The last hike was about a year ago on 18 March 2007 (http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2007/03/gunung-datuk-1832007_19.html).
This time round 15 of us trooped to Rembau to scale Gunung Datuk or known as Gunung Rembau as per the topography chart. Though it was public holiday, the crowd was notably missing. Even the fee collector was no where in sight. We started at 9.15 a.m. from the base camp of 100m altitude and reached the campsite of 711m altitude at 11.27 a.m. with several long photography intervals along the trail. Focusing for sharp pictures was a challenge given the poor lighting because of the cloudy day. The view at the look out point on the gigantic boulders (750m altitude) was marred by the looming dark clouds at the horizon. After spending about 1 ½ hours at the false peak, we made our way down at 12.40 p.m. and reached the base at 2.15 p.m.
Lastly, we would like to add that Koperasi Gunung Datuk Rembau Bhd has done a good job in maintaining the trail by putting up bamboo rails and cutting a new route to bypass a highly eroded section of the trail. From the campsite, proper iron ladders have also been added to assist climbers to go up to the look out point.
For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/2836.
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