17 Ogos 2008, A friend (Farizul), My brother (Farish) and I headed Cameron Highlands for one mission, that is to conquer Mount Brincang. This was done without any professional guide. Apparently at the beginning of our jungle walk, these two cute boys were seen hunting for bird..guna lastik je. Knowing our plan, without much thinking they joined us more than half way tru the peak. Yang mencalar maruah kami ialah keselambaan 2 budak ni (Rashidi and Dewi) who showed no problem walking in the jungle with only slippers, while we were very well equipped..not to mention the 2 weeks of thinking and planning...he he
Not far from the peak kami boleh tengok permandangan gunung ni yang dah mula nampak macam dalam cerita Harry Potter or LOTR (betul ke? tak suka sgt tengok cerita tak real ni, Farish yang cakap macam ni)...pokok2 penuh lumut dan cuaca mula sejuk.
Kami berhenti sekejap half way untuk rehat dan makan (kira breakfast la). Makan roti dengan kaya..plus chocolate cadbury yg aku teragak2 nak beli semalam takut tak bermanfaat sgt. Rupa2nya benda ni yang betul2 laku kat tempat sejuk macam ni...especially for Farish yang habiskan dekat half of it..rileks Farish jgn marah..
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Anyway the element of adventure was kind of reduced for we could call Mama and my wife to tell them we're ok...the signal bar was full!
Bila sampai kat puncak, kami start 'masak' air untuk makan mee in cup. At first the fire was burning well tapi lama2 berenti, kayu api kat atas tu sumenye lembap. Nasib baik ada bawak solid fuel. Masa tgh masak tu hari mula mendung, dah tu start drizzling..muka dan tangan Farizul dah mula pucat kebiruan..bukan sebab takut tak dapat makan tapi sebab tak tahan sejuk.. peripheral cyanosis. Kesian jugak tengok dia tapi apa nak buat..raincoat yg memang ada dalam bag dah aku keluarkan, kononnya nak save space. Thanks to the adipose tissue (google it out bro)he has collected so far, Farish selamba je tahan sejuk. Hujan lebat gila2 masa tu. Dalam hati dah mula tension tapi teringat a quote i found in a book, HOW TO STOP WORRYING AND START LIVING kalau tak silap, it says, there is no such thing as bad weather, there are just different kinds of good weather. It was the best Maggi Mee we have ever had..campur ngan sardin satu tin besar yg habis kami kerjakan sebagai lauk..Dalam nak tunggu hujan berhenti, tapi tak jugak...kitaorang mula ambil wudhu dgn air yg limited yg kami bawak tapi bila time kaki kami sapu atas stokin je. This is because we already had perform our wudhu earlier and wear our socks masa ada wudhu. Benda ni kita boleh buat time tak musafir (24 jam) dan time musafir (3 days). Syaratnya socks tu kita tak tanggalkan selepas ambil wudhu yang complete earlier. Kami solat JAMA dan QASAR atas jalan tar sebab tak banyak tempat yang rata kat atas sana. Ini pengalaman pertama Farish dan Farizul solat dalam hujan,atas jalan tar, dengan stokin dan kasut, dan duduk IQ'A dalam solat. (tak duduk macam biasa tapi atas tumit yg ditegakkan , ask your ustaz for more info)
Kat atas tu kami tengok ada ramai org yg tak nampak macam dah climb this mountain with difficulty..rupa2nya ada jalan raya yang boleh sampai ke puncak, it's about 9 km drive on the other side of the mountain...i was told it is the highest road ever built in malaysia. 2031 meters above sea level.
Alhamdulillah kami selamat sampai di puncak and selamat sampai di brincang town..thanks to our new friends (whose names we forgot to ask as they we busy talking to each other..tgh becinta kot)..a philipino lady and a british guy, who gave us a lift down the mountain with their car. We took the offer because the walk down town would take nearly 3 hours which we could not afford as we wanted to witness DATO LEE chung wei giving Malaysia her first ever GOLD medal in olympics, which he did not(but a silver is ok what)
It was a spectacular experience for me as i don't do much of outdoor activity in the past. This is a good avenue to strengthen family ties and other types of relationships. Our next adventure trip shall either be KORBU, BUBU or GUNUNG BUJANG MELAKA( no,it's not in Melaka).
