'Muncak' or what local people says about getting into the top. One thing I never forgive about my self is that I can't even fucking hold steadily my camera on the summit of Rinjani last trip. Alrighty, this is about my experience to reach the top of Rinjani Mt, 3726 asl. Think I was freezing to death, barely could stand cause of the wind and just sitting freezing til the sun is come up ain't do nothing. Fucking pathetic! Fuck!

If you are familiar with the low temperature of weather then you should still consider to prepare everything. Why? Because its not only about how cold it will be on the top but also the strong wind who could shake your shutter. Tripod is always recommended since what you might see on the top worth it to be captured. The wind can be very wild blow freely through wide highway of savana.

Start from Plawangan 2639 asl 3,5 hours the summit attack moment will really fucking exhausting. Dont start too early otherwise it will just waste your time freezing up there and dont get too late as well. Leave any stuffs you dont need to bring on the tent. Just bring mineral water, enough booz, double up your jacket, tripod, your best camera with super wide and tele zoom lens.

There is a best option that you can ask your porter to carry up your stuffs. Fucking brilliant!

It was supposed to be a simple and save adventure and more like family picnic to me. What we had planned was just spend a couple of nights install a mini tent somewhere around the camp spot in Dlundung Waterfall district of Trawas west side of Mt. Penanggunan (1650 m, East Java) riffing a guitar, sing along...and get drunk of course. We were 4 young disturbed boys, tried to get rid off the boring home situation.

Mantri, the coolest guy among us. Not a big talker and he like to listen what people saying but when he says something it must be the funniest thing in the world. He play guitar more often than I do. Kliwir, aggressive good looking guy do stupid thing sometimes. What I remember about Kliwir since we're a small boy that he is not so energetic. I always beat him for sprint. Mantri and Kliwir are friends of my childhood. Bowo, he knows everything and is smarter than anyone of us. Live in my environment after he moved from Surabaya a year before we do this trip. He suffered some kind of long term complication. We spend bunch of time together at home till one night we decided to do something else. Go camping.
Day 1, an hour driving takes us to Dlundung waterfall. At the camp spot we install our tent just next to other camps belongs to high school students, not so good though. We feel ridiculous to be honest but when I start cook some instant noodles and cups of coffee everybody seems happy then. We drink alcohol because of freezing temperature, play a guitar under the strong moonlight get wild and enjoy the night.