After the hike at Bukit Tabur 3 weeks ago, we decided now to challenge Gunung Angsi located at Seremban with a height of 825m being the 3rd highest peak in Negeri Sembilan. This journey began slightly later at 8.30am heading to the town of Seremban and thankfully we decided to have our breakfast in the first place as we once think that it will be alright to take it later after the hike (we will probably be dead by then). However due to the intro of one of the hiking mate, we finally decided to try on the famous beef noodle in town.
After a short search-around, we managed to find the sub-entrance to Gunung Angsi at 10.15am. There are two treks up Gunung Angsi- one via the Ulu Bendol Forest Park and one through Bukit Putus. We have chosen Bukit Putus (which is the opposite way) and I was rather surprised to see the slope at the entrance whereby the beginning of the journey looks tougher than the hikes I had before. This mountain was rather desolated with only a few hikers that we met along the way. All we can see around was nothing but trees, bushes and giant ants. We managed to arrive at the peak at 12.15pm taking a short 15 minutes break having some snacks and photos and we decided to try on another route getting down the mountain since we were told that it will be more exciting.
We finally get to witness the “excitement” being told featuring some rocks, massive sandy boulders with ropes and some 85 degree slopes. It took a toll on our strength walking a long way down the mountain with slippery pathways and muddy routes. Passing by a small stream running through the woods, we sat there to enjoy the cold water and the breeze for a moment.
However during the way down the hill, we suddenly heard a roar out of a sudden from the wood which freaks us out and we are not certain what sound we have actually heard. We kept moving at a faster pace along the way for hours but the journey seem endless and there’s no sign of civilization at all and we ever thought that we were trap in there. After a 3 hours’ hike, we finally get to see some sign of garbage where this indicates we were finally close to the way out (shame though this being one of the clue we have). As we need to cross the final river barefoot and while removing my shoes, I was shocked realizing that my legs were bleeding and we were all bitten by leeches! We take the time to sit down and clean our wounds before taking the 1km walk back to the place where we parked our car. Under the hot sun at 4.00pm while we were walking just beside the road, we finally comes to a decision to look for a taxi and we eventually got one. The driver was kind enough to take just RM5.00 from us despite that we gave him RM10.00 for fetching us to our car.
Almost every one of us agreed that Gunung Angsi is much tougher than Bukit Tabur and more exhausting than we expected. Other than strength, we needed a steady level of stamina to complete the 5 hours journey since we were not some frequent climbers. The consequences of the hike- one of the mates is going to lose his badminton competition on Monday, my wound is still bleeding the day after, and everyone is aching on the leg muscles. We were still grateful and satisfy being able to complete the journey since one of us was sick and having fever, and again I just only had a 3 hours’ rest a night before after some late-night outing on Friday. Guess we gonna plan for a relaxing trip the next time rather than an extreme one in the near future.
