My 1st Climbing: Sindoro Mountain

“Finally I can see… everything from above, on the high place called mountain…”

(Sindoro Mountain)

 

First of all I’d like to thank God cause finally I made it… I climbed Sindoro Mountain with my own feet, Yatta!!! That was great, undefined, awesome and cool. Sindoro has hypnotized me with its breath taking beauty. I love it, so much. I got my magic moment there, with the one I love so much (I guess it was the best part).

On 15^th and 16^th of December 2012, I was there. In advance there were only three persons but in the end there were fourteen! Amazing, I got more friends there, nice. The planner said that we would climb before afternoon, but it was rain. We could do nothing but wait in the Kledung base camp. We started the journey from Watu Gede (the gate to the Sindoro Mountian) at 6 pm, and then it happened… I was shock, like I wanted to lose my consciousness (well maybe because I did exercise not so often) I took a break so many times and my breath was getting harder and harder. I thought that I couldn’t continue the journey but my heart and mind told me to go on. I forced myself to continue my journey, ‘because I didn’t wanna give up just like that. I looked back and saw my lover came (in the same condition as mine), and I realized why don’t we walk together? Unbelievable, step by step, slow but sure we did it. I know that he gave me more strength to go on, we did it together.

Because “snail” mode on, we were parted with the first team and we got lost, nice! We didn’t pass first and second shelters. My friend (the only expert in my team) led us to find the way, we chose the wrong route and unfortunately we took the extreme one. Was it my good luck or bad luck? As my first climbing, I got the hard one, gee… the track was much harder than the right one, we found the dead end several times and had to find another way. I remember it was 11 pm when we took a break and began to think about giving up. I just stopped on the slope, take a deep breath, enjoyed Sumbing Mountain and the lights below from where I stood, and held his hand to strengthen ourselves. We decided to continue and one of us found the right way, we could saw the first team gave the sign with their flashlight. I was glad even though we were on different hills. The sweeper “snail” team reached the camp on shelter 3 at 12.30 pm, and it was cold there. I just thought that my first climbing was too much, but I didn’t mind because it was the real adventure. Lost in a mountain at night and it was rain, sounds cool, LOL.

Because that was my first time, I learned how to survive in a low temperature, how to find a good place to spend the night, how to build a tent (I just watched actually), how to cooperate with others because we’re far from home, and so many things. In the morning I got a magic moment because I could see the amazing scenery from the high place with my only one. Enjoyed the natural scenery, fresh air and sweet sunshine together was one of beautiful things we had there. I do love mountain.

One thing I regret was: I didn’t join the “summit attack”. I was too exhausted so I couldn’t go to the top of Sindoro, I couldn’t see the highest place of this mountain or see edelweiss flowers, so sad. Someday I’ll be back and reach the top (with no wrong track, definitely). For the first time, for beginner like me, reach 2530 meter above sea level (m asl) was good enough.

All of us started to go down at 3 pm, and it was raining. There was no break, but still: slow but sure. We just needed more or less three hours to reach the base camp. Overall, Sindoro as my first mountain had given me a great experience that I’ll never forget. Now I’m heading to my next mountain, Ganbatte!!!

Rega_deta

18/12/2012