Gunung Tahan

So we are all locked and loaded. Conquering Mt Tahan from the 24th Jan to 28th Jan. The 10 of us will do in 5 days what people do in a week or more.Our adventure will begin with a 3-car convoy to Jerantut where we will spend a night before beginning this expedition.

We have decided to take the most challenging of the 2 routes. Victorians being victorians, our balls are the same size as our brains.


Merapoh-Kuala Tahan trail, easier of the 2 will take about 32km of trek with an estimated time of 15.5 hours. Too easy.

Introducin the Kuala Tahan-Gunung Tahan trail,

DESTINATIONS	DISTANCE	TIME
MT TAHAN TO PADANG	7	4
PADANG TO G.RESKET	3	3
G.RESKET TO G.TANGGA 15	2.5	1
G.TANGGA 15 TO G.PANGKIN	1.5	1
G.PANGKIN TO G.PONDOK DUA	2	1
G.PONDOK DUA TO KUALA TEKU	5	3
KUALA TEKU TO KUALA PUTEH	7	3
KUALA PUTEH TO G.RAJAH	4	1
G.RAJAH TO KUALA MELANTAI	9	6
KUALA MELANTAI TO KUALA TAHAN	12	3
TOTAL	53	26

Total estimated distance of 53km climbing 26 peaks and crossing 7 rivers. total trek time was estimated to be 26 hours to be completed in 4 days. This is not for the faint heart or weak or unfit.




It'll cost us about RM500 per person for a minimum pax of 10. We would have to spend additional money on gear and necessary items like food and torchlights. The RM500 however is already inclusive of some 'light' food and a tent which can fit 2. As we do not know how 'light' by 'light' It could be just a piece of bread for lunch? We've decided to load our bags to the average of 20kg per person on food.

I kid.

Danny did tell us that from what he researched, 20kg per bag IS the average for all the trekkers going up Gunung Tahan. Imagine lugging 20kg of weights trekking for 4 hours at the first go. And maybe 19kg after the interval. That's no easy feat.

But talking is more losers. Now all each of us can do is train, man up and aim to reach the peak. Because we aint accepting anything less. The names of the participants:

will be exposed on my return post.