Peak Conquest: Mount Bubu(1716m/5612ft) and Mount Chabang (1662m)
Group Leader: Khairil Yusree
Registration Date: Mount Bubu (10th May 2008) & Mount Chabang (15th June 2008)
Conquest Expiry Date: Mount Bubu (10th July 2008) & Moung Chabang (15th August 2008)
Conquest Status: Successful with Mount Bubu and Mount Chabang conquered on 7th June 2008 and 1st August 2008.
The team members are:
- Khairil Yusree Yusof(L)
- Isnor Mohabbib Ismail
- Haslil Razif B. Amir Hassan
- Ghazali B. Haji Mohd safee
- Saiful Hayat Bin Hasamdin
- Noreliza Binti Mohamed Razali
- Sarahanis Binti Ahmad
- Wan Suhaimi Bin Wan Abdul Ghani
- Baho Jacket
- Right Road 50 + 10 L
Conquest Log:
DATE : 5th JUNE 2008 – 8th JUNE 2008
GROUP MEMBERS : UTEH (L), WAN, BIB, ABUYA, LIE, ELI, SAFRI, AJIP, LINDA, JULIA, IRA & AMIR
MOUNT SPEC : HEIGHT (5435ft / 1226m)
: LOCATED @ ULU KENAS, KUALA KANGSAR
: OTHER ROAD @ PADANG RENGAS
: DURATION (3 D / 2 N)
: CATEGORY (INTERMIDIATE)
LOG
Date
5th June 2008 (DAY I)
Destination
Langkawi – Kuala Perlis – Alor Setar – Butterworth
Transportation
Ferry / Taxi / Bus
Chronology
We gather at Hameed Restaurant at Langkawi Jetty around 1600. We depart from Langkawi with Coral Island 1 feery to Kuala Perlis at 1645 and through out the journey we had a lot of chat about the mountain that we will conquer tomorrow. Unfortunately, the ferry reaches Arau quite late due to the low tide. The problem arises here. We had to catch KTMB train that been schedule at 1623 from Arau but the time now is 1820. We call the station and ask about the train schedule and the result was really frustrated. We decide to take a taxi to Alor Setar in way to catch the train from Alor Setar to Kuala Kangsar, the result still the same. We missed the train for the second time. After discussed with all group members, we decide to take a bus from Alor Setar to Butterworth with the same target, to catch a train at Butterworth that will bring us to Kuala Kangsar.
In the bus everything look okay until one time the bus driver changes the tire due to JPJ requested. We depart from Alor Setar at 2115 after an hour late from the original time (2000). On our way to Butterworth, without having our dinner yet, the bus once again create a problem when the air – conditioner stuck and create some warm sensation to all passengers. We need to wait for more an hour before we can start to move back to Butterworth again. We reach KTM Butterworth at 2340 and the train been reported had depart from Butterworth at 2330. We just 10 minutes late to catch the train. What a day for us. Fushhhhh….
We decide to have a nap at Butterworth KTM Station until tomorrow morning.
Area info
1.KTM Butterworth – safe to stay for a night because has a police that guarding the area.
Date
6th June 2008 (DAY II)
Destination
Butterworth – Taiping – Kuala Kangsar – Ulu Kenas – Anaconda Camp
Transportation
Train / Bus / Taxi
Chronology
We start moving from Butterworth heading to Taiping at 0700 sharp. Finally we can have an experience on train after been left by it last night. We reach Taiping at 0840 and move to Taiping Bus Station to do to Kuala Kangsar. The bus departs at 1015. We take some time to have a rest and take a photo of Maxwell Hill or Bukit Larut from the bus station. We reach Kuala Kangsar at 1115 and wait for others members to join while all of us having our lunch at stall nearby.
We move to Ulu Kenas at 1200 and reach there at 1220. As a leader of the group, I do some ice breaking within the group because some of them still new to the group. After do some ice breaking, simple briefing about the route being delivering to the group. Before we can start to hike, we need to report to the Forestry Department in term of safety and one of the climbing rules.
