesting (steep), it has view.
you can bath at the waterfall after everything is done

I'd be happy to join since I'm kinda nearby but lately my job is killing me so during weekends I become damn zzz.... >.<

I did 1/4 of Chilling cause it started drizzling so have to turn back for safety reason. Went to Kanching & managed to go pretty high up but I forgot to route de, Kanching is nice, peaceful & wasn't crowded. I'd be happy to go back there again to picnic at the top haha.

For the challenge I rather hike Angsi using the Ulu Bendul route instead of the Bukit Putus route if you are referring to the mountains in N9.

Mountains like Gunung Kecil Hantu also not much people hike due to the terrain. You also can try Gunung Besar Hantu and end the hike to shower in Kijang Falls.

You just use the GPS and Kanching should be listed inside as it is a popular recreational area for the local during weekend. When you said you did 1/4, so I assume you did at least 2 river crossing besides the first bridge?

Where are you from since you mentioned nearby?

could Broga be less packed with people on weekdays? What time should we start to hike there? 6am?

bro, u referring to Broga?

I answer on behalf of Sky. He was referring to Gunung Datuk in Rembau, N9.

Broga Hill are pretty packed during weekend and public holidays but as for normal day, there are still crowd but less 80% of the usual crowd.

If you wanted to get a good spot for sunrise, some will hike as early as 6 AM. I did once hike as early as 5 AM just to take stars photography.

I think if you are to hike around 6.30-7 AM, that will be just nice. Half an hour hike and reach peak 3 can enjoy the nice scenery already.

Reason for some to hike early was to avoid the congestion at the last boulder, that also leads to Gunung Tok Wan if stay left.

going to camping at sg congkak for the 1st time sat. wish me luck

thanks for the info on Broga.

I couldn't remember how many rivers i've crossed in Chilling. It was quite some time ago already.

I'm from Klang, thought I saw someone mentioned he's from Subang.....that's kinda nearby lol.

@botterjr is from Subang FYI.

It has been a while since I been to Chiling to. Time to go there again one day.