Gunung Angsi 15 Apr 2012

This would be my twelfth Angsi trek. The last trek was on 16.7.2011 (see http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2011/07/gunung-angsi-1672011.html).

We started late at 10.45 a.m. and took a leisurely trek to the summit with lots of photography breaks along the trail. From Panjang site, we took the original trail via Pang’s site to the summit and returned via the Panjang trail.

The weather was good that day with slight breeze. Unfortunately, it was not a season for mushroom for the trail was quite dry. We took time to touch base with members of the Angsi trekkers also.

Trekking buddies included: Elsie, Lai Cheng, Victor, Cheah Seiw Khoon, Christina Goh, Christina Cheah, Chew Poh Lian, Lim and David Lim.


For the photographs, please refer to: http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/13303.

Gunung Angsi 16 Jul 2011

This is my 11th Angsi Trek. My last trek was on 10.10.10 (http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2010/10/g-angsi-10-10-10.html).

Starting at 7 a.m. from Petaling Jaya, we reached the Senawang Toll in good time at 8 a.m. There was a slight drizzle and the weather did not look very promising. So we decided to do a quick trek up to Gunung Angsi via Bukit Putus instead of Ulu Bendul. We took about 2 hrs and 45 minutes to hit the peak at 11.45 a.m. There was no crowd and the weather was balmy warm. We took time to soak in the fresh air and tranquil surrounding.

At the peak, we decided to trek down to Ulu Bendul instead of back trekking to Bukit Putus when we saw no rain clouds. The trail to Ulu Bendul was rather steep and rough. About 30 minutes from the peak, we had to use ropes to navigate through a very dangerous ravine devoid of vegetation known as Botak hill. The last part of the Botak Hill was a real thriller. We had to use two ropes guide ourselves down the sandy slope. The ropes were anchored at 12 o’ clock on a loose tree stump. A hiker joked that an overweight trekker must have uprooted the tree stump from the ground. To secure the loose tree stump, there were additional ropes were tied to the tree stump in three other directions, namely 3, 6 and 9 o’clock. We took about 10 minutes to get over this challenging section. Thereafter, the trail continued steeply until after two river crossings when it started to level off.

It was 3.40 p.m. when we reached Ulu Bendul Main Entrance and none of us was looking forward to trekking 3 km along the road to our vehicles at Bukit Putus. Luckily, we encountered a kind hearted couple who gave two of us a lift to Bukit Putus, 3 km away, to collect our cars. Thank you very much to the driver of NAY 1296.

Overall, it was a great trekking day in the company of cheerful and photogenic buddies, namely Christina, Sau Chein, Hah and Poh Lian.

For the photographs, please refer to: http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/10804.

Gunung Angsi 24 May 2009

My last G Angsi trek via Bukit Putus on 21 March 2009 (http://happyotrekker.blogspot.com/2009/03/gunung-angsi-21-march-2009_22.html) was a wet affair. This time round, the weather was surprisingly cool and breezy during our ascent to the peak. The trail was dry and easy to trek. Of course no exotic mushrooms were in sight given the dry spell. However, we were rewarded with sights of beautiful forest creatures such as a giant millipede, a viper, a spiky caterpillar, a huge aphid (I think), a spiny spider, a green cicada and beautiful butterflies.

For this trip, we took the regular straight trail up to the summit via CP1 and CP2 and returned via the 2 side trails which bypass a hill and CP2. Starting at 8.35 a.m. @ 364 m a.s.l. we hit CP1 (530m a.s.l.) @ 9.20 a.m. From here, we took the straight uphill path (instead of the right trail which would go round the hill and bypass CP2) and reached CP2 (696m a.s.l.) @ 9.55 a.m. From CP2, we have to make a descent before climbing up another hill. After passing 3 Y-junctions and keeping to all the left trails, we arrived at the peak (873m a.s.l.) @ 11.25 a.m.

After a good rest and refreshment, we started our descent @ 12.30 p.m. and reached the base at 2.45 p.m. with about 15 minutes break at CP1 to savour the green pea tong sui prepared by the regular Angsi hikers.

Overall, a lovely relaxing hike.

For the photographs, please refer to http://happytrekker.shutterfly.com/pictures/5773.