Bukit Tabur Back Trekking

Eric, is our best buddy in trekking.

If you have fainting spell, he has the ointment, if you are hungry, snacks are ever ready, if you are thirsty, he will check if you need a refill. The best name to sum him up, and we are not a bit boastful : he is the walking 7-Eleven, the one of a kind mobile convenient store of Bukit Tabur.

Well, give him a break, please do not take him for a ride

Aloysius keeps record of how many times he treks up Bukit Tabur, he said this is his habit since army days, keeping records of everything he does, since july 2007, to date, Aloysius has recorded going up Bukit Tabur 75 times.

It is excellent for a senior citizen of his age. well, you may say, may be he was an army before & has all the training, i guess partly it is true.

As for Eric, he doesn't keep record on the number of times he has been trekking up Bukit Tabur, we could say the number of times he treks in Bukit Tabur shall be at least 2 x 75 times the same period like that Aloysius trekked.

How the figure derived ? It has become his habit to trek twice a week, some Saturday if there is no long distance out-station trekking etc....; and if there is public holiday during the week, he will be there too.

I was thinking, if some good samaritan can sponsor Eric a good hammock, a rainproof tent, with windows to gaze the stars on the moonlit night, a make shift kitchen, i guess he would be most happy to live a nomad at the Bukit Tabur range, chooses his own spot of preference, trekking down to work during the day and trek back to his tent at night..........

Am I right to say this Eric ???

He would be the best candidate to have in this posting, share on trekking safely at some of the challenging spots.

let's get back to the main aim of this post, there are two ways to go back after trekking in Bukit Tabur

1) After finishing the entire range , with a break at carpet grass, you can trek downhill via the orchard.

OR

2) Do a back-trekking ( You start the journey via Klang Gate, reach the carpet grass, back-trekking from carpet grass to dam entrance again )

This picture shows Eric do a back-trekking at the cliff after the first rope.

Location


How Eric does his back trekking

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More pics later ...................

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein is purely from the experiences we gathered in trekking Bukit Tabur, we do not claim them as the only way, We WILL NOT BE and CANNOT BE held responsible for any mishaps and/or accidents whatsoever arising from your trekking here.

Bukit Tabur, After The First Rope

The below few pictures are meant to help the new trekkers to Bukit Tabur to scale up the cliff, which is just after the " first rope "

Please see the location of this cliff on picture taken from Bukit Mas.


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Happy trekking & Be very CAREFUL too.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein is purely from the experiences we gathered in trekking Bukit Tabur, we do not claim them as the only way, We WILL NOT BE and CANNOT BE held responsible for any mishaps and/or accidents whatsoever arising from your trekking here.

Bukit Tabur : WaysTo Climb Down at First Rope

Climbing down the first cliff via Rope

The first cliff ( First Rope )
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There is a tree at the first rope & two pieces of ropes hanging down from the tree

We normally refer to the location as First Rope.

1) Assisting Children scaling down first cliff

On Using Robes

It would also be helpful that care is taken to ensure the ropes are hanging in between the two rocks, when one scale down the cliff using the rope,

Do not let the robes hang from the right side of the rock.
with body weight, the robe may swings like pendulum towards the right side of the rock of which below is the vertical cliff, it is very very dangerous.

BEST, & BE AWARE to move towards left rock at all times, away from the edge of the cliff at the right rock.

if at all, anybody loose balance and swings towards the right side of the right rock, such situation can happen, please remember never, never, never & never to let go of the rope.

Don't get panic & Hold on to the robe tight with all your might, be calm

and slowly get back to the left rock & manouver from there.

It will at least reduce the risk of imbalance which leads to falling down.


2) Scaling down first cliff without using robes
Mr. Lau (The Watermelon man)


2) Scaling down the cliff without using the rope
Mr. Chan (The Watermelon Sifu)

Mr Lau & Mr. Chan, with ice-chilled watermelon 6-8 Kg in their bag, scale down the cliff without the rope.


"Huah !! so heavy, can ah ???? "

"sup sup sooi le " will be his answer, " if you feel your bag is the weight that hinders you coming down, pass to another person la !! " just a straight answer from him.

( Travel light when you trek, is the best advise, take only the necessary, for Bukit Tabur 1 to 1.5 liter of water will be sufficient, and some light snacks just in case hunger pangs strike. )

If you happened to be there when they are around, not only will you get to eat the juicy watermelon, but also you will learn a tip of two about the skin beauty tips using watermelon skin & they will tell you too, when is the best season to eat this fruit.

Both of them will normally manouver themselves in between the two rocks at the " first rope " & edge themselves towards left side of the rock, without using rope to scale down to get themselves move on to the next stage.


3 Scaling down by edging entire body towards left rock.

This is most suitable for trekker with slender build.



4) Another clever way is to use backside, sit-slidding, sit- slidding down from the left rock

In summary
We notice, if trekker chooses to come down via first rope

1) Most seasoned trekker will try to avoid the vertical cliff at the right side of the rock which is estimated at 100 Meter to 150 meters verticle down.
2) Most trekker would manouver in all ways by edging to the left rock to move forward to their next destination.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein is purely from the experiences we gathered in trekking Bukit Tabur, we do not claim them as the only way, We WILL NOT BE and CANNOT BE held responsible for any mishaps and/or accidents whatsoever arising from your trekking here.

