Friday, October 16, 2009

Beraya at Gunung Nuang

On Sunday, 10 Oct 2009, a bunch of guys plus some ladies decided to hike to the top of Gunung Nuang. Based from wiki, the mountain with the height of 1493m is the highest peak in Selangor. Its peak is marked as the meeting point of three states namely Selangor, N Sembilan and Pahang.

The hiking trail started from Kuala Pongsoon which is at the end of Jalan Hulu Hangat. There is a water catchment area at the feet of the mountain which provided cool refreshing river streams to the popular Sungai Congkak. You should pass the popular hang-out of Sungai Congkak when you drive towards Kg Kuala Pongsoon.

We arrived at the kampung at 915am and there were already many cars parked at the parking lots. After a quick briefing session, we started to hike along the trails at around 930am. We passed the welcoming arch and presented with a nice view of perching pine trees. After 30 minutes of walking with some slight ascending, we took a rest at the first hut. Then we continued the journey with the route getting steeper and steeper. The woods now were filled with bamboo trees and provided us with shades from the sun.




After 1 and a half hours hiking along the trail, we reached Camp Lolo. The camp has a very nice stream ...hmm. If there were no ladies in the group, the guys might be jumping naked into the water stream :). After a quick break, we continue our journey up the mountain .... really up the mountain!!! The route was now becoming a single jungle track with the slope that can reach 50-60 degrees.



After an hour ascending the track, we reached a camp site which none of us know the name. The camp site located at the side of the water stream and have a couple of base of the camp made from cement. It was already 12pm when we reached the camp site. Based from info that we got from the other mountaineers, we need another 3 hours to reach the peak. After some discussion among the team ,we decided that we shall 'lepak' and eat our rations for an hour at that camp site as we don't have enough time to reach the peak.



It was so refreshing to hang-out and relaxing our tired legs at the based camp with the natural cooling air-con of the jungle plus the mesmerizing lounge music coming from the water streams. Most of us didn't want to go back actually.... we may come back here with the camping equipments soon. But the 'happy-hour' came to an end, as we started to pack our things and descending down the slippery track. We reached the parking lot at 3pm. To sum it up: 2 and half hours hiking up the mountain and 2 hours descending back. We can do it at a much faster rate if Nahar and myself left the camera at home...hehehe!




Some pictures taken from my PnS camera (Panasonic Lumix FX9).

4 comments:

doc said...

wow , caya la, mmg adventurous , sure ke tak takut pacat ni ?

Maru said...

aku sorang aje yg kena gigit pacat. darah manis la katakan..

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