I have been to a trip to Gunung Ledang (the 6th most difficult mountain in Malaysia) recently, as a part of my Co-curicular activities which is compulsory in order to get an A in this one credit subject. But i didn't grumble at all as i thought that it's a great experience to actually get to hike a mountain, as there's no mountain in Penang, where the highest peak is the Penang Hill. I didn't know that the word 'hill' and 'mountain' is so much diffrent, it sounds lame but for those first-timer they'll undestand what i said~! =P It's has been a great trip but course it can't be that fun without Shiong, the 'outsider' who are not suppose to be there as he's not taking the subject this semester, but i sneaked him into the group and its made easier as I'm the 'Pengarah' (Director?! well it actually mean the leader) of the expedition, menyalahgunakan kuasa~! but in the end, there're glad that this fella actually came, as i always know that he's a great help when it comes to this outdoor stuff.

We started our expedition by meeting up in the FAB (fakulti alam bina) carpark where its schedule at 7am. As usual, the malaysian time, the instructor only managed to start his speech at 8.30am. The journey from the UTM to Muar (where Gunung Ledang is situated) took us about 2 hrs. As soon as we reached, we are asked to list down the stuff we about to bring up to the peak, as we need to bring those stuff back down, including all the rubbishes. We had our lunch before we start our journey.

There's 6 CP (check point) from the base right up to the peak. On the 1st day, we'll be hiking up to CP4 and we'll be spending a night there. We took 4 hrs to reach our camping site and thoughout the journey, the waterfall were so beautiful and we can see boys and girls having so much fun together, splashing water, playing ball and I think to myself "this is what we've been missing back in pg~!"
One of the positive things of having malay girls in our group is...You Can Have A Great Meal~! No joke, they really care on the quality of food and the best thing is when they said "Fred, jangan malu-malu ya, cukup makan tak? Kalau tidak ambik sendiri k?" =) We continue our journey at 3am and we are told that there's 3 gruesome checkpoint we need to pass though, KFC (killer for climber), Gua Kambing and last but not least Batu Hampar. We took 5 hrs to reach the top, having a few pictures taken and then start hike back down to our campsite, took our lunch and then pack up and continue to hike down till back to the base. 10 hours of non-stop hiking~!

Look at the scene behind, this is what Penang is lacking of... how i wish i can have such an activities when i was young~!

The time is 4am while we were having a long rest, hate that cos that the main reason why we miss the sunrise~!

We thought we are at the peak, but its not, too bad, and we miss the sunrise~!

Huh..at last... time to let it go....~whisling~..... =P

Batu Hampa, well...the name just say it all...70 degree with just a rope~!

Can't believe that its that tough... I don't grumble that easily but this is really not an easy task`!
In the end, it was a tiring but nevertheless, the best hiking i've ever been to. In the end of the day, Shiong then asked me, "What's next? Gunung Tahan?" I just stand and stare at him, and pretend that i didn't hear him~!