The journey begins….. 1400, we start from Ulu Kenas hike to our first check point, Lubuk Pacat. It takes around 1 hour to reach the checkpoint. The trail starts with the easy trail using a logging track. From Lubuk Pacat, the trail start to get more to the jungle and our next checkpoint was to Sungai Gading Camp. It should take around 2 hours to reach but we take a wrong trail and reach at the BTN Camp that an hour distances from Sungai Gading Camp. With very high spirit, we move back track and take the right path to Sungai Gading and reach there around 1850. We decide to have our dinner here before move to Anaconda Camp those 2 hours far from Sungai Gading Camp. While having our dinner, we saw a light that come from the other side of the river. There was another group that will join us to Anaconda Camp. We had made a promise to gather an Anaconda Camp but unfortunately…..
Night walk was something that need a person with good skills and knowledge about the area so then the group will not get into trouble while trekking. We take out our entire head torch and start to walk at 2000. The journey takes around 3 hours at night due to the slow movement of the group. We reach Anaconda Camp at 2330. We set our camp here and have a rest.
Area info
1.Ulu Kenas – the suitable area for picnicking. If the group would like to start a hike early in the morning, they can stay at the hut that been provided or they can set up the tent. This area also an area for Biro Tatanegara Camp.
2.Lubuk Pacat – name because a huge numbers of leaches that came out after rain.
3.Sungai Gading Camp – campsite just nearby the river, can fix more than 40 campers at one time. Had campsite on the both side of the river.
4.Anaconda Camp – a campsite that state at the foot of the Bubu Mount. Had a waterfall. A lot of creek and river as a water sources for the campers. Suitable area to stop before climb the peak.
Date
7th June 2008 (DAY III)
Destination
Anaconda Camp – Last Air – Bubu Peak – Bubu West – Bubu Camp
Transportation
-
Chronology
We had some simple breakfast before move to the Bubu Peak. We had toast bread with mushroom soup plus with instant noodle. Not to forgot nice coffee from Teluk Intan. How nice….
With energy, we do some stretching to make sure that everybody fills okay when trekking up to the Bubu Peak. We start to hike to Bubu Peak at 0930. The trail to Last Air takes around 3 hours and the track was 60 – 75 degree steep. We walk slowly with some song accompanying us along the trail. The journey quite hard because the steep terrain that they need to face. We reach Last Air Camp at 1230 and it was a suitable time to have a lunch. We cook some rice with ‘sardine + tauchu’, anchovices and some ‘lobak masin’. It was raining while we having our lunch and we decide to have some coffee to make our body little bit warm.
We start back to Bubu Peak at 1400 and the trail take around 1 ½ hour to reach Bubu Peak. It still rains. Our body and backpack all wet due to the heavy rain.
We reach Bubu Peak after 1 ½ hour walk uphill. The scenery was great and nice. the rain stop just after we arrive the peak. What a coincident. We take this opportunity to have our photo session and have some rest before move to the Bubu Camp. After finish photo session half of the group member move to the Bubu Camp and half go to the Bubu West that is just 15 minutes from Bubu Peak. After reach Bubu West we move back to Bubu Camp that only 5 minutes from Bubu Peak. We set up our camp site at Bubu Camp and start to cook our dinner. While cooking we had an opportunity to see a sunset from the campsite. We had a ‘nasi beriyani’, beef curry, fried French beans and papadam. Coffee as a drink for the night.
We have our rest with the cool environment that reaches until 10 degree Celsius. It was a cool night until everybody falls asleep early.
Area info
1.Last Air – can set up one tent and it was the last water sources before reach peak.
2.Bubu Peak – has a trigonometry station on top. Not advisable to set up a camp due to wide open area.
3.Bubu Camp - can fix up to 40 people at one time. Good area to view sunset and sunrise. Can see Mount Yong Yap, Korbu, Gayong, Yong Belar, Irau, Chabang, Brinchang, Table & Chair and etc.
Date
8th June 2008 (DAY IV)
Destination
Bubu Peak – Sungai Gading Camp – Ulu Kenas
Transportation
-
Chronology
Good morning. We wake up little bit late this morning. We prepare tortilla bread with beef patties, coleslaw and hot coffee. Before we move back to Ulu Kenas we take an opportunity to take a picture with the other group that camp at the same area. We use the same trail back to Ulu Kenas and this time the journey quite easy because we just descend down to Ulu Kenas. No more hike up the hill. Hehehehhe…
We reach Sungai Gading Camp at 1600 and we have some rest before move to Ulu Kenas. We reach Ulu Kenas at 1820 and the taxi had waiting to transfer us to Kuala Kangsar. The journey end.
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