I lost a friend

I lost a friend, to what we all love most, Mother Nature.

Its already over a month now since the incident. The first 2 weeks has been a hard blow for me. Its tough to accept that he has been taken from us.
Many say, he has passed on doing what he love most and where he would want to be. I would think, he could still be doing what he love most, alive.

The day he was found, was the day I received this email (which was really timely)
The email quotes a speaker at the Southern Baptist Convention and has given me one of the best answer when someone asks why God lets bad things happen to good people.
The speaker has enormous wealth from book sales and a wife who is battling with cancer.
He has been asked "What is the Purpose of Life"


To which the response was:
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Life is preparation for eternity. We were not made to last forever and God wants us to be with Him in heaven. One day my heart is going to stop and that will be the end of my body but not the end of me.
I may live 60 to 100 years on earth but I am going to spend trillions of years in eternity. This is the warm up act, the dress rehearsal. God wants us to practice on earth what we will do forever in eternity.

Life is a series of problems - either you are in one, you are coming out of one or you are going into one, now.
The reason for this is that God is more interested in your character than your comfort, God is more interested in making your life holy than He is in making your life happy.

Unquote

The above is just an extract of what I read. In essence, life do not end here.
My friend has been taken away from us but what we have now is years of memories - the care and concern he has shown to us will stay in our hearts. He has brought to many countless joy and laughter, some tensed moments with his quick words (myself included) but overall a great guy to know and will not be forgotten.

Lower Lengka

Gunung Ulu Semangkuk

 

Upper Trong

Upper Trong

Upper Trong

Upper Trong

Upper Trong

Bukit Tabur X

Gunung Yellow

Jerangkang

Tabur East

Lata Gerehang

Lata Makau

Lata Berembun

Lata Bayas

Seminyang

Lawing

These are some of the places that he has brought us to and some we brought him. He was a Waterfall Hunter and through us, has learnt to also enjoy the mountains.
Life is full of uncertainties - live fully and treasure what you have, for you never know when it would be taken away from you.

Lata Gerehang

Date :18 Dec 2011

Wow, this post is 10 months later!
Have been so stuck at work amidst other things too..... but who is complaining? Being busy is better than having nothing to do!

How to get there :

Travel time : 1.5 hours from Bangsar

Head on towards Tanjung Malim and exit on the NS highway and then follow the road to Behrang Ulu. Then look for an abandoned housing area called Diamond Creek. Once you get to the Diamond Creek housing area, follow the path till you come to a roundabout. Take 9 o'clock. Then just follow the path till another roundabout. This is where you start to trek in.
(Pardon me, as this was almost a year old, my memory could also be failing me)

Trekking time and terrain :

On moderate speed with some photography -2 hours

Terrain rating 4/10
Actual terrain and path leading to the falls I will need to revisit!

  

At the waterfall :

A tall fall with an elongated pool (above a cascade).
Go upwards and there is a place that one can go behind the waterfall.
At the lower cascade, can do a jump.

This is the 2nd roundabout where you park your car and start trekking

Little cascades along the way

First mini fall that one can go for natural reflexology

I always call this little Astro dishes

Lata Gerehang

Mid section of Lata Gerehang. Can go behind the falls here

It was quite a large group for this trip and as a result we got separated.
But luckily there were 2 people who has been to this fall and could lead. We mostly followed the river path and there were a few crossings.
To some people we call this the New Strata Falls - simply because its newly discovered.