Journey To The Top of Mt. Sindoro

Located in Temanggung, Central Java, Mount Sindoro (3,136 masl) is exactly beside of Mount Sumbing (3,371 masl) and Dieng Plateau. The location makes Mount Sindoro has beautiful views from its peak. Especially when the sun rises.

August 2015, we had an opportunity to climb Sindoro and also celebrate Indonesia\\\’s independence day at the peak. Insufficient preparations and a bit courage bring us to the memorable adventure. Mount Sindoro located approximately 90 Km from Yogyakarta and to get there we must went to check point at Sigedang Basecamp to register.

We started our journey at 5.30 PM. It was dry season so the tracks was dominated by dusts. Dust is everywhere and so annoying because we difficult to breathe despite wearing a mask but we can handled it.

At the first sector of the track, scenery was dominated by spacious tea gardens, after that, bushes was our main views. At the beginning of the hike, it was important to manage our breathe because our body needs to adapt with environment condition, like humidity, temperature and lack of oxygen.

Total time we spent to reached the peak was around 6 hours. With the extremely condition, our physical are really tested. Nevertheless, we successfully reached the summit and returned safely.

Here\\\’s my summary of this journey.

Start hiking : \\\”Whoaa I\\\’m so exited\\\”

Half way : \\\”I\\\’m so tired and my leg so hurt. Why I doing this….\\\”

3/4 way : \\\”This is should my last hike. I don\\\’t wanna climb a mountain anymore. I can\\\’t feel my leg and I think my lungs is damaged…\\\”

At the peak : \\\”We did it. Finally, what a journey… this is so magnificent… What a beautiful sunrise… I love hiking… Yeah!

Going down to basecamp : \\\”My leg hurts….\\\”