Friday, September 09, 2011

Gunung Irau, 3 Sep 2011.

Ascent duration (with camping equipment): 4 hours to Mini Irau, another hour to Gunung Irau.
Descent duration: 4 hours.
Night temperature at summit (Mini Irau): 15 C
Water point: Nil
Amount of drinking water used: 1.5L
Difficulty: Moderate to tough, lots of climbing over tree roots, which will become slippery during rain (once I slipped and fell on the back during descent). Not for first-timer.

'Mini Irau'-some people call it false peak, may be in the past climbers thought they reached G Irau summit here. We camped here as it has nice flat and spacious area. From here to G Irau will take about an hour.

The famous mossy forest. Only a short stretch of the trail- about half an hour- are like this.
Mini Irau. On the left was where we came from the starting point after four hours of trekking, proceeded to the right to scale Gunung Irau, then back here again to pitch our tents. Notice the Pahang-Perak border pegs on the ground.


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