Broga Hill - Revisited

I came to Broga Hill for the second time on 21 September 2009 with some friends.

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The trail to the 1st hilltop.



This time, it has an extra trail with steps (on the left). This will definitely help to reduce human congestion especially on Sunday or public holiday.



A clear sky to watch sunrise.


Dogs too do hiking.... lol




1st Hilltop - very crowded >< Sunrise!!!

Am I look like a scarecrow, wtf!


On the way to 2nf Hilltop.


I'm really enjoy this trip because of the nice and clear sky. ^^"

Gunung Datuk, Rembau

I joined Jimbo and his group to climb Gunung Datuk back In August 2009. We gathered at IMU, Seremban at 7.oo am before departing to Gunung Datuk.

The drive from Seremban to the mountain foothill was about half an hour and had to drive on a narrow road cutting through rubber plantations to reach the foothill.


We need to register with the officer and paid RM3.00 per person.


Jimbo (in black shirt) with a group of mix regular climbers and newbies.


From the beginning, we have to start climbing those quite a steep rocks.


Take a look at some of the fungus.


And insects too!


My climbing buddies.


When we reached about 3/4 of the mountain, it's started to rain quite heavily and I have to pack my camera until we reached the 'fake' summit. Here, ones can camp overnight.



Why fake summit? Because we still need to climb up those big rocks assisted by some rusted steel ladders.


I think this part is the most difficult steel ladder to climb up and down. We managed to get through anyway.



There are another 3 more steel ladders to go to reach the 'real' peak. I think this is the unique of Gunung Datuk.


View from the top of the mountain. On fine weather, ones can have a view of the Malacca Strait.


Group photo session and a break to re-fuel our energy.


And it's not easy to climb down these steel ladders!!!


Our last stop, we have a 'dip' at the Natural Hot Spring at Wet World Pedas.

Broga Hill

This is my 1st trip to Broga Hill in May 2009. I'm lazy to upload the photos to the blog :P

I'm wanted to climb this hill when I was in Form 6.


We reached Broga quite late, if I'm not mistaken around 7.20 am. Hikers usually start the hiking around 6.30 am to summit and catch the sunrise. When we reached the small palm oil estate, the site was almost full with cars.

One piece of advise, please come on Saturday because of less hikers.


From the estate road, we took about 1 hour to reached the 1st summit. We have two newbies climbing with us. Regulars should be able to summit faster than that.


We are almost there. We can see the 1st summit ahead of us.


Top pic = 1st summit... or.. I rather call it 1st hilltop...lol
Down Left = We continue our hike to the 2nd hilltop.
Down Right = View from 2nd hilltop



The beauty of this hill is the tall and dense weed. With the clear sky, ones can see the Semenyih town.


Pit stop to 're-charge' and photo session.


We descending around 9.45 am. This is considered late because we feel hot under the sun. There is a long Q ahead of us because everyone is descending around this time.


Our final stop - Broga Rock Temple


Here, you can find a few stalls selling drinks and fruits. We ended up with durians, coconut drinks and soft drinks.

Camp 5 ~ Basic Wall Rock Cimbing Course

I am curios to try out the indoor rock climbing.

We, me and my climbing buddy, Brandon, and two of his friends (Joseph and Bryan), signed up the Basic Wall Climbing course at Camp5 at 1U last week.

The course costs RM100.00 per person and it's a 4-hours long course plus RM26.00 each for new member registration. We are given a membership card card.

We are supposed to start the course at 4pm. But it was delayed till 5pm because Joseph got lost on his way to 1U from Seri Petaling. He is not familiar with KL.


Camp5 has a cafe for climbers to 'fuel up' their energy especially for those hardcore ones who are planning to climb whole day long. They have a pro-shop selling those rock climbing gears (various brands) as well.



This is the Autowall section (12 meter high) ie with an Auto belaying systems. It means that ones does not require another person to act as a belayer when climbing.



This section is the Sentinel Wall with 14 meter high.



Our instructor, Dayang (dunno why he introduced to us using that name) showing and explaining to us all the climbing gears.



From left: Joseph, Brandon and Bryan. All of them are giving 101% concentration.



There are two types for the climbing rope ie static (non-expandable) or dynamic rope (expandable upon pressure). We are using static rope for your training and actual climbing. According to Dayang, a dobule Figure-8 Follow Through-Knot is the best knot to tie on the climbing harness. And he assures us that a climber would not fall of a rope if it was being done correctly.



This is a setup for person acting as a belayer. Important: Need to check on the direction of the carabiner depending on whether a belayer is a right-handed or left-handed person. We cannot set the carabiner facing right if a belayer is a left-handed person.



We used sand bags to practice on the pulling and releasing the rope.



We practice our actual climbing and belaying on the Castle Wall (8 meter high).



We are also being reminded to have a Buddy Check system. The climber and belayer need to check against each other that all the setup is 101% correct and properly done. You just can't risk your life away.



This is the Bouldering Wall ie short climbing without rope. However, climber is encourage to have a supporter to direct the climber down to the floor in case the climber fall down.


Some of the climbing gears like powder, fingers tape and kaput punya climbing shoe. All these are available for rent at the front counter with a minimal fee.




If you ask me, I would enjoy much more when going for mountain climbing than the indoor rock climbing... lol

Anyway, this is a good experience and we are sure that we will come back for more climbing again.