Gunung Rinjani — Summit

November 2024: Gunung Rinjani in Lombok.

Day 1.1 : Destination Rinjani.

Flying off… pray to see sunrise at the end.

Day 1.2 : Changed vehicle at Bangsal Port to head to Senaru Village to spend the night at a Homestay.

Day 1.3 : Arrived at Sunrise Inn. Long and winding journey.

Briefing but honestly I can’t recall the briefing. Pfft

Lombok Day 2.1 : Sunrise at sunrise inn

Banana pancake. I think it’s a favorite here.

Lombok Day 2.2 : to ranger office. Missed taking photo/video of medical “screening”.

Lombok Day 2.3 : Starting point. Throughout the journey I think I’m “overly” dressed pfft

Lombok Day 2.4 : trekking to POS 1. Met few local ladies and wondering how they got there and what would they be doing there…

Lombok Day 2.5 : POS 2 lunch. The trek was mostly flat and in open space. Thank God for the cloudy day.

Lombok Day 2.6 : to POS 3. It rained along the way. Thank God it was a passing shower. Hujan rahmat. Alhamdulillah

Lombok Day 2.7 : POS 4. From POS 3 to 4 it was a STEEEEPPPP climb!! Like chemendong!!! Ya Allah

Lombok Day 2.8 : to Basecamp. Ya Allah!!

Still climbing. Already past Ledang height.

Lombok Day 2.9 : Stunning views. Vid and pic doesn’t do justice capturing Allah’s creation.

Lombok Day 2.10 : Sunset

Lombok Day 2.11 : Summit of Mount Rinjani Alhamdulillah.

We pushed off at about 0214hrs. Cleared the Bukit penyesalan (hill of regret) an hour later. Then it’s a long walk on the crater rim… in the dark… which was good as I do not have to look left and right pfft

Then, the last 300m was a killer. For every step u take, Rinjani will pull u down. An exhausting push both physically and mentally. At all times, remembering the guide’s instructions to walk in the center or to the left and to follow the footstep markings in front.

Since it was dark, and focus had to be on the trek, with both hands occupied with hiking poles, no video was available. However, will upload a short video of me going down just to show what we had to go thru.

Alhamdulillah 4.5 hours later at 0630 hrs, I reached the summit. Was an arduous climb but Alhamdulillah with Allah’s blessings made it.

Like real when actually in the head now have to go back down and face the narrow rim and the edges… Ya Allah

As promised, short video of descent from summit. Imagine the reverse. Good thing it was dark going up.pfft once in a while I get vertigo but focus nak balik selamat tengok isteri anak. Pfft

Lombok Day 2.12 : Descent out of Rinjani. Left Basecamp about 1015hrs and arrived at Rinjani gate at 1440hrs. Cepat-cepat jalan, short breaks and long continuous walking. Pfft putus lutut

Alhamdulillah dengan izin Allah, sampai summit gunung Rinjani. Ya Allah, Dia sahaja tahu penderitaannya.

From my Facebook posts at the time.