My First Time to Hike Slamet Mountain
First thing first, My name is Mohammad Aziz
Robyanto and I would tell you that I had a bunch of friends in hiking the mountain. They love
Hiking so much, and by the it was them had a plan to go hiking. And they
decided to drag me in,even though they knew that I hate outdoor event but they
insist to take me in.So I decided to give it a try. At that time, we decided to
meet up at My house,after 30 minutes waiting for all my friend to gather we started our trip
by praying and then we went to our destination “slamet mountain”.
After we arrived we started to walk around the
field area and the forest.In that short of holiday time, there were so many
hikers which hiking in Slamet Mountain at that time. So, when we walked, we
often stopped to let the people who have climbed to down the hill.
At first,hiking wasn’t my hobby but after I tried
it once,it become one.Even though we have to fight to reach the top of it,we
didn’t regret at all.It was true if someone said that hiking are tiring,exhausting,
and it was true too,but after reaching the peak,that feel of exhausting is gone,that
after a few days from climbing the mountain, we would feel aching through all
of our body, especially in leg, shoulder, and back,but that things never lessen
my fondness in hiking.
We went from base camp about 8 p.m and arrived in
post 6 about 4 a.m, technically there were 9 post before we reached the top.we
also heard about one post that haunted,we’re scared but we also eager to go to
the top.Then we set the tents, two tents for nine people. And we started to
cook the meals we brought. One of my friend brought alot of instan noodle and
instan coffee,after we cooked it the we eat it right away.It doesn’t feels hot
at all.after that we take a rest it was so cold, so I hid in my sleeping bag
completely.its feel like we’re sleeping in giant fridge.
It was long, difficult, and hard to reach the
post 6.at the 6th post one of my friend Hery got sick and decided stop,after
long discussion one of us “ healthy one” need to accompany him,so i the one who
will accompany Hery,but he insisted that i need to continue my journey,to be
honest I feel so darn exhausted,my legs are trembeling.But i try to motivated
myself,then take a deep breath and continue my trip.So 2 out of 9 chose to not
continue the trip. It was about 7 a.m, seven of us continued the trip in the
slippery track. We left the tent in post 6, and just brought the mini bags filled
with flashlight,handphone,camera,water, and some snacks,we left 2 of us to
watch the stuff that we left behind.
We had to pass the vegetation area which have so
many thorn-bush to the sand area which was so hard to be passed. Finally,
it took almost 3 hours from 6 post to the peak. It had crater of volcano in its
peak, so we should take the mask to prevent from inhaling the sulphur gases.
It was an amazing thing in my lifetime to have
the chance to climb the highest mountain in Central Java. So we were so happy
to take pictures there. It only needed one and half hours from the peak to go
back in 6th post, because we jogged down the track.
After that, we prepared to go home, and packed
our stuff. We down the track about 4 pm.the thing is our friends that we left
at 6th post are gone,they didn’t tell us about it and the most annoying of all
is,they left the tent wide open and our valueable stuff in there.good thing
that our valueable still in there.
This is, my holiday story. It was truly amazing to
have chance to go hiking on Slamet Mountain,,because that was my
first time to hike such a amazing mountain.