Bukit Tabur, view from several spots nearby

We enjoy trekking in Bukit Tabur ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bukit_Tabur & have been going there regularly, we have many opportunities to meet different categories of trekking enthusiates.

We love this outdoor persuits, enjoy the fresh air , be curious about all that the mother nature offers just like anyone who goes there.

Of late, from among the steady increase in the number of trekkers coming to Bukit Tabur, we notice there are some who have come to take the journey so unprepared, we hope to encourage you to be more prepared the next time you come, in appropriate attire and shoes and bags, and the good attitude in trekking.

It is most heart-wrenching, to come across some trekkers with couldn't care attitude, ignorant that misadventure can happen, with arrogance and stubborness., some thought they are " hero " with gung-ho spirit, crawl so near to the cliff edge, purposely closer to the cliff, wanting to show their “ supposedly bravery ” to their friends.

These are the people, without realizing its grave peril & the potential risk, as well as danger of falling down the cliff vertical 100 to 150 meters below.

To us, these people are having bad attitude, this bad attitude might get them into troubles and endangering their own lives.

This is a picture of a portion of Bukit Tabur taken from Bukit Mas Apartment, Kuala Lumpur

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Pictures taken from Melawati Hill, which genting Highland can be sighted on a clear day.

It’s always good reminder, no matter how much one runs marathons and put in many impressive trail miles, for every trek, the below is important

Prepareness before trekking is important,

Be careful in every step you take is important,

Safety is important,

Going in group or in buddy system is important,

etc...

etc...

Even though one may have gone the same trek many times, each trekking journey has risk of its own, thus this will come back to

It's important to...

It's important to ..

It's important to be careful at all times while enjoying the trekking

The feeling of distraught, helpless, and awful when we were face to face with this particular incident of accident on October 14, 08 spurs me to do something, from within my heart & ability, in the hope that this sharing will be beneficial or perhaps save life.

After some discussions, among the trekking buddies, it is our heartfelt intention, to take this opportunity to create awareness on the terrain of Bukit Tabur & some familiar path that we have been to many times, which we found it safe to thread on.

The information in the blogs are gathered through a period of two years,

most are our own trekking experiences,

some were our mistakes,

some are our observations

while some are common sense.........

May our sharing be beneficial to you.

DISCLAIMER

The information provided herein is purely from the experiences we gathered in trekking Bukit Tabur, we do not claim them as the only way, We WILL NOT BE and CANNOT BE held responsible for any mishaps and/or accidents whatsoever arising from your trekking here.

Temporary Insomnia Due To Accident In Bukit Tabur

Trekking Accidents in Bukit Tabur Oct 12, 2008

It caused me temporary insomnia for 3 nights.

Why didn't I sleep well.


The experience of how frantic we went down from The Carpet Grass ( popular destination for rest almost towards the end of Bukit Tabur ) through The Orchard Way after receiving a call from Eric saying a girl fell off the cliff,

to the lingering overwhelmed emotion when we saw her lied there motionless with no response & unconscious with a big open cut at the forehead, sent chills down my spine and goose-pimples as I was tossing & turning trying to get some sleep.

From how we had yelled on top of our lungs to get her at least to open her eyes flashed non stop in my mind.

It was also then, a scary memory that I have long forgotten came flashing back, an experience that I was so embarrassed to mention to anyone.

I marvelled how it resurfaced at that very moment after a lapsed of 30 years at that particular moment when we sighted the victim in the bushes at the base of the cliff.

Janice and I were dormitory mates during our Form Six days. She had accidentally fell into the toilet and cut the vein of her heel. Blood was ozzing out ferrociously & it was non-stop bleeding....

The ambulance came and I hopped with her into the van to the hospital. Everything was OK, when the doctor opened her wound again, I remembered vividly thatI hold her hands tight, squeezed her arm asked her not to be scared.

Next............& Thereafter..............

AH !

it was....

.it was.....

..it was.....

..it was.....

....it was.....

I woke up from the hospital bed………….

instead of Janice,

I fainted !!!!!

Later the dormitory warden sent me back in her car to the dorm for rest as I was too weak to walk even though the hospital is within walking distance from the school dormitory.

Janice went on to study nursing after that.

We have lost touch since.

This time around, after some 30 good years of living, life does made us thougher.

Everyone present there, indeed put in effort to get the girl out of danger.

Thank You The Paramedic Team,
Thank You The Police Team,
Thank You The Rescue 999 Team
Thank You Aloysius, Eric & Uncle Chong & Mr. Lau,
Thank You Rosalind, Su Hooi, Jenny, Angelin & Eva,
Thank You A Kuan, Siow Hui, Myron & A Kam,
Also Thank You to any other names not mentioned but have a hand in helping.

Definately, it's God, who has gave us strength, to go beyond our fear & limitations

to go beyond the challenges in any terrain, whether in the mountain or in our life

to see beyond the many things that has blinded our eyes,

to the beyond this...,

to the beyond that........;

to the etc...etc......etc....of the beyond,

that we may fulfill His purpose, as a " STAND IN " between His Grace, His Mercy, His Power and someone that is in need.



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