Gunung Datuk 20 Mar 2008

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.

Broga Hills 16 Mar 2008

After parking our cars along the Semenyih-Broga road, we made our way in the dark to the trail head by walking about 10 minutes along the dirt road of the oil palm estate facing the Rabbit Farm. The climb to the rest place at 385m altitude took us another 30 minutes. The hilltop was treeless and pleasantly windy. The views from the hills were also lovely. At 7.20 a.m. after noting that there was no sun in sight we proceeded to the next hill by following a clear path cutting through the lalang covered hills. Fortunately, we met a friendly regular there who kindly guided us downhill using another trail through the jungle and rubber estate which took about 1:15 hr. We visited the Broga Stone Temple, the Semenyih Dam and Look Out Point at Hulu Langat enroute home.

For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/2833.

Gunung Angsi 9 Mar 2008

This is my 5th climb up G Angsi. Pictures of my earlier climbs can be found at:
http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2007/09/g-angsi-2392007_23.html,
http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2007/08/gunung-angsi-5-august-2007_6.html,
http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2007/05/gunung-angsi-2052007_21.html and
http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2007/02/gunung-angsi-on-1122007_11.html.

Observed that the highway running next to the trunk road is almost ready. Apart from the highly eroded trail head, the trail remains a pleasant place to trek. The weather was wonderfully windy and cloudy. This time round, we sighted pitcher plants and different coloured berries while mushrooms were noticeably missing.

For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/2832.