Up Gunung Angsi....

Went hiking up Gunung Angsi last Saturday... since I am feeling a bit more hardworking today.... I shall share my journey up.... there was seven of us hiking this time round... ming, his 2 sisters, his couz, Charlie, CJ and me...

Gunung Angsi is somewhere in Kuala Pilah so we all met up in USJ for an early breakfast before heading down.... reached Bukit Putus area where there was this tiny trail which we were to start from.... As we were getting ourselves ready (wearing shoes, going toilet etc) we saw this family starting their hike with their dog.. either the dog is a real trooper or I just plain pity the dog... haha!!

So up we went...started out hike at about 0830hrs... the path was very wide surprisingly after the initial trail... so it was relatively an easy climb in the beginning.... but somewhere midway, it became strenuous to the legs since it was up, up and more up.... plus it didnt help that my Hakka mee from breakfast was threatening to come out the way it came in... advise to self... do not have a heavy brakfast prior to a climb... luckily I managed to keep it down...

On our way up....

getting some well needed rest...

Along our way up.... almost close to the peak, we were passed by a 40++ uncle... to our shame he looked like he didnt break a sweat climbing up and manuevered his way through surpassing us with just a 500ml bottle of water in hand... as if that was not bad enough, another uncle passed us by this time running his way up... Gosh... we were feeling so unfit... it seems as if to them it was just a walk in the park but for us.. we were sweating like pigs, panting and heaving our way up... how embarrasing... haha!!Well we finally arrived at the peak at around 1045hrs or so...

view at the peak...

After some rest, we were given 2 choices... going back down the same way or going down the other side of the hill which is supposedly more scenic but much further... and of course we chose the longer scenic road (why oh why!!)... the first stretch down was super steep... we were all thanking the stars that we didnt opt to climb up this side... there were some challenging areas which we needed to hang on to ropes to get us down... but after the first hour... the rest were mostly flat land... then we thought it was a good choice to have went up the other side coz it was more of a challenge... along the way, we met 3 groups of ppl climbing up... and we asked each how long more were we to the base... and all of them said 2 hours... what was odd was we met them at least 30 mins apart from each other... either they were duping us, demotivating us or their are really moving at different paces... anyhow we left the peak at 1105 hrs and arrived around 1300hours so it took us a longer time coming down than going up... but this was purely due to distance and not difficulty...

Unfortunately for Ming and Charlie, since we came down the other side, our cars were parked there as well so Ming and Charlie volunteer to go get the cars... little did they know that the 3km uphill walk on the road to the car was the most challenging part of the entire hike!! haha!! but thanks to them, we didnt need to endure it as well... :)

After that we went off to the Seremban wet market and had some famous beef noodles... it was sure tasty... must be a lot of ajinamoto... haha!! With our tummies filled, we headed back to KL to get some much needed rest and sleep.... I did wake up at 0500hrs for this hike.... sleep replenishment is definitely needed... :D

All in all it was a good hike... still wondering whether I am fit enough for Mount Kinabalu yet since my calves are aching now... cant imagine climbing 2 consecutive days.. might be stuck in Laban Rata... haha!! We shall see huh?

*pictures are courtesy of ming....