19-21 June 2015
Hi nature, hi mountain. It is a
pleasure meeting you again. Thanks for uniting us at this beautiful
2821 m above the sea. At the end of this June, we chose Cikuray Mountain, which is located near Garut, West Java, Indonesia, as our place to leave our comfort
zone, to break a while from our routines as well. I am hopeful this short
break become unforgettable climbing ever.
I do love climbing mountain. I do not
know why. Sometimes people asked me or perhaps to my friends who had the same
hobby with me, “What are you looking for through climbing the mountain?” Maybe
I can’t answer it correctly. I find something which couldn’t be explained by
words. I’ve just started this hobby in 2011, but it was suspended for a moment and I’ve started
again since last year. Cikuray will be officially my seventh top of mountains!
So happy! But it doesn’t matter how many
mountains you have conquered or how strong you are to reach the top. It is
about finding the meaning of life. It is about your togetherness with your
companions, decrease our “ego”, prioritize other needs more than yours.
Let me introduce my Cikuray companions:
kak Andreas, Fr. Danang, Fr. Ardi, kak Thomas, kak Diana, kak Bella, kak Stepen, kak Nino, kak Jawa, kak Monjun, kak Imel
Photo credit: Kak Monjun, kak Andreas, Fr. Ardi, kak Bella, most of our photos are taken by them. Thank you so much guys for capturing
these beautiful moments!
I always go with different
groups/persons every time I climb the mountain. I do love it; meeting new
people, finding new family, sharing new stories. It is priceless and cannot be compared
to anything. :)
It is fasting month, so we have
prepared every stuffs we have to bring especially for foods and drinks. On Friday night, we gathered in Wisma
SY Depok. We took the bus from Kampung Rambutan to Garut. As I felt very tired
after working, I slept during our way to Garut. The traffic is friendly, it
took only 3 hours more or less from Kampung Rambutan to Garut. A little problem happened on
our way to Cikuray base camp in our pickup, but because of His grace,
everything was solved. You made our plan beautiful in Your time:) We almost canceled our plan to Cikuray as the gate to "Pos Pemancar" was closed.
Cikuray mountain, one of God’s wonderful creation, the
fourth tallest point of West Java gave us its own comfort. When nature greets us with its piercing wind which blow in the whole body, when the sun shines
bright and give us more spirit. The trees whisper from its leaves and the
birds sing beautifully. This is the time that we've waited. Enjoy this wonderful day!
Cikuray has called us, let us go! :)
We started our journey from “Pos
Pemancar” at 6.40am
The weather was nice. Good companion, good
stories, good food, still good route (we haven’t met the difficult part haha). Thank you so much God. We enjoyed everything that happened to us. Keep going!
Second stop, 8.20 am
it is still a long journey
Third stop, 10.20 am. As many people has told us that Cikuray route was difficult but we enjoyed so much our togetherness. We support each other. Sharing, laughing, singing, and everything becomes so much easier.
Post 4 11.30 am
The way was still nice. We met
other people who hike together with us. As a matter of fact, other climbers we met later on were fasting. They are amazing. They have willingness to finish their journey even though they have to fulfill their obligation.
We kept walking. We're going through fourth stop, fifth stop, sixth stop. In the middle of sun, our bag were getting heavier. The way seemed unfriendly. Going up, up, and up. They never give us time to take a break. Our energy has decreased. We reached "shadow stop"/pos bayangan in the afternoon around 13.40.
It was
the hardest part for me. I almost gave up. The sun was burning us, the trees,
the branches, the roots which we passed, everything became so hard to be passed. It was
also because our strength almost reached its lowest point. But giving up is not
my option. On the other hand, I fully motivated myself. Reaching our place to stay near the peak,
I was together with kak Diana. If I give up in this way, how can I reach my
dream? My positive thinking whispered to me and gave me more energy. Remember your goal. So, you will not have time to stop :)
Finally, all of us arrived at ur camp, near the top of mountain! We took a rest for a while. We're having lunch, and preparing for welcoming the sunset!
As my “habit”
in every top of new mountain I hike, I have to pray, be grateful of His blessing. The weather is tremendously gorgeous. Cloud's carpet are around us!
God unites us at 2821 m above the sea
Sunrise and cold weather. What a perfect combination!
We are ready to go down. It took around 4/5 hours (more or less) to go down, It was quite hard as our strength has decreased particularly
our feet, but our spirit is still alive. Nothing can beat that. We walked fast but stick together.
small part of our journey
smile on our way down, We're almost reaching Pos Pemancar:D
Hiking mountain is like the mystery of life. Perhaps, we will not know how long we will pass the difficult part but keep believing. We will pass it as we have our willingness to solve that.
Meeting nature always brings color and stories in every corner of
them. The journey towards gorgeous mountain at the end of this month brings memory which will forever stay in my mind. Spending 2 days at this mountain flew so fast. To be
honest, I did not want to go home, hehe but our life’s mission has waited us. So,
let us face it!
When the sun is shining, I can do anything, no mountain is too high, no trouble too difficult too overcome-Wilma Rudolph
Maria Anindita Nareswari
Maria Anindita Nareswari
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