Trekking up the hill besides the Broga Stone Temple could be described as easy. Starting at 8.15 a.m. the trek to the open hill top took only about 30 minutes. That morning the weather was simply beautiful and cloudy. We took our time to admire the scenic surrounding especially the mist moving about the Broga Hills.
On returning to the Temple at about 10 a.m, we proceeded to hike the opposite hill following the G7 paper trail. The trail passed through the most challenging slopes. The terrain was steep and slippery and we had to grab onto branches and tree trunks to climb uphill. At 323m asl, we decided to make a U turning instead of proceeding up another hill (for another 1 hour) as we were unprepared for such a challenging climb. The downhill trail was drier and thus easier to navigate. It took us a total of 3.5 hours to climb up to 323m asl and to return to base. The hike can be described as vigorous and exhausting.
Trekking buddies: SeeToh (Leader), Ting, Ben, Murugiah, Kachana, Randy, Choo & Elsie.
For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/6861.
Very adventurous group you have. I heard that quite a few group got strayed coming down the traditional Broga hike itself. Now you had attempted the farmer's trail.
ReplyDeleteLiked the paths on the new hill beside the temple.Exposed and tempting but I think its out for me too.
Hi, The hill besides the Broga Stone Temple is certainly very tempting to every walker. Understand that the temple is in the process of building a giant pavilion to shelter a deity (maybe the Goddess of Mercy) on top of the said hill overlooking the Broga. Nice place to ramble during a balmy day. However, not the same can be described about the trail in the opposite hill - I will not do it again... chuckles! At the end of the trek, we humoured over our foolishness in asking for a more challenging hike and we got it!
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